Anyone who has already, before buying a car, carried out a complete study on the prices of overhauls and main maintenance operations, casts the first stone. In this regard, we are often content with “heard of”. So, It seems that German cars are horribly expensive to maintain while French ones are not too hard on the wallet.
In order to dispel, or not, these preconceived ideas, idGarages.com has just published the 8e edition of its barometer of automobile repair prices. Among the lessons of this study, we learn that, in terms of car maintenance, Occitanie is the cheapest region in France and that, unsurprisingly, it is Île de France which ranks at the opposite end. . Other major information: the cost of labor increased by 4.9% in one year and the average price of repairs by 7.6%.
There’s something for everyone
In its study, idgarages.com noted the average prices for two of the most common interventions, namely the general overhaul and the replacement of the timing belt.
Regarding the first, it is the 2nd generation Fiat Panda which is the least expensive, with an average bill of €241.01. More surprisingly, the silver medal goes to the Volkswagen Polo V (€250.68) which is ahead of the first opus of the Citroën C3 (€267.83). For those looking for vehicles with more family capabilities, note that the Citroën C4 Picasso 2 is the least expensive of the minivans (€275.58) and the Peugeot 308 I the least expensive of the compacts (€301.94) .
The hierarchy is completely disrupted when we look at the price of replacing the timing belt. With an average of €424.66, The Volkswagen Polo 3 is the cheapest on the market, ahead of the 2007 generation Fiat 500 (€440.80) and the Fiat Panda 3 (€467.05).). What is even more surprising is that number of “big” cars manage to slip into the Top 10 : the Volkswagen Passat 2 (4e with €471.81), the Nissan Qashqai 2 (5e with €477.78), the Dacia Logan 1 MCV (6e with €482.95) and the Nissan Qashqai 2 phase 2 (7e with €484.77).
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