Audi vs Mercede/BMW TCO

masterboy123

Is it true Audi has lower TCO (total cost of ownership) as compared to mercedes/bmw?
I heard Audi replacement parts are not as expensive compares to other 2 premium brands.

Also, which is better in terms of TCO: Benz GLA vs BMW X1?

Thanks!

bazz26

Not much between them regarding prices of parts and servicing imo, especially if your talking main dealer.

carsfan

Depreciation is the biggest cost of ownership in any relatively new car.
Servicing, tyres etc are small in comparison.

R.O.R

BMW & Merc have service packs available (part of delivery charge on the Merc, optional but no brainer on the BMW) to lessen the blow of service costs. No equivalent as far as I'm aware on an Audi's yet.

BMW tyres tend to be a bit more expensive for the Runflats, but overall we run BMW's on a lower maintenance budget than Audi & Merc, for equivalent cars.

Depreciation, fuel consumption, insurance and tax will all be roughly similar for equivalent cars from Audi/BMW/Merc so there's going to be very little in it overall as far as TCO goes, so just down to what you prefer really.

masterboy123

thanks for the input guys.

getting a clearer picture now

SBPhoto

Audi do offer a service plan the 90,000k over 3yrs works out at 25euro a month for an A3

masterboy123

What about for Audi A4?

SBPhoto wrote: »

Audi do offer a service plan the 90,000k over 3yrs works out at 25euro a month for an A3

SBPhoto

masterboy123 wrote: »

What about for Audi A4?

The A4 is €26.50 a month for the same plan