average car maintenance costs by brand
Ford Fusion. $1,294. $1,738. The Edmunds.com study looked at the national average costs for regularly scheduled car maintenance at 75,000 and 100,000 miles, or about 6.3 years and 8.3 years respectively, based on the average of 12,000 miles of driving annually.
At both mileage marks, the imports and domestics were mixed. Among the five sedans on the list, the cheapest car to maintain to 75,000 miles was the Chevrolet Impala, with a cost of just $997 in regularly scheduled car maintenance. Yet costs go up for 100,000 miles with an estimated $1,740, ranking it sixth least expensive to maintain.