Many young people who have started a family will worry about not having enough space in compact cars, so they will focus on the field of medium-sized cars. As one of the benchmark models in the field of medium-sized cars, volkswagen Maiteng is in line with the pain points of such young people buying cars with their stylish exterior design and abundant space performance. Moreover, Volkswagen Magotan is also equipped with two power systems of 1.4T and 2.0T, allowing consumers to have more choices. Before we analyzed the cost of car maintenance for the 2.0T model of The Magotan, then, let's take a look at it today, in terms of car maintenance costs, how much cheaper is the 1.4T model than the 2.0T low power?
Insurance costs
We chose the "2020 280T DSG Leading Model" with a guided price of 209,900 yuan in the 1.4T model, and the comfort experience of this car is better, not only the basic practical configuration of the main and co-pilot electric adjustment, fixed speed cruise, but also the configuration of seat heating, automatic air conditioning and panoramic sunroof, etc., in addition, this car is also equipped with an on-board air purifier to ensure good driving comfort. Therefore, among the 1.4T models, this leading model has attracted more consumer attention.
According to the results of the investigation of insurance costs, Volkswagen Magotan's commercial insurance includes three major insurance types of 1 million three liabilities, car damage insurance and deductible special insurance, so the cost of 1.4T is about 5,248 yuan, plus 420 yuan of vehicle and vessel tax and 950 yuan of compulsory insurance per year, that is, the insurance cost of the first year after purchasing the "2020 280TSI DSG leading type" is about 6618 yuan.
We calculate in a three-year cycle, in the case of no accident in the three years, the insurance company will have a 20% discount in the second year and a 30% discount in the third year, so in fact, the insurance cost of the 1.4T model for three years should be about 15618 yuan, and the average annual car insurance needs to spend about 5206 yuan. The 2.0T low power we calculated earlier spent 5452 yuan on insurance per year, which is 246 yuan more than 1.4T per year, of course, this is also related to the higher purchase price of 2.0T low power.
Maintenance costs
According to the maintenance recommendations given by volkswagen officials, The first warranty of Maiteng is carried out at 5,000 kilometers or 6 months (whichever comes first), including free replacement of the oil filter, and then the maintenance cycle is 10,000 kilometers or once a year.
1.4T engine needs to use 5W-30 fully synthetic oil, the cost is 370 yuan, the machine filter 100 yuan a, counting the man-hour cost of a total of 985 yuan, every 10,000 kilometers to be replaced; and the air filter and spark plug need to be replaced once in 20,000 kilometers, plus the man-hour cost of a total of 493 yuan; and the air conditioning filter only needs to be replaced at 30,000 kilometers, counting the man-hour cost of 140 yuan; at 60,000 kilometers, it also needs to replace the brake oil. Plus the man-hour fee costs 485 yuan.
We take the general family car three years to drive 60000 kilometers as the car cycle, Maiteng 1.4T model three years total maintenance costs of about 8251 yuan, the average annual need of about 2750 yuan. Among them, the small maintenance price of replacing the oil filter is 985 yuan, and the maintenance cost of 2.0T low power for one year is about 3765 yuan, which is 1015 yuan more than 1.4T. Part of the reason is that the dry dual-clutch transmission equipped with the 1.4T engine is maintenance-free for life, while the 2.0T engine needs to replace the transmission oil and transmission oil filter every 60,000 kilometers, and the maintenance cost will naturally be higher.
Fuel costs
In terms of insurance costs and maintenance costs, 2.0T low power is more expensive than 1.4T more than 2,000 yuan, and the power performance of 2.0T is better, so the fuel consumption is naturally higher. According to official data, the comprehensive fuel consumption of 1.4T NEDC is 5.8L/km, and from user feedback and our testing, the actual comprehensive fuel consumption of 1.4T is about 7.8L/km. But the car needs to add No. 95 gasoline, and the current price is 7.65 yuan / L. Then the fuel cost of 1.4T driving 20,000 kilometers a year is about 11,934 yuan, and the fuel cost of 2.0T low power in one year calculated by us is about 12,862 yuan, which is 928 yuan higher than 1.4T. In the three aspects of the cost of the car we investigated, the least difference is fuel consumption, which shows that friends who are worried about the high fuel consumption of 2.0T models and dare not start can now buy with confidence, because its fuel cost is only 2.5 yuan more than 1.4T a day.
summary
Without considering the parts and pieces such as parking fees, car wash fees, etc., we add up the insurance costs, maintenance costs and fuel costs calculated above, and we can conclude that the annual car maintenance cost of 1.4T is about 19890 yuan, which is 2189 yuan less than the previously calculated 2.0T low power. This is mainly because in maintenance, the 2.0T engine needs to replace the transmission oil at 60,000 kilometers, which costs about 1554 yuan, but in the annual fuel cost, 2.0T low power is not much higher than 1.4T.