https://carthings.in/tags/resale-value/Recent content in Resale Value on Car ThingsHugoen-INcontact@carthings.in (Satish Kumar)contact@carthings.in (Satish Kumar)Tue, 21 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000https://carthings.in/cost-to-own-cars-india/Tue, 21 Jul 2026 07:00:00 +0000contact@carthings.in (Satish Kumar)https://carthings.in/cost-to-own-cars-india/<p>Most people choose a car by two numbers: the price and the mileage. Both are the wrong place to look. The real cost of a car is what it loses in value while you own it, plus what you spend keeping it running. When you add those up, the ranking flips: <strong>the cheapest car to buy is often not the cheapest to own.</strong></p> <p>We ran the numbers on <strong>14 of India&rsquo;s best-selling cars</strong> over a typical 5-year, 60,000 km ownership, and found the single biggest cost is not fuel at all. It is <strong>depreciation</strong>, which works out to around <strong>65% of the total</strong> on average. Here is the full study, with the cars that quietly cost you the least, and the ones that drain far more than their sticker price suggests.</p>