Now KIA are offering 7 year warranties on new vehicle will other manufacturers follow ?

Forget who first started offering 3 year warranties but others soon followed and was not long before unlimited miles during the warranty period was also offered.

So which manufacturers are brave enough to follow KIA's example MY10 TDV6 HSE, Alaska White, Ebony with Contrast, Park Heat, Paddle Shift, Privacy, Heated Steering Wheel, Extended & Premium Leather,

MY07 TDV6 HSE, Zermatt Silver, Gone

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1964 Austin Healey 3000

2007 LR Defender

2011 VW Tiguan R Line

If anyone does it then my guess will be Toyota as they will have to do something to
repair their damaged image. 2013 Discovery HSE Luxury - 3.0 SDV6 - Santorini Black
2013 Evoque 5 Door Pure Tech SD4 - Orkney Grey with Panoramic Roof (Mrs E's new baby)

GONE - RRS - 3.0 TDV6 HSE - Santorini (2010)
GONE - RRS - 2.7 TDV6 HSE - Java Black (2007)
GONE - Porsche Boxster S - 3.2 - Black

It doesn't make sense for them to do this, if people happily accept 3 years why would they change?

Kia have done this to raise their profile, none of the listed manufaturers need to do this MY10 3.0 TDV6 HSE, Zermatt Silver, 20" Diamond Turned Alloys, Factory Privacy Glass, Premium Leather, Contrast Stiching, Side Steps, Etc

Gone 2006 '56' 2.7 TDV6 HSE, Zermatt Silver, 20", Side Steps, Brembos, Dynamic Pack, Etc

VW Transporter, 19" Rims, T32 170 BHP, Lowered

More likely it would be Hyundai or Proton than any others - for the reason above, it raises their profile for cars that are otherwise somewhat lackluster. Cannot see Land Rover doing, it would bankrupt them! They got their fingers extremely badly burned when they offered 5 years VIP agreements on the FFRR when it first came out 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
2018 Melting Silver Mini Countryman PHEV - soon to be replaced
2015MY Corris Grey SDv6 HSE Dynamic, the best car I have ever owned, totally reliable only a cou0le of rattles in 3 years, now no longer in my care
Also in my garage is a 1996 TDi300 Defender 90 County HT made into a fake CSW

One things for sure it wont be Volvo. The amount of warranty work that got done on my xc90 if they had a 7 year on it theyd be bankrupt on that one car!!!  Current, M135i in Estoril Blue with more extras than the cast of Ben Hur.

535d m-sport Platinum grey and a few extras.... Gone

X5 3.0 sd in Space Grey, 20's, Dynamic Pack, Memory Pack, Media Pack, Tow Pack, Rear DVD, Panoramic Sunroof, Steps, 7 Seat Pack, Reversing Camera with moving lines, programmable park heat, etc etc etc - Gone

Range Rover Sport Santorini, privacy, dvd, towpack GONE!!!

I do not beleive any will follow.

Hyundi have had a 5 year warranty for some time now and nobdy followed that, Kia then went 2 better.

Honda and Toyota both have their own problems at present, Landrover and Volvo could not afford it, Lexus and Merc do not really need to as they have a reputation for quality and do not need this marketing tactic to bring in reluctant customers.

My only thought is some might offer a longer period on electric cars

No point in offering a 7 year warranty if they cant get parts

KIA had my car for nearly 5 months off road waiting for a dashboard for it, as my original one had motorbike tread marks on it, not a warranty claim but it took 7 months for the a post trim covers too

so if it take this amount of time for parts your 7 years will be spent waiting for it to be fixed

It sure wont be LR with the amout that goes wrong with them.

Just seen an advert on TV. Toyota now giving 5 years warranty. So getting close.

MJF wrote:

It sure wont be LR with the amout that goes wrong with them.

....... .........LR have trouble honouring their '3 yr unlimited mileage warranty', let alone anything else. .....They need to wake up and move into the 21st century FFS  RRS TDV8 Buck Blue (no, not now in my dreams). ..........D3 TDclankety clankV6 ............BMW 318i

I think many manufacturers won't want to move away from 3 year warranties due to the amount of customers who like the peace of mind that the original manufacturer's warranty brings, and who currently change their vehicles every 3 years because that's when the warranty currently expires - those customers are probably going to hang on to their cars a few years longer if the warranty was to be extended, especially in the current financial climate. Alfa Romeo Giulietta 1.8::MG Montego Turbo::MGB GT::Rover Sterling::MGF::MG ZT 190+
Discovery Series II Td5 GS::Discovery 3 TDV6 S::Freelander 2 TD4 XS::Freelander 2 TD4 SE
Range Rover Sport TDV6 3.0

npinks wrote:

dashboard for it, as my original one had motorbike tread marks on it,

This needs explaining!  2005 Zambezi TDV6 - Gone but not forgotten
2009 Alaska TDV8 - Gone and much missed.



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