The industry leading ten year warranty offered by Toyota seems to be the way to go after learning about a major engine failure on a 6 year Korean car which was refused as the previous service was delayed due to the dealer being closed during lockdown

Agreed, the only make we'd consider buying new or nearly new, not just for the warranty but from very good ownership experiences over many years and my previous kerbside cowboy oddjobbing from decades ago.

Apart from that SWMBO is a big fan of the marque, she doesn't want flash or image she just wants something thats works doesn't break and is relatively simple (excl Mr T's sat nav which is ridiculously complicated), and as any sensible chap knows a happy wife = happy and quiet life :-)

The industry leading ten year warranty offered by Toyota seems to be the way to go ....

........if you are a high mileage driver. But for a reasonably competent retiree now doing only a few thousand miles a year, being tied into ten years of expensive dealer service with inflation linked costs of probably well over 200 of today's pounds for some of those years when there might be replacement of things which need not be replaced by overpriced replacements might not be a financially wise option.