Car Battery Brand?

knithappens

I'm going to change my Vauxhall Zafira battery myself, as it looks straight forward - battery not tucked away, but just wondering which is a good brand of battery to buy?

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Yuasa. Get one from tayna or the battery shop

knithappens

facade wrote: »

Yuasa. Get one from tayna or the battery shop

Thankyou. I was looking at Euro Car Parts but reviews are hit and miss with them

reeac

About 4 years ago the 10 year old battery on my workhorse Jazz showed signs of failure so I got the local garage to fit a replacement. They fitted a Yuasa which has been perfectly satisfactory so far.

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If you go to yuasa.co.uk they have a battery finder for the part number, type that into tayna.co.uk or your prefered seller and see how much it is.


Yuasa supply the same batteries to Halfords under halfords numbers like HB000, if you are desperate to throw money away, or can't be in for a delivery.

EdGasketTheSecond

knithappens wrote: »

Thankyou. I was looking at Euro Car Parts but reviews are hit and miss with them

Try GSF 'Drivetec' battery if you are looking for a cheaper one; better than the cheap Lion ones from ECP. Otherwise Bosch Silver are very good.

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I looked up Lion, and although they seem like pallet load cheap Chinese batteries, they are a respected Australian brand, and an OEM fit in Australia, like Furukawa Battery is the major Japanese OEM brand, but looks really cheap when you lift the bonnet on a Japanese car.


Lion are partners with Sebang of Korea, who are part owned by Yuasa- the Korean plant used to be Yuasa.


Knowing this, you wonder why they have such a bad reputation- unless it is a different Lion- the Australian logo looks like a cartoon lion a child would draw, the ECP Lion logo looks like a WWF picture.

AdrianC

facade wrote: »

...and an OEM fit in Australia

No such thing, now that there's no car manufacturing in Australia.

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AdrianC wrote: »

No such thing, now that there's no car manufacturing in Australia.

From 1994 to 2017, all Australian-built Holden vehicles were manufactured in Elizabeth, South Australia, and engines were produced at the Fishermans Bend plant in Melbourne. End of an era

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AdrianC wrote: »

No such thing, now that there's no car manufacturing in Australia.

Is there not? I thought they made big Holdens and the 70 series Landcruiser

AdrianC

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Is there not? I thought they made big Holdens and the 70 series Landcruiser

Nope, nothing.
Holden and Toyota both closed their factories over two years ago, the last plants in the country. Ford closed a year earlier.

Toyota had only built the Camry there, not the LC70 - that was always imported. The current Commodore's a rebadged Insignia, but the replacement will probably be from GM Korea.