With the Peugeot franchise in Malaysia underneath 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 tip of April.
Final month, the corporate introduced modifications to its guarantee providing for brand new Peugeot automobiles bought by 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 prospects the flexibleness of selecting the shorter five-year guarantee, and with it, a rebate on the acquisition worth 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 bundle is to cater to the varied prospects and their totally different wants,” the corporate mentioned in a written response to paultan.org.
Prospects 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 tip of the third 12 months of their automobile’s guarantee, and this may increasingly probably provide the next resale worth for the automobile, and provide added peace of thoughts for the automobile’s subsequent proprietor, mentioned the corporate.
Nearly all of new Peugeot automobile house owners so far have opted for the complete seven-year guarantee protection, whereas those that select the five-year protection are company fleet prospects, or prospects who don’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 complete seven-year, 200,000 km protection for a charge.
Peugeot Malaysia reiterates that the prolonged, seven-year guarantee supplies the identical, full protection because the producer’s guarantee, and that it covers “all the pieces from powertrain, electronics, physique and paint circumstances, and chassis parts,” excluding wear-and-tear.
The corporate is eager to level out that in contrast to different prolonged guarantee programmes generally provided in Malaysia, the prolonged guarantee by Peugeot Malaysia is undertaken by a worldwide guarantee accomplice appointed by Stellantis, reasonably than an insurance coverage firm.
This guarantee accomplice is described as an award-winning supplier for world OEMs, and supplies devoted guarantee companies for the Stellantis group in lots of its 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 prospects might select the shorter, five-year protection as a substitute if a rebate on the acquisition worth of their automobile is most well-liked.
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