10 Most Expensive Cars to Own and Drive

Man, I don't know about this, but I can think of a few cars that will easily beat these guys...

 

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If you just have to drive your idea of the best car in the world, feel the need to impress every friend and stranger in sight or just have more money than you know what to do with, these cars might capture your fancy.

 

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Here is a list of the 10 most expensive-to-own new vehicles, according to Edmunds.com. Four are from Mercedes-Benz and all but one are European imports. When you consider that the cars on our least-expensive-to-own list cost $0.39 per mile or less to own, the idea of paying $3 to $4 a mile is staggering.

 

In addition to the average market transaction price and financing rates, the estimates of what it truly costs to own these cars include factors such as fuel, insurance, repairs, maintenance and depreciation. The end result is a ballpark figure for the total cost over the first five years of ownership, as well as the cost per mile based on driving 15,000 miles per year.

 

All estimates come courtesy of Edmunds.com which features a "True Cost to Own" calculator.

 

1. Mercedes-Benz SL65 AMG Black Series

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Starting price: $301,750

5-year total: $364,471

Cost per mile: $4.86

 

 

 

What pushes the Black Series up the price ladder from the SL65 AMG is the wide use of carbon-fiber body parts and some under-the-hood enhancements. Its 670-horsepower, 6-liter twin-turbo V-12 slingshots this two-seater to 60 miles per hour in less than four seconds. It's also loaded to the gills with high-tech standard equipment.

 

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Seems pretty stupid as all they are counting is base price with expected maintenance. In which the most expensive car wins, pretty myopic IMO.

IMO, Yahoo, MSN, etc. articles like that are suitable for random people looking to kill some time in their office job and should not be taken seriously, especially when they deal with specialty items like super cars.

That is an absolutely terrible breakdown.

so that was a waist of time.

There's plenty of cars that have higher sticker prices than those, that would surely also have much higher maintenance costs.

The R8 V8 made the list, but no Gallardo? What about Veyron? Just to get into one, you have to spend as much money as the sum of that whole list.

so that was a waist of time.

There's plenty of cars that have higher sticker prices than those, that would surely also have much higher maintenance costs.

The R8 V8 made the list, but no Gallardo? What about Veyron? Just to get into one, you have to spend as much money as the sum of that whole list.

 

They had an article about running costs in Evo magazine recently which included the Veyron. It was outrageous - practically the whole car seems to need replacing every few thousand miles, and of course every part comes at a stratospheric premium. You need to be a many-multi-millionaire to justify even running a Veyron, let alone buying one.

On the other hand they also had the Zonda, which apparently is actually quite reasonable. The key is the remarkable Mercedes engine, which hardly ever needs any work done, but it sounded like it was generally a well-made, reliable car. I was pretty surprised by the article.

They had an article about running costs in Evo magazine recently which included the Veyron. It was outrageous - practically the whole car seems to need replacing every few thousand miles, and of course every part comes at a stratospheric premium. You need to be a many-multi-millionaire to justify even running a Veyron, let alone buying one.

On the other hand they also had the Zonda, which apparently is actually quite reasonable. The key is the remarkable Mercedes engine, which hardly ever needs any work done, but it sounded like it was generally a well-made, reliable car. I was pretty surprised by the article.

 

 

The key is the Veryon is a airplane that cannot fly.