Rest of the rich has zero import maintenance, always

Buying a used imported one at tempting prices can be a big trap that will dissolve your bank balance

Old imports can be expensive, even if the purchase is cheap (Photomontage: Gabriel Fernandes | AutoPapo)
By Boris Feldman
Published on 2026-02-20 at 06:00 PM
Updated on 2026-02-20 at 08:25 PM

Buying a used car, because it costs cheap, can be a trap. Whether it’s a premium imported Mercedes, BMW, for R$ 70 thousand or R$ 80 thousand, when the zero costs R$ 300 thousand to R$ 500 thousand.

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Or even a national one with more than 30 years of manufacture, for R$ 15 thousand or R$ 20 thousand, and the new one is between R$ 150 thousand and R$ 200 thousand. And the trap is the price of the spare part, because the car has depreciated in the market, but not the part.

And a brand new engine, for example, from an older import, can cost more than the entire car. And in the case of a head-on crash, a goal or a trophy from the 80s or 90s, the parts for the repair will cost more than the value of the car.

Boris Feldman

Journalist and engineer with 50 years of experience in the automotive press. Led newspaper and television teams and hosts the AutoPapo program on radio stations across the country.

Boris Feldman
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