In June 2020, the Land Rover brand brought a new Land Rover Defender, although it does not have the iconic girder of the off-road vehicle, adopts a load-bearing body, and the shape is not as "wild and rough" as the original, but the new Land Rover Defender conforms to the development of the times and brings more technology configuration and intelligent off-road functions. Judging from the follow-up feedback of the market, it is still the "off-road strong". Land Rover Defender in the sale of models, divided into long-axis version and short-shaft version of the two versions, today we mainly talk about the space of more practical long-axle models, as a starting price of 848,000 yuan of medium and large SUV, what is its car maintenance cost? While having more rugged off-road capabilities, will it be "harder to feed" than the BBA's competitors?
The Land Rover Defender Long Shaft Edition is on sale in a total of 4 configurations, in addition to the top model priced at 1.7 million yuan, the other three models use a power combination of 3.0T + 8AT, with a maximum horsepower of 400Ps. When selecting the reference model, we found that the long-axis version of the entry model 2022 110 P400 X-DYNAMIC HSE, which costs 848,000 yuan, is the highest attention, and it is the same as the power performance and off-road capabilities of the higher configuration models, and the configuration is said to be the entry-level model, but it basically belongs to "everything", so most consumers will choose it. We will also use it as a reference today to see what the land rover defender long-axis version of the cost of fuel, maintenance and insurance costs is like.
Oil cost:
The Land Rover Defender long-shaft version of the NEDC has a combined fuel consumption of 9.6L/100km, and we tested the car on urban roads to show that the real fuel consumption of this car is almost 15L/100km. For the Land Rover Defender Long Axis version, such fuel consumption is also expected. Although it is an off-road vehicle that "sprinkles joy in the field", the Land Rover Defender long-axis version still needs to add No. 95 gasoline, and the current price is 7.6 yuan / L.
Let's assume that basically in the city driving use, a year of driving range of 20,000 kilometers, the car needs to spend 22,899 yuan a year of fuel, the average monthly refueling expenses of 1,900 yuan. Of course, if you have nothing to do and drive it to the field to "play with mud", then the fuel bill can be said to be "not capped".
Maintenance cost:
The maintenance interval of the Land Rover Defender Long Shaft Edition is 10,000 km maintenance, which is mainly divided into two packages, A maintenance and B maintenance.
Small maintenance for the replacement of oil and oil filter, Land Rover 4S shop maintenance is generally the use of Castrol Pole protective oil, a maintenance is almost to replace 8L oil, plus a series of vehicle inspections and a series of items, Land Rover Defender A maintenance cost of 1755 yuan. On the basis of A maintenance, B maintenance also needs to replace the air conditioning filter and air filter, and the cost of B maintenance is 2835 yuan.
In addition, the Land Rover Defender long-axis version also has some routine replacement items, such as the need to change the brake oil at 40,000 kilometers, which costs 352 yuan. When it is 60,000 kilometers, it is necessary to replace the transmission oil and spark plug, and the cost of replacing the transmission oil is 4937 yuan, while the cost of replacing the spark plug is 1552 yuan.
According to the calculation of 60,000 kilometers in 3 years, the total maintenance cost of this car for 3 years is 20611 yuan, and the average annual cost is 6870 yuan. If you go to some places where the road conditions are not very good, this cost may increase.
Insurance Costs:
The Land Rover Defender long-axle version of the vehicle and ship use tax is 1800 yuan. Combined with the price and use scenarios, we calculate the insurance according to the more comprehensive situation of the purchase. Buy 5 million three liabilities, car damage insurance, body scratch insurance, 30,000 drivers and passengers of the car personnel liability insurance these commercial insurance, plus traffic insurance, its insurance cost is almost 25680 yuan. If we assume that there has been no accident for 3 years, it is called insurance, after calculating the insurance company's annual decreasing discount, the total insurance cost required for this car for three years is 64200 yuan, the average annual premium is 21400 yuan, plus the car and ship use tax is 23200 yuan.
summary:
We added up the cost of fuel, maintenance and insurance to conclude that after purchasing a Land Rover Defender long-axle version, the annual car maintenance cost was almost 52969 yuan, and the average monthly car maintenance cost was almost 4414 yuan. Of course, this is an ideal scenario without counting various soft expenses, and the actual cost may be more than this figure. Compared with the BBA's similar model, it is almost 500 yuan more expensive than the monthly car maintenance expense of audi Q7. However, for friends who can afford to buy/afford these two cars, if there is a demand for the off-road capabilities of the Land Rover Defender long-axis version, it may be worth spending an extra 500 yuan per month.