The Cheapest Car Brands to Own & Maintain 🔧

Key takeaways

• Survey data from Consumer Reports has revealed Tesla as the cheapest car brand to maintain & repair over a 10-year period
• Luxury brands like Land Rover and Porsche can cost more than double to maintain versus mainstream brands.

Tesla squeezes out a win

Past analysis has shown that EVs are generally cheaper to maintain compared to gasoline cars. This is because internal combustion engines have thousands of parts and require regular oil changes, while EVs have much simpler architectures.

With that said, the average 10-year cost of other domestic (U.S.) brands like Lincoln and Buick comes very close to Tesla. Toyota, which is globally renowned for its reliability, shares the #3 spot with Buick.