Vauxhall Corsa D (2006 - ) - Buying a New Corsa

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Wed 30 Sep 2009 01:35
Buying a New Corsa - robspear
About to take delivery of a new Corsa.
Given the recent probelms in the news concerning Vauxhall and GM.
How do I stand with regard to future support, warrenty, service, spares etc for the car, should the worst happen and Vauxhall cease trading?
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Wed 30 Sep 2009 01:41
Buying a New Corsa - Dynamic Dave
How do I stand with regard to future support warrenty service spares etc for the
car should the worst happen and Vauxhall cease trading?


Ask yourself how many Rovers are still on the road.

In short, you have nothing to worry about. A car manufacturer has to make sure parts for a car are still available for something like 10 years after it has been discontinued.
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Wed 30 Sep 2009 01:44
Buying a New Corsa - rtj70
Except MG Rover does not exist and have no obligation.

GM Europe and Vauxhall will exist during the length of the warranty you have and beyond. Don't worry and enjoy the car.
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Wed 30 Sep 2009 02:56
Buying a New Corsa - NowWheels
robspear, your car will become completely useless as soon as GM expires. If it is moving at the point of the manufacturer's demise, it will instantly stop. And thereafter it will never move again.

This is asimilar situation to what happens when a manufacturer releases a new model. Your car, which is comfortable and elegant and good to drive one day, mutates into an ugly old crock the moment the new model is announced. It must then be crushed immediately and disposed of in a monitored facility otherwise used for high-level radioactive waste. Failure to do so will lead to your prompt arrest by the fashion police, trial in the keeping-up-with-the-Joneses court, and a stiff sentence in the failed-to-be-a-fashion-victim prison where you will do hard labour grinding away on the rumour mill.

Seriously, tho -- don't worry. As others have said, GM will not vaporise. It may slim down, split up, change owners, or whatever ... but even if it retrenches massively, there will still be a big and lucrative market for spares for the hundreds of thousands of its products on the road. Even if for some reason the makers were unable to satisfy that market, the recievers will make plenty sure that they sell the spares manufacturing rights to the many businesses ready and able to meet the needs of that market.

Besides, how many manufacturer-specific spares does a car need in its first few years? AFAICR, my car has mostly had service items like plugs and oil which are generic anyway, plus two manufacturer-supplied things. One was a cigarette lighter (dead when I bought the car s/h), and two new headlights -- replaced by the dealer under some sort of recall, but I couldn't tell the difference. Unless you're unlucky, most modern cars are similarly frugal on parts after the initial debugging.
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