Buying a car is only half the battle of owning a vehicle. They break down, require regular maintenance, and those that are not properly maintained can hide very expensive repairs. Maintenance costs often go up with the cost of the car, and the $3 million Bugatti Chiron is no different. A new video from The Hamilton Collection details how much it will cost to own a Chiron for a decade, and it’s not cheap, but it’s likely not as expensive as you might think.
From the factory, Bugatti offers Chiron free maintenance service for four years. After that, things started to add up. The Chiron’s annual service is $11,500, and it includes oil and oil filter changes, key fob battery changes, pollen filters, and brake fluid.
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A major overhaul of a car is a four-year overhaul, which must be paid by the owner once in the first 10 years. It costs $34,000. The service includes front and rear axle oil change, new longitudinal lock oil, gearbox oil and filter change, new engine air filter, drive belt replacement, spark plug, hydraulic oil and filter change and new coolant. Bugatti also recommends replacing tires every five years, which adds another $8,450.
Six years of maintenance costs, after the first four years have passed, total $91,500. One set of tires brings that figure to around $100,000. However, it does not include the price of items not covered by a warranty or service action. A replacement Bugatti key costs $13,547, while brakes and rotors cost $47,400, for example.
The video also highlights how much it will cost to replace the powertrain, as that’s something longtime owners may have to do after the first 10 years of ownership. The Chiron’s beating heart – the 8.0-liter quad-turbocharged W16 engine – cost $856,406 to replace, $250,000 more than it would cost to replace the Veyron’s engine. The gearbox, a seven-speed dual-clutch automatic, is $185,000 to replace.
That’s a big number, but the Chiron is a costly work of engineering and art. Bugatti made the Chiron easier to repair and use, but it still wasn’t cheap to buy or own.
