With some manufacturers now providing longer warranties as standard for example:

Kia - 7 year, 100,000 miles

Hyundai - 5 year, 100,000 miles

Toyota - 5 year, 100,000 miles

Vauxhall - Lifetime (1st owner), 100,000 miles

When do we think Skoda or VW group in general will give in and offer a similar deal with their new cars, will 5 year warranties or greater become the norm over the next 2-3 years?

Id like to think that they will follow but as long as people continue buying their cars they are unlikely to offer a better warranty. KIA/Hyundai are a newish manufacturer and needed something bold to bring them into the game. Toyota suffered with the brakes issue a couple of years back which in their eyes seriously affected their reputation so the longer warranty came in.

The vauxhall warranty makes no real sense to me, it is only for the first owner and the majority of their customers are fleets/hire companies!

The vauxhall warranty makes no real sense to me, it is only for the first owner and the majority of their customers are fleets/hire companies!

So it costs them very little extra, but helps with the image.

Matt

I thought I read somewhere VAG were going to 100k warranties.

I know VW commercials already offer this.

Id like to think that they will follow but as long as people continue buying their cars they are unlikely to offer a better warranty. KIA/Hyundai are a newish manufacturer and needed something bold to bring them into the game. Toyota suffered with the brakes issue a couple of years back which in their eyes seriously affected their reputation so the longer warranty came in.

The vauxhall warranty makes no real sense to me, it is only for the first owner and the majority of their customers are fleets/hire companies!

Which means they are increasing the chances of them getting sold to businesses . Need a hire car? Have a Vauxhall.

Which means they are increasing the chances of them getting sold to businesses . Need a hire car? Have a Vauxhall.

Hire firms will dump after 12k or 12 months, so warranty isn't an issue. It's all down to the deals they get on buying them. Some firms pretty much give them away to hire firms

Id like to think that they will follow but as long as people continue buying their cars they are unlikely to offer a better warranty. KIA/Hyundai are a newish manufacturer and needed something bold to bring them into the game. Toyota suffered with the brakes issue a couple of years back which in their eyes seriously affected their reputation so the longer warranty came in.

Hyundai have been around a bit now and if I'm not mistaken (can't remember who told me now so could be a load of twoddle) Hyundai was the first vehicle manufacturer to offer 3 year warranties in the uk.

Note to OP Hyundai offer a 5 year UNLIMITED mileage warranty.

Ive just read that back and I sound quite pro Hyundai but I have nothing to do with them........honest! I have owned two but they were both rubbish compared to my skodas!

There's warranties and then there's things mentioned in sales campaigns to "Get-'em thru the doors".

If the niggling minor problems (ARB failure, intermittment EGR failure, leaky doors, failed console bushes, failed temperature control mechanism on air con) and not-so minor e.g. piston ring and cylinder wear I've experienced on my Fabia from years 3 to 8 are representative of product quality across the VW group, then they will have to do some serious work with their parts suppliers if they intend to honour warranty claims beyond 3 years and still stay in business.

Nick

Edited 28 September, 201114 yr by Clunkclick

Back when I bought my Fabia in 2001 it came with a three year unlimited mileage warranty. It had a new steering rack under warranty at 2 years, 11 months and 29 days (and 117k miles) because it failed its MOT for leaking gaiters. The unlimited warranty got a lot of Taxi firms into Octavias at that time, too.

So far as the Vauxhall 'lifetime' warranty for 100k, is that as long as they expect their cars to last? Actually I expect it is! They are cheap to buy, that has to be for a reason.