Frankenstein’s Car: The Monstrous Costs Haunting Britain’s Motorists This Halloween
Forget ghosts and ghouls; this Halloween, the real fright is hiding under your bonnet. MotorEasy has rummaged through Britain’s garages to build a beastly creation from the most expensive parts around: Frankenstein’s Car.
Using thousands of warranty claims and repair bills, we’ve brought to life a monster made entirely from the priciest car parts ever to haunt our workshops. The total cost to create this terrifying machine is over £78,000! Enough to scare even the most fearless drivers this Halloween.
The Anatomy of a Monster
To piece together this automotive nightmare, we chose the costliest repairs from across the UK and bolted them into one horrifying creation. Here’s what makes up Frankenstein’s Car:
| Make | Car Part | Repair Bill |
| Mercedes S-class | Air Con | £3,000 |
| Audi Q7 | Alternator | £3,200 |
| Range Rover | Engine | £15,900 |
| Mercedes C-class | Drive Battery | £11,000 |
| BMW 4 Series | Fuel System | £1,900 |
| Land Rover Discovery Sport | Gearbox | £6,800 |
| Jaguar XE | Steering | £7,000 |
| Land Rover Discovery | Turbo | £10,000 |
| Audi A7 | Transmission | £19,400 |
| Total | £78,200 |
A Few Frightening Alternatives
If our monstrous mechanic had wanted a different part, he had plenty of options. Take the gearbox from a Nissan Qashqai, for example. It comes in at £4,100, slightly less than the Discovery Sport but still enough to give any driver nightmares.
The Real Horror Story: Everyday Repairs
While Frankenstein’s creation is the stuff of Halloween legend, the real nightmare for motorists comes from everyday repair costs. With more advanced technology and hybrid systems now common even in family cars, the price of keeping vehicles on the road is rising faster than many realise.
Duncan McClure Fisher, MotorEasy founder and CEO of Intelligent Motoring, says:
“The figures are frightening and not just because it’s Halloween. Today’s cars are more advanced than ever, but that means they’re also more complex and expensive to fix when something goes wrong. Frankenstein’s Car is a light-hearted way to remind drivers that breakdowns can be scary in more ways than one. It’s a seasonal take on the data that sits behind our MotorEasy Reliability Index, a live dataset that tracks the frequency and cost of repairs across 341 vehicle models.”
How to Keep the Monsters at Bay
No one can predict when their car might turn into a mechanical monster, but it is possible to protect yourself from the worst of it. With a MotorEasy car warranty, you can shield yourself from unexpected repair bills and keep your motoring story from turning into a horror tale.
This Halloween, forget the haunted houses and horror films. The real scare might already be sitting on your driveway.
