Thanks. Do you think that if I had the diesel and had it serviced yearly, it would last a while?

Do you think these C5 Aircross' are more reliable than the older models? I've seen online that Citroen have upped their reliability apparently?

Im doubting now whether I should get a Citroen because the Kia Sportage has the 7 year warranty. But that is about £3,000 more and a Petrol Mild Hybrid. 1.6L Is that a more reliable car than the C5 aircross?

Im doubting now whether I should get a Citroen because the Kia Sportage has the 7 year warranty. But that is about £3,000 more and a Petrol Mild Hybrid. 1.6L Is that a more reliable car than the C5 aircross?

You may be looking at this the wrong way. Rather than asking whether the Sportage is more reliable than the C5 Aircross you should be thinking about the fact that the warranty will cover any faults up to 7 years (I'm assuming the Citroen's will be 3 years?). But I would expect the Sportage to be more reliable anyway.

Been having a look at the 2023 What Car reliability survey. Citroen's overall ranking is not as bad as I'd thought (14th out of 32), better than Audi, Mercedes, VW, Skoda and Porsche to name a few (Kia are 8th BTW). But the individual rating for the C5 Aircross isn't so rosy. Curiously the Citroen had been lumped into the category of "large SUV", but it comes 18th out of 24. I say curiously because the Peugeot 3008 (more or less the same size as well as being the same under the skin) comes under "family SUV". It doesn't fair that well either though coming in 28th out of 34.

The individual rating for the Sportage is better than C5 Aircross (and 3008) but not brilliant, coming 18th out of 34. This is particularly weird (and evidence that reliability surveys are not the be all and end all) because the Hyundai Tucson is the mechanical twin of the Sportage and it comes in 6th!.

Not sure what age RAV4 you would get for the price of a new C5 Aircross, but worth bearing in mind that, assuming dealer serviced, the Toyota warranty is 10 years.

Not sure what age RAV4 you would get for the price of a new C5 Aircross, but worth bearing in mind that, assuming dealer serviced, the Toyota warranty is 10 years.

Not true.

A Toyota does not have to have been dealer serviced all its life to get the warranty updated at a Toyota service but the catch is ALL identified faults have to be repaired at the owners cost for the warranty to become current, no saying you will do it later. That could be very costly on a neglected car. I also believe that the warranty does not cover the same as the original warranty but may be wrong on that.

That may well be true on paper and in so far as the legal side of it is concerned. But, much like Kia's 7 year warranty, manufacturers seem to be able to find the ways and means to worm their way out of their obligations when it comes down to it.

As such, (and as with a Kia), personally I'd stick to main dealer approved stock to be on the safe side.