The ten cars with the cheapest maintenance (Part II)

Vehicles are assets that require a considerable investment and depreciate very quickly. Therefore, it is very important to know, understand and have as much information as possible before making this investment.

Caredge is an independent US-based company created to help car buyers through the car buying process. On their website they regularly publish studies on the costs of ownership of cars and vans with which to shed light on the hidden costs of these.

On its website, in addition to the list of cheapest cars to maintain that we are talking about today, you will find much more relevant information, such as vehicle depreciation or the cost of insurance. You will also find a section where you can compare up to four different vehicle models in terms of their depreciation over the years. Something that can help you finish deciding on a specific model, among some models that you like and that meet your needs.

In this study, the first ten years of each of the models have been taken into account. In addition to the cost of replacing elements to be replaced due to time or wear, such as tires or oil, the probability of possible major repairs, which exceed 500 euros, is also taken into account. Broadly speaking, it can be seen that electric and hybrid vehicles are the ones that have, as a general rule, a lower maintenance cost. This is because they have much less mechanical elements, subject to wear.

Here you have the list of the five cars that occupy the position from 6 to 10 of the list, according to the caredge.com study, they are the most economical. For this list we have selected the top ten from his studio that are for sale in Spain, since the studio includes models from all over the world.

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The 10 cheapest cars to maintain (Part I)

In sixth position we find another Toyota. The brand's sports car, with two versions, 258 and 340 HP of power, and a price of 52,500 euros in its Pure version, also has low maintenance costs.

In the first ten years of use, their owners will have to bear only a maintenance cost of 4,900 euros, and only 12.57% will have a major repair in those years.

In seventh position we find the first model that is not Tesla or Toyota. The Civic has always been well known for its reliability, both in its gasoline versions and now in its hybrid versions. As seen in the caredge.com study, this reputation is consistent with the data and also proves to be a really cheap vehicle to maintain.

Specifically the Honda Civic, which has a sale price of 32,100 euros, in its Elegance version of 184 CV, costs 5,160 euros to maintain in the first ten years. Its probability of serious failure is 15.57%.

Mazda also sneaks into the ranking of cars with cheaper maintenance, placing in eighth position with its Mazda 3, which has a 2-liter gasoline engine with microhybridization, which develops 122 CV. Its sale price in the Origin version is 26,600 euros.

The cost of maintaining a Mazda 3 is 5,300 euros in the first ten years and it has a 16.22% probability of suffering a serious breakdown, costing more than 500 euros.

Toyota's SUV ranks ninth. With a sale price of 28,600 euros in its most economical version, it has hybrid engines of 125 CV and 180 CV in three different finishes: Advance, Active and GR Sport.

The fact of being a hybrid is what allows it to have low maintenance costs, being 5,300 euros in ten years. The risk of suffering a serious breakdown is 16.08%.

With five of the ten cheapest vehicles to maintain, Toyota closes the list in tenth position with one of its best-selling models, the RAV4. In its hybrid version of 220 CV, with Advance finishes, the Toyota RAV4 has a sale price of 39,000 euros.

The cost of its ten-year maintenance is 5,400 euros and the probability of suffering a serious breakdown is exactly the same as that of the brand's SUV, the C-HTR, being 16.08%.