New Peugeot advert. What the mileages really mean...

marlot

Yep, always makes me laugh when whatcar declare the latest landrover their 'car of the year', whilst it always seems to come bottom in their own JD power reliability report.

[Deleted User]

What about the iconic / modern classic 205, no p*sstake quote for that?

wba31

Nilrem wrote: »

Damn those Kia's are looking more and more appealing with their relatively cheap prices, and 7 year warranties

I've actually got one that is 7+ years old now and it's still going strong (to date the only non consumable repairs have been a wheel bearing and suspension bushes).

I don't doubt many new cars won't be as economically viable for as long as older ones were for the simple reason many of them have much more complex systems than used to be the case (electrics, more advanced brakes etc) so are less able to be repaired at home/without specialised equipment or knowledge, but I don't think they are only designed to last quite as little as 6 years, certainly not the brands that are offering 5+ year warranties as standard.

I question why the car makers feel the need to offer such long warranties... do they not trust the car they built? or do they really care that much about not charging customers for repairs..? or do they actually cover much on these warranties?

Inactive

wba31 wrote: »

I question why the car makers feel the need to offer such long warranties... do they not trust the car they built? or do they really care that much about not charging customers for repairs..? or do they actually cover much on these warranties?

I think that it is called competition.:)

The warranty is the same ( or better in some cases ) as some other makers give for 3 years.

wba31

Inactive wrote: »

I think that it is called competition.:)

The warranty is the same ( or better in some cases ) as some other makers give for 3 years.

I still wouldnt buy a Kia though... or a Vauxhall...

Inactive

wba31 wrote: »

I still wouldnt buy a Kia though... or a Vauxhall...

Well I wouldn't buy a Vauxhall, I would seriously consider a Kia C'eed, I had one out on a 3 day free trial, I was very impressed with it.

Shimrod

wba31 wrote: »

I question why the car makers feel the need to offer such long warranties... do they not trust the car they built?

Rather they are confident enough in the build quality of the car that the warranty is not going to cost them much...

It also brings in buyers who like the assurance that they are unlikely to get large repairs bills during the warranty period - which if it was only 3 years may well choose a different car.

hubert_cumberdale

i have a 280k mile vauxhall nova

shame that doesnt have a warranty for life
its in better nick than some of the year old vauxhall you see lol

Lum

Kias, and Korean cars in general, have a bit of a reputation left over from the late 90s of being poorly built and unreliable. They're basically in the position that Japanese cars were in the early 80s.

Offering a long warranty is the easiest way to deal with these fears.

A cynic might also suggest that their business model is to slap them together cheaply with poor quality control and just fix the ones that break.

Inactive

Lum wrote: »

Kias, and Korean cars in general, have a bit of a reputation left over from the late 90s of being poorly built and unreliable. They're basically in the position that Japanese cars were in the early 80s.

Offering a long warranty is the easiest way to deal with these fears.

A cynic might also suggest that their business model is to slap them together cheaply with poor quality control and just fix the ones that break.

The C'eed is not made in Korea.