For young people, a performance car may be a more exciting option than buying an old and heavy executive car. After all, the happiness brought by fast and furious, after trying, will indeed have a feeling of "can't stop". The Mercedes-Benz AMG A 45 is one such car, which is stuffed in a small A-class car with a 2.0T engine capable of outputting 387 horsepower, bringing a power performance of zero hundred acceleration time of 4s. Because of this, if the budget is enough, there are indeed many young people who will consider this "performance monster" when buying a car, but we also know that the cost of car maintenance after buying a car is also a very important car selection factor, as a performance car AMG A 45 is not as "rising" as its power performance in terms of car cost? Let's take a look at it today.
At present, the Mercedes-Benz AMG A 45 model on sale is the 2022 AMG A 45 4MATIC+, today we will take a look at the fuel cost, maintenance cost and insurance cost of this car.
Oil cost:
The WLC of the Mercedes-Benz AMG A 45 has a combined fuel consumption of 8.9L/100km, and according to our tests, the actual fuel consumption of this car is almost 14L/100km. According to what we know, this car needs to add No. 95 gasoline, and the current price of No. 95 gasoline is 7.6 yuan / L. So if we calculate according to the 20,000 kilometers driven in a year, the fuel cost of this car in a year is 21,280 yuan.
Maintenance cost:
Like other Mercedes-Benz brand cars, the maintenance cycle of Mercedes-Benz AMG A 45 is also 10,000 kilometers of maintenance, which is mainly divided into two alternating A maintenance and B maintenance. Among them, A maintenance is to replace the oil and filter, and the cost is 1819 yuan. B maintenance on the basis of A maintenance also need to replace the air filter, the cost is 2701 yuan, but in the 20000 km of multiple maintenance, in addition to the B maintenance content, but also need to replace the spark plug, air conditioning filter and brake oil, the cost of these 3 items is 2750 yuan. In addition, when it is 60,000 kilometers, it is also necessary to replace the transmission oil, which costs 3195 yuan.
So if we calculate according to the 3 years of driving 60,000 kilometers, the total maintenance cost of this car for 3 years is 25,005 yuan, and the average annual maintenance cost is 8335 yuan, which can indeed be said to be very expensive.
Insurance Costs:
Mercedes-Benz AMG A 45 has a vehicle and vessel use tax of 420 yuan, as a model priced at nearly 500,000 yuan, the insurance is calculated according to the purchase of car damage insurance, compulsory traffic insurance and 2 million three liabilities to calculate is 14,062 yuan. If we assume that there has been no accident for three years, it is called insurance, after calculating the discount of the insurance company year by year, the total insurance cost required for this car for three years is 35155 yuan, the average annual insurance cost is 11718 yuan, plus the car and ship use tax needs 12138 yuan.
summary:
By adding up the cost of fuel, maintenance and insurance, we conclude that without considering other soft expenses, the cost of a Mercedes-Benz AMG A 45 is almost 41753 yuan a year, and the average monthly costs 3479 yuan to support it. It can be said that as a compact car, its car maintenance cost is basically the same as a medium and large SUV, but if you consider the power performance and acceleration performance it brings, it is not difficult to understand. However, the car purchase price of close to 500,000 yuan and the average monthly car price of 3479 yuan also make it destined to become a "toy" for a small number of people.