Due to a low sales volume Opel just announced a new ” lifetime guarantee”.
Expensive repairs belong to the past said Opels Nick Reilly last week in Rüsselsheim.
These new guarantee regulations start with buying a brand new Opel from today on. The guarantee ends after 160.000 kilometers.
There is no time limit for the guarantee. It’s also possible to take it over to the second owner.
The offer includes the labour costs for 160.000 km. For the first 50.000 km spare parts are also included.
To extend the normal 2 year guarantee you’ll have to pay a yearly reactivation-fee at your Opel-reseller for 11,90€.
The main reason behind the new guarantee could be that Opel sold over 40 % less cars than last year. It is said that the company is underequipped with equity and needs to cover this gap to change the Adam Opel GmbH into a stock cooperation by the end of this year.
What do you think of Opel´s new lifetime guarantee? Do these new regulations rather stand for Opel’s trust in their own products or is it simply the need to sell more cars?
source:Â sueddeutsche.de
