I believe everyone has heard of a "famous saying" in the automotive industry: If you can afford to buy a car, you cannot afford to maintain it. Especially in the second-hand car market, many friends get excited when they see "cheap" second-hand luxury cars, thinking that they have finally found a shortcut to spend a small amount of money to look great! As everyone knows, after buying a car, all kinds of preparations and post-maintenance are the big part.

So today, the editor will take stock of those cars (brands) that come with free maintenance when you buy a car, which can easily save you a lot of car maintenance expenses.

Looking at the auto market, most of the models that provide free maintenance services are Japanese high-end brands:

Lexus

Maintenance policy: four years or 100,000 for fuel models Free major and minor maintenance per kilometer; free major and minor maintenance for hybrid models for six years or 150,000 kilometers.

Covered items: engine oil, engine filter, cabin filter, air filter, fuel filter, wiper blade, brake pad, brake fluid.

The single basic minor maintenance cost of Lexus is about 700 yuan, and the major maintenance cost is more than 1,300 yuan. Based on an average driving mileage of 15,000 kilometers per year, the official free maintenance service within a limited range can save you 12,000-16,000 yuan. (Depending on the model)

Lexus is a shining business card among Japanese high-end brands and even the world's automobile brands, not only reflected in its excellent product quality and elegant and noble vehicle tone (perennially ranked among JD. Power? ranks among the top three automobile brands in terms of quality), and in terms of post-use car maintenance support, it is an endorsement of the ingenuity of Japanese brands - making unremitting efforts to provide customers with the most thoughtful and complete car experience.

Long-term free maintenance can be said to be the greatest expression of Lexus’ customer care, and it can be called the originator of “free maintenance service”. The spare parts items involved in its free maintenance are very complete, allowing car owners to truly experience worry-free maintenance.

Infiniti

Maintenance policy: free major and minor maintenance for four years or 100,000 kilometers.

Covered items: engine oil, oil filter, cabin filter, air filter, spark plug, and brake fluid.

Infiniti's single basic minor maintenance cost is about 700 yuan, and major maintenance costs more than 1,200 yuan. Based on an average driving mileage of 15,000 kilometers per year, the official free maintenance service within a limited range can save you 15,000-20,000 yuan. (Depending on the model)

Unlike Lexus’ luxurious and elegant model settings, Nissan’s Infiniti is a car brand that focuses on individual sports. Since 2018, in addition to providing regular free maintenance services within a limited range, the official also allows car owners to install a sports package as a replacement.

Although Infiniti’s domestic sales have been tepid, its reliable product quality is well-known among car owners. We have not seen its name in several large-scale car recalls. The editor highly recommends it.

Acura

Maintenance policy: Free basic maintenance within 15 times of four years or 100,000 kilometers.

Covered items: engine oil, oil filter.

Acura’s single basic minor maintenance cost is about 500 yuan, and major maintenance costs 1,500 yuan. Based on an average driving mileage of 15,000 kilometers per year, the official free maintenance service within a limited range can save you 16,000-20,000 yuan. (Depends on the model)

Compared with Lexus and Infiniti, the maintenance items provided by Acura are relatively basic, only minor maintenance materials such as oil and filter. But you must know that the terminal discounts for major models such as TLX-L and RDX are as much as 10%-20%, which will save you a lot when purchasing the vehicle. The rest of the maintenance items can be completed in ordinary auto repair shops at a very low cost. Not expensive.

Other models that provide free maintenance

In addition to the three Japanese brands listed above, models from brands such as Cadillac, Toyota, and Buick also provide car owners with different types of maintenance. Free maintenance service. For example, if you buy a Cadillac CT5 in Beijing, you will receive a maintenance coupon worth 10,000 yuan, which is equivalent to 8-10 minor maintenance times; FAW Toyota's flagship model Avalon has launched four years or 100,000 kilometers of free basic maintenance, which is similar to Lexus Achieved equality.

For most brands, "free maintenance" is basically a luxury, because later maintenance is one of the biggest sources of profit for dealers. But because of this, we can see the sincerity of individual car companies.

Finally, I would like to give you a piece of advice: No matter whether the manufacturer provides free maintenance services for your intended model, we should act according to our ability and choose a model that is equivalent to our own economic strength. We must know the maintenance of luxury brand models. The cost of getting up will shock you.

Note: All maintenance items and cost estimates listed above are for reference only. Please refer to the local dealer for guidance. Car Reviews/LF

This article comes from the author of Autohome Chejiahao and does not represent the views and positions of Autohome.