Chery Malaysia’s 10-year, 1 million km engine guarantee reverts to 7 years after first 3k patrons, price RM2k

Chery Malaysia’s 10-year, 1 million km engine warranty reverts to 7 years after first 3k buyers, worth RM2k

After an extended gestation that began method again in December 2021, Chery’s return to the Malaysian market was made official yesterday night time. The model relaunch occasion additionally noticed the official debut of the Omoda 5 and Tiggo 8 Professional SUVs as the primary fashions of Chery’s new period right here.

Earlier than yesterday, we introduced you previews of what’s coming subsequent from the corporate’s base in Wuhu, in addition to previews of the native spec Omoda 5 and Tiggo 8 Professional. The one issues that remained a thriller was the pricing (Omoda 5 RM108,800 to RM118,800; Tiggo 8 Professional RM159,800) and guarantee package deal.

The latter is a spectacular, headline grabbing announcement – an engine guarantee of 10 years or a million km. However as with all issues, look out for the asterisk pointing to phrases and circumstances. Right here, the 10-year engine guarantee is just for the early birds, particularly the primary 3,000 patrons.

Nevertheless, even in case you’re buyer quantity 3,001, the guarantee ain’t dangerous. To counter adverse notion of automobiles from China and to place to mattress any reliability considerations, Chery Malaysia is providing a automobile guarantee of seven years or 150,000 km. As soon as the 10-year engine guarantee is totally claimed, engine will fall beneath the seven-year/150,000 km normal guarantee.

If for no matter motive you actually want the 10-year guarantee, you should buy and prolonged guarantee package deal (EWP) that can deliver your engine guarantee again to 10 years. The EWP value is RM2,000 – basically, the primary 3,000 patrons will get a ‘free reward price RM2,000’.

There may even be 5 years of free service, however Chery’s wording is relatively liberal right here. This isn’t the identical as a number of the true free service packages on the market, the place you fork out nothing as a result of components and labour are included. As an alternative, the ‘free’ portion right here is labour costs (components not included) for alternating companies (free this time, pay the following time). The service interval is each 10,000 km or six months.

We’ve coated the Omoda 5 and Tiggo 8 Professional in full, so click on on the hyperlinks to learn extra. What do you consider Chery’s value/package deal and guarantee?