Wen\Wei WuXian
The "expensive" of luxury brand models is not only the high price, but also its high maintenance price. And how to measure the cost of repairing a car? The zero-to-integer coefficient is the most direct and efficient reference data. Simply put, the higher the zero-to-round ratio, the more expensive the accessory.
Using the sum of the parts price of the vehicle divided by the sales price of the vehicle, you can get the zero-integer ratio coefficient of a model, and according to the zero-to-integer ratio data of a total of 100 models in the 13th phase recently released by China Insurance Research Institute, Mercedes-Benz C leads the crowd of luxury cars with a zero-integer ratio coefficient of 823.87%.
Mercedes-Benz C is priced at 314,800, and the zero ratio of up to 800% or more means that if a new Mercedes-Benz C sells parts, it can sell more than 2.5 million, and such a price also means that the maintenance and repair price of Mercedes-Benz is very high, which is a typical "affordable, unaffordable" luxury car.
In addition to Mercedes-Benz C, the 2020 BMW Brilliance X1 is also on the list, specifically, the new car is priced at 399,800 yuan, the zero ratio is 747.9%, although it is far lower than Mercedes-Benz C but the zero ratio coefficient is not low. In addition, the third place Infiniti Q50L is also worthy of attention, its zero ratio coefficient of 732.15%, for a second-tier luxury brand, Infiniti Q50L sales are actually not high, the corresponding zero ratio coefficient is not low, which is afraid to further reduce its product recognition.
In addition, BMW Brilliance X3, Lexus ES, Beijing Mercedes-Benz GLC, Beijing Mercedes-Benz E-Class, Audi A8, BMW Brilliance 3 Series, FAW Toyota Asia Dragon also entered the top 10 zero-to-piece ratio, at the same time, the zero-to-hu ratio of The Asian Dragon also reached 540.09%, although lower than luxury brands, but it is also higher than most ordinary joint venture models.
As for the specific parts, front fog lights, tail lights, radiator frames, reversing mirror assemblies, condensers and other vulnerable parts have become the top parts, and as wearing parts, their maintenance frequency is still very high. Interestingly, as a famous "lamp factory", Audi's headlight maintenance costs are also quite high, and even a single piece can reach 10% of the price of the car.
In the top ten models with headlights single-piece parts, the 2020 FAW Audi Q5L, the headlights single-piece zero-to-piece ratio is 10.56%, at the same time, the second and third places are also Audi, which is 8.85% of FAW Audi Q3 and 8.7% of FAW Audi A4L, which means that the price of changing 10 headlights is basically equivalent to the price of a whole vehicle.
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From the perspective of this zero-to-whole ratio ranking, the high cost of after-sales maintenance of Mercedes-Benz is not out of thin air, and the luxury car represented by BBA is also in the "vanguard force" of the zero-to-whole ratio ranking, for consumers, it also shows that the luxury car is not only the initial purchase cost, but also lies in the later maintenance, which is also an important source of profit for 4S stores and manufacturers.
(This article is originally produced by the editorial department of [Auto Industry] New Media, the author of this article is Wei Wuxian, and the reprint should indicate the source)