Typically a longer warranty means that the company is trying to entice consumers to look at the vehicles and that the company has faith in the product that they no longer have the quality problem they once did. The flipside is, if a vehicle is so reliable; why not prove it with a longer warranty. Dodge offers the longer warranty but the competitors (Ford and GM) didn't follow suit. Is Dodge doing all that much better then their competitors? No they are not, so it could be just a marketing gimmick. Use it to sell vehicles and hopefully profits and sales return before you have to start paying out.

Kia and Hyundai have a different battle and use the longer warranty as a selling feature. I would trust them more then Dodge any day though.

 

Hi all, Interesting thread.

Did any one mention that Deawoo was in violation of most states franchise laws. Also they didn't have service departments set up to service their sold units and had a hard time paying the warranty $$ to the independents that did do their warranty?
BTW: Loaner cars are completely up to the dealers, some do it, some don't.

OTOH: Guess who is at the top of initial quality:

problems per car:
S2000: .81
Z4: .87
TT: 1.02
911: 1.08
slk: 1.16
Corvette: 1.25
Boxter: 1.32
350z: 1.49

Enjoy your car.
Woodwork

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by lanbrown
Looks like you missed the point.

 

Now this guy knows!