Would you rather pay to maintain an old car ( older than 20 years old) or buy a new model. 2019. Or a 4x4 drive 30,000 us or euro dollars?

I have a car over 20 years old.  It is one of the first Infinitis.  It was 37 thousand when new back in 1997.  Best engineered car I have ever seen.  Haven't had to do a thing to fix it.  It is a 4wd.

I am fixing the brakes on my 27 year old 2wd pickup. I paid 1000 dollars for it five or so years ago and I guess over the past five years invested another 1000 dollars or so like in fixing the brakes or timing belt.

So for about the sales tax on a 30,000 dollar car I have bought a pickup and operated it (less gas and oil) for five years.

So it is not rather- that is the way it is. Right now on paper I have saved 60,000 dollars this way (most cars vehicles are traded every five years or less) with out counting interests costs.

A car over 20 years old is not going to be reliable.

A new 2020 car (The 2019 model year ended five months ago) is costly, and will depreciate a lot in the next year. Thus, buying a 1-3 year old used car is far smarter.

99% of drivers never need any 4WD capability.

i can't answer that question without knowing what kind of 4x4 you are talking about.

Some cars have passed the million mile mark with proper maintenance. Depends on whether or not you have a collectors item or a well maintained whoopty. I have not had a car payment in over 20 years and know people who finally paid off their cars who don't ever want to go into debt again on any car. The only people who care about what you drive are #1 the insurance company & BMV and #2 car thieves. 

You can build a secret street machine out of a whoopty that goes 200 MPH and no one would be the wiser. Haha! 

Depends on the old car - if it's in good shape, has been decently maintained, and doesn't have any major problems, then it might be the best bet.

New cars are horribly overpriced (but people keep shelling out whatever the salesman asks - often not even attempting to bargain with them, and falling for the 'how much do you want your monthly payment to be' and not even thinking about the actual sales price (plus rolling what they owe on their trade-in into the new loan, while getting nothing for the trade-in).

I would keep the old car until it comes time for a repair that would cost more than the car is worth. Then I would sell the old car, use the money I would have spent on a repair and buy a newer car. I would not buy a new 2019 unless I got a really good deal on it. (Big price cut, rebates, no interest loan, etc_

Meet in the middle, buy a 7 year old vehicle with low mileage and run it for 4 or 5 years before replacing it.

We live in a part of the USA that gets frequent heavy snow during the winter months. I own a family sedan with all-wheel drive (AWD) and a 4x4 pickup truck. BOTH are fairly new. I also own two convertible sports cars that are over 20 years old. They are collectors items and are placed in storage during the winter months.

Once it starts needing replacement parts, it never ends. Get rid of it and start afresh.