With the Peugeot franchise in Malaysia under 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 changes to its warranty offering for brand new Peugeot automobiles offered by way of Stellantis Malaysia, and has issued a clarification on the topic.
Peugeot Malaysia initially provided 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 worth of their car.
“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 bundle is to cater to the assorted clients and their completely different wants,” the corporate stated in a written response to paultan.org.
Prospects who intend to promote their Peugeot automobiles inside the first three years of possession should buy the prolonged guarantee, as much as 90 days earlier than the top of the third 12 months of their car’s guarantee, and this will probably supply the next resale worth for the car, and supply added peace of thoughts for the car’s subsequent proprietor, stated the corporate.
The vast majority of new Peugeot car homeowners so far have opted for the complete seven-year guarantee protection, whereas those that select the five-year protection are company fleet clients, or clients who should not have long-term possession plans, it added.
The selection of extending guarantee protection additionally applies to the Landtrek pick-up truck, which has barely completely 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 complete seven-year, 200,000 km protection for a charge.
Peugeot Malaysia reiterates that the prolonged, seven-year guarantee offers the identical, full protection because the producer’s guarantee, and that it covers “every little thing from powertrain, electronics, physique and paint circumstances, and chassis elements,” excluding wear-and-tear.
The corporate is eager to level out that not like different prolonged guarantee programmes generally provided in Malaysia, the prolonged guarantee by Peugeot Malaysia is undertaken by a world guarantee accomplice appointed by Stellantis, relatively than an insurance coverage firm.
This guarantee accomplice is described as an award-winning supplier for world OEMs, and offers devoted guarantee providers for the Stellantis group in a lot of its markets. A verify on-line finds the Autoguard Group to be the worldwide guarantee supplier for Stellantis, which has lately launched its Prolonged Care programme for the Asia Pacific, India, Africa and Center East markets.
In a nutshell, the guarantee protection offered for brand new Peugeot automobiles bought from Peugeot Malaysia are lined 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 worth of their car is most well-liked.
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