All budgets / Price bracket
90,000 to 150,000 DKK
91 cars in our data sell for about this much, across ages 2020 to 2022, 2017 to 2019, 2014 to 2016, 2010 to 2013. Ranked by total cost to own, not just the price tag.
The * marks cars old enough that we have no later resale price to compare against, so their number is running costs per year only. See the methodology page for the full picture.
The value argument
92.705 kr apart, for cars that cost the same to buy.
A Kia Sportage (2020-2022) costs 17.128 kr a year to own in this bracket. A Audi Q5 (2014-2016) costs 43.615 kr, that is 26.487 kr more every year. Over the 3.5 years the data covers for both cars, that adds up to 92.705 kr. They are not the same kind of car: a bigger or newer model will typically cost more to run than a smaller one. But they cost the same to buy. Same money out of your pocket at purchase, very different money over the years that follow.
Cheapest to own
Ranked purely on money: purchase minus resale, plus fuel, tax and repairs, per year.
Most car for the money
Half cost, half how engaging the car is to drive (power-to-weight, cylinders, kerb weight), an equal, disclosed blend, not hidden in the score.