Sure, you can shop around for cheap car insurance and haggle with the dealership’s salesman, but there are some costs to owning a car that you can’t budget for so easily, including maintenance and ...

But do they ever think about what it will cost to maintain and repair that car over the next 10 years? In a new ranking, Consumer Reports compares car brands on long-term maintenance and repair costs.

From Buicks to Toyotas, we broke down the cheapest cars to maintain, including average maintenance costs over the course of a few years to a decade.

Auto repairs rarely blow up a budget overnight. More often, a tiny noise, a warning light, or a small leak gets brushed off until it snowballs into a four-figure bill that wrecks the monthly plan.

Sometimes you don’t need the “best” extended car warranty. Maybe you’re on a tight budget. Maybe you only need a limited amount of coverage. Or maybe you just want to protect yourself from getting ...