With the Peugeot franchise in Malaysia below the care of Stellantis Malaysia since March this 12 months, the nationwide gross sales firm has began its product roll-out with the Malaysian-market launch of the 408 in the direction of the top of April.
Final month, the corporate introduced adjustments to its guarantee providing for brand spanking new Peugeot automobiles offered via Stellantis Malaysia, and has issued a clarification on the topic.
Peugeot Malaysia initially supplied a seven-year, 200,000 km guarantee for the 408, which utilized to all new Peugeot automobiles bought from Stellantis Malaysia. The choice to revert to a five-year, 150,000 km protection is to supply clients the flexibleness of selecting the shorter five-year guarantee, and with it, a rebate on the acquisition value of their automobile.
“This choice comes from buyer suggestions saying they don’t want [seven years of warranty coverage] and would like a rebate for upfront financial savings on their downpayment. This new prolonged guarantee package deal is to cater to the varied clients and their totally different wants,” the corporate stated in a written response to paultan.org.
Clients who intend to promote their Peugeot automobiles inside the first three years of possession should still buy the prolonged guarantee, as much as 90 days earlier than the top of the third 12 months of their automobile’s guarantee, and this will probably supply a better resale worth for the automobile, and supply added peace of thoughts for the automobile’s subsequent proprietor, stated the corporate.
The vast majority of new Peugeot automobile house owners so far have opted for the total seven-year guarantee protection, whereas those that select the five-year protection are company fleet clients, or clients who wouldn’t have long-term possession plans, it added.
The selection of extending guarantee protection additionally applies to the Landtrek pick-up truck, which has barely totally different protection; this has a three-year, 100,000 km guarantee by default, which might be prolonged to 5 years or 150,000 km, or the total seven-year, 200,000 km protection for a charge.
Peugeot Malaysia reiterates that the prolonged, seven-year guarantee gives the identical, full protection because the producer’s guarantee, and that it covers “all the things fromfrom powertrain, electronics, physique and paint situations, and chassis elements,” excluding wear-and-tear.
The corporate is eager to level out that in contrast to different prolonged guarantee programmes generally supplied in Malaysia, the prolonged guarantee by Peugeot Malaysia is undertaken by a worldwide guarantee accomplice appointed by Stellantis, quite than an insurance coverage firm.
This guarantee accomplice is described as an award-winning supplier for international OEMs, and gives devoted guarantee providers for the Stellantis group in lots of its markets.
In a nutshell, the guarantee protection supplied for brand spanking new Peugeot automobiles bought from Peugeot Malaysia are coated by the seven-year guarantee at its full extent, and clients could select the shorter, five-year protection as a substitute if a rebate on the acquisition value of their automobile is most well-liked.
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