Top 10 Cars with Highest Cost to Own per Mile

‘People buy a car by how it looks and keep it by how it drives‘ we were lectured by our good friend and used car veteran David. The cost to own a car per mil varies dramatically from one model to the next. We compared the total cost of ownership of 10,000 nearly new cars and found some astonishing surprises.

Top 10 Highest Cost to Own per Mile

#10 – 2016 BMW M6

2016 BMW M6 Cost To Own Per Mile

$1.87 per mille | MSRP: $119,700

#9 – 2016 Mercedes-Benz S 550

2016 Mercedes-Benz S 550 Cost To Own Per Mile

$1.94 per mille | MSRP: $121,550

#8 – 2016 Audi A8 L W12 quattro

2016 Audi A8 L W12 quattro Cost To Own Per Mile

$1.96 per mille | MSRP: $137,900

#7 – 2016 Land Rover Range Rover Autobiography LWB

2016 Land Rover Range Rover Autobiography LWB Cost to Own Per Mile

$2.02 per mille | MSRP: $144,995

#6 – 2016 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG

2016 Mercedes-Benz S63 AMG Cost to Own Per Mile

$2.23 per mille | MSRP: $163,150

#5 – 2016 Porsche 911 Turbo S

2016 Porsche 911 Turbo S Cost to Own Per Mile

$2.25 per mille | MSRP: $182,700

#4 – 2017 Mercedes-Benz SL 63 AMG

2017 Mercedes-Benz SL 63 AMG Cost to Own Per Mile

$2.32 per mille | MSRP: $151,350

#3 – 2017 Porsche 911 Turbo S

2017 Porsche 911 Turbo S Cost to Own Per Mile

$2.42 per mille | MSRP: $200,400

#2 – 2017 Audi R8 V10 plus quattro

2017 Audi R8 V10 plus quattro Cost to Own Per Mile

$2.45 per mille | MSRP: $189,900

#1 – 2016 Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG

2016 Mercedes-Benz S65 AMG Cost to Own Per Mile

$3.32 per mille | MSRP: $234,050

How Do We Calculate Cost to Own?

We based our analysis on Edmunds.com True Cost to Own®. Edmunds.com’s True Cost to Own® (TCO®) is Edmunds.com’s estimate of the cost of buying and owning a vehicle for the first five years assuming 15,000 miles driven per year. TCO® includes depreciation, interest on financing, insurance premiums, taxes and fees, fuel, maintenance and repairs.

We performed the above analysis on May 5th, 2017.

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