For the basis of the study, the British took the costs of purchase, use and maintenance (fuel, insurance, maintenance) for two models – Volkswagen Golf and Toyota Corolla. After that, the resulting figures were compared with the average income in each country. However, data was collected not from around the world, but from 40 countries.
So, here are the results. Ukraine is located almost in the middle of the anti-top (6th place). It was found that the purchase and maintenance of a car in our country on average is equivalent to 652.29% of the average annual income in the country (that is, for a Ukrainian to be able to buy and maintain a new car, he needs to save more than four average annual salaries). The worst result was shown by Turkey – 652.69%. Also, owning a car is more expensive than in Ukraine in Argentina, Colombia, Uruguay and Brazil (for more details, see the table below).
But where the purchase and maintenance of a car is the cheapest is in Australia – there, the corresponding costs require on average only 49.48% of the average annual income. Immediately behind it are the USA with an indicator of 54.87%, and Denmark closes the top-3 – 60.34%.
Top-10 most expensive countries for buying and maintaining a car
- Turkey: 652.29%
- Argentina: 515.77%
- Colombia: 508.93%
- Uruguay: 443.68%
- Brazil: 441.89%
- Ukraine: 413.78%
- Guatemala: 355.94%
- Russia: 290.04%
- Mexico: 285.20%
- Costa Rica: 269.83%.
Top-10 cheapest countries for buying and maintaining a car
- Australia: 49.48%
- USA: 54.87%
- Denmark: 60.34%
- Canada: 64.40%
- Sweden: 75.84%
- Germany: 78.44%
- Netherlands: 84.65%
- France: 87.00%
- United Kingdom: 89.36%
- Finland: 91.58%.
