The cost of keeping your supercar super: Maintenance tips and customisation trends
supercar owner, don’t underestimate the cost of maintaining one. Supercar collectors or long-time users point out that keeping the engine purring could set you back approximately 3,00,000 Rs 5,00,000 a year.
“[On average] A supercar’s maintenance costs about 30 per cent more versus a regular luxury car,” says Imran Majid, owner of a Nissan GTR 35 Skyline (currently the fastest Nissan GTR in the country) and also co-founder of automotive customisation shop Kik Shift.
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Arvaan Joshi, manager of the Super Car Club India, says, “Nowadays, service centres for supercar brands do not repair but replace parts. Costs can go up exponentially. If you only consider non-accidental damage like wear and tear, owners are often looking at maintenance costs of about 5-10 per cent of the purchase price, just in the first year itself.”
You also need highly-trained personnel who understand the car and its intricate components. For instance, Ferrari’s 7-Year Genuine Maintenance service. The service is only carried out by highly-qualified dealer technicians who have been trained at the Ferrari Training Centre in Maranello, Italy (aka the home of Ferrari). Nobody knows the unique characteristics of Ferrari’s cars better than them. And delaying maintenance is not an option. “Supercars are high performance cars,” says Joshi. “The engine is pushed to extreme levels. So ignoring or delaying simple service requirements like changing your engine oil or your brake fluid, even for a little bit, can cause issues.”
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