Peugeot offers capped serving costs

Launch of the 4008 compact SUV marks the introduction of a capped service-cost plan

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Peugeot has followed the trail blazed by Toyota in offering a fixed-price service plan for its new 4008 SUV. Under the company’s AfterCare ‘assured service plan’, service costs for the 4008 will be capped at $330 a year for the duration of its three-year, 100,000km warranty. The plan covers the vehicle’s standard 12 month/20,000km service intervals with intermediate inspections.

The company will phase in the AfterCare plan with each new model release and substantial updates to each model in its existing lineup.

New car ownership doesn’t stop with the product any more, marketing manager Richard Grant told motoring.com.au at the 4008 launch. “It’s about the whole ownership experience. We worked out pretty quickly from our research that if we want to bring a European brand to more buyers, we need to allay that common perception that European cars, even the inexpensive ones, are costly to service and maintain.”

The 4008’s warranty and servicing schedule differs from that of its sister under the skin, Mitsubishi’s ASX, in several ways. Thanks to different servicing methods and the use of its own lubricants (sourced from French oil giant Total), Peugeot has managed to extend the service interval to 20,000km from the Japanese maker’s 15,000km (both go to 12 months).

Mitsubishi arms the ASX with a five-year/130,000km warranty (with ten years or 160,000km on the powertrain), and caps service costs for the first 60,000km as well. Each 15K service for a petrol ASX costs $195.

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