How much more is parts for a Jaguar, Porsche and other luxury cars?

I'm looking at buying an old Jaguar or Lotus or something for my first car. I have enough saved up and have a couple in mind, but I don't want to be spending a fortune on parts and repair. I know they are more expensive to service, but about how much more compared to a Nissan, or other mid-class cars?


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-Tony|||You don't need exact numbers to understandf that high end luxury car parts and service are just as expensive as the car was when it was new.





Compare the price of a Jaguar on the new car lot to a Nissan Maxima. Apply that same cost difference to the labor and parts prices for that car when it needs to be serviced. Used high end Euopean luxury cars are unreliable and expensive to maintain, it's just the way it is. They are also twice the price to insure.





There is a price to pay for entering into that luxury car "club". When they are new they are expensive to buy. When they are used they are unreliable and come with high maintenance costs.|||Call your local Firestone, or some other national service center. Ask them how much it is for a 4-wheel brake job (pads and rotors) on a 1999 Porsche 911. Then ask how much it is on a Nissan Maxima. You will be amazed at how much more it can be





When it comes to parts for higher-end cars, many chain stores do not stock them. You may not be able to walk into any Kragen and get an alternator for a Lotus Esprit. But you can get one for a Camry just about anywhere. Higher end parts are typically only through the dealer, and that means bigger $$|||think of ity like this higher the car price higher the cost to keep it running


more expensive car more expensive is the up keep|||Ask anyone who has owned a Jaguar and they'll tell you , you need two of them. One to drive while the other is in the shop. A brake job on a Porsche was over $600 in parts alone for a ten year old one twenty years ago. Porsche is a car that a lot of extended warranty people won't cover. I know nothing about Lotus other than their four cylinder engine was one of the best performers of that size. I do however know that a Japanese car executive said, "The day of the six cylinder car for us is over, we have four cylinders now that will out do the six on many levels."I'd consider the Genesis made in Korea and I saw a mid size four door at the LA auto show. I don't know about current availability on it. There is nothing luxurious about the Porsche, it is more about stiff riding spartan sports car than comfort. The Jaguar has been a disappointment for many even Ford themselves, as their banker's told them to dump them before they agreed to loan them money. (This is why Ford didn't need bail out money, they did it the old fashioned way by borrowing from this thing called a bank, whose concession was Volvo and Jaguar should have been dumped way long ago before we even had a conversation about it.) Lotus is way too small, come on. If you want sports luxury get a Mazda RX 7 or 8 or whatever it is. vastly superior to anything in that class. It seems you want British status, then get a Morgan.You really are all over the place here. You need to pick the car you can live with that's probably a Sports car with room Nissan Maxima has done a good job on that front. Japanese mechanics have told me Nissan's are crap. (Renault owns them) I'll bet you didn't know that Volkswagen, BMW, Bentley, and Rolls Royce are bedfellows now the latter having a BMW engine in some models. And if you didn't think they were big enough I'll let the cat out of the bag and say that they are negotiating with Porsche which has been starved for cash like forever, and if Audi is not all ready aboard they will be. Ford is going to be the only auto company left in the US that is what the Euro mega group alluded to. You can get Fords fixed cheaper than just about anything. If I were you I'd buy a four door Tesla for fifty grand, that's the grand car of the future being made today in the U.S. You can get a Shelby Mustang or even better the Ford GT. I knew a neighbor who was in a quandary on what to get in the early 70's. He got a Ford Pantera body Detomaso/Pinafarina power plant choice of four Ford V8s. Worked for him he still has it to this day. He was not pleased when shortly after receiving delivery for the car he hit a pot hole that dusted one of the Campanolo rims that cost over $2000 to replace one and his car was idled for months waiting for the single replacement rim (Never asked him about the spare.) I believe he paid $9000 for the car and the price of the rim was about as out of balance as the one that was destroyed.. I'll google the Ford Gt and see if it's under the average price of a modest house in So. Cal.