Owning an Aston Martin: the real costs of maintenance, insurance, and daily driving

Many of us have dreamed of owning an Aston Martin – but aside from the original purchase price, how much does it cost to keep one on the road?

The favored car of fictional spy James Bond, Aston Martin vehicles are about as classy as you can get.

However, as you might expect from a luxury brand, an Aston Martin will require a bit more effort and attention than your average car.

But just how much do things like maintenance, insurance, and repairs run up to?

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Maintenance

There’s no point in splashing the cash on a high-end car and then letting it get run into the ground, right?

So, when it comes to owning an Aston Martin be prepared to schedule it for a service either once a year or every 10,000 miles, whichever comes first.

As a bit of an average, Consumer Affairs reports that you’ll spend between $2,200 and $2,500 per service – so let’s call it $2,350.

This puts it a little higher than an average Lamborghini service per year – at $2,000 – and a bit lower than that for a McLaren – which costs an average of $2,820.

How much you’ll pay for annual maintenance depends on what model you go for – a $3 million Aston Martin Valkyrie will cost a lot more to have serviced than a $194,000 Aston Martin Vantage V8, for example.

In fact, using those two cars as an example – you’d be looking at paying around $114,000 per year for the Valkyrie and around $2,200 for the Vantage.

Aston Martin services include things like oil and filter replacement, tire rotation, and a 131-point factory maintenance inspection. 

While the services don’t include repairs, getting your Aston Martin – or any car – serviced annually can keep it on the road for longer.

Aston Martin insurance

When it comes to insuring your Aston Martin, you might expect to pay a bit more than you would a trusty old Ford – and you’d be right to think that. 

Car Edge crunched the numbers and found that the average Aston Martin owner pays $5,831 per year to insure their car. 

This makes it $2,936 more expensive than other similar luxury brands. 

And, much like annual services, the cost of insurance for an Aston Martin varies depending on the make and model. 

It also changes based on your age, where you live, how safe a driver you are, and how good your credit score is. 

So, a 40-year-old good driver with full coverage and good credit, who does around 13,000 miles a year, will pay on average $5,831 – but if you happen to be 18 with a bad credit rating that can shoot up to $31,619 annually. 

Down the other end of the scale, a 55-year-old good driver with a solid credit score will pay around $5,204 a year.

While insurance for an Aston Martin will almost always be higher than your standard daily driver, you may get a lower rate by finding a specialist insurer – like a lot of things, it can really pay to shop around.

Daily driving and fuel

Aston Martin cars are built for their performance and luxury – so often don’t fare as well as your average vehicle when it comes to fuel economy. 

Aston Martin says all of its vehicles in the 2023 model year will get at least 20 miles per gallon – but, of course, this differs depending on the make, model, and how you drive it. 

The 2023 Aston Martin Vantage V8 offers the best estimated miles per gallon with around 18mpg in the city and 24mpg on the highway.

Meanwhile, the 2023 Aston Martin DBX V8 is at the other end with 14mpg in the city and 20mpg on the highway. 

If you want to know what this means in real terms, the US Department of Energy has a handy fuel-cost tracking tool. 

The Aston Martin Vantage V8 will cost $5.01 per 25 miles and has an average annual fuel cost of $3,000 – this means a Vantage owner will spend around $6,750 more in fuel over five years compared to the average new vehicle. 

An Aston Martin DBX V8 will cost about $6.27 per 25 miles, or $3,750 annually. Over five years, this is $10,500 more than the average new car owner will pay for fuel. 

If you’re using an Aston Martin as your daily driver, then you may be concerned about repair costs.

However, it turns out that Aston Martins are actually pretty reliable cars. 

A service manager at an Aston Martin dealership told Consumer Affairs, that the cars had become a lot more reliable over the last decade or so. 

“In the last generation they’ve really flushed out all of the major issues,” he said. 

“There really aren’t any ‘common problems’ that we keep seeing. For the first 50,000 miles, all we really have to do is brakes and tires.”

He went on to say that the main issues stem from folks who leave their Aston Martin sitting for two long – so taking it out on the road is a simple way to look after it.

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