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Originally Posted by Sylvanfan
I would be more interested in the long term cost of the repairs. Having a few minor issues when it's new is one thing. Having a transmission go at 150,000 km would be something else.
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Low reliability ratings don't mean that every single vehicle off the assembly line is going to be a lemon. Older Volvos had a reputation of good reliability but so did Honda. A Volvo is going to cost in the range of a German luxury car to maintain while a Subaru is going to be more inline with other Japanese brands.
I'm not clear if Chinese ownership has had any influence on reliability as it sounds like they have been pretty hands off for the most part. However the Chinese owners want to merge Volvo with Geely which has not been well received in Sweden where there are fears of national security concerns and like a lot of European countries relations are strained with China in general so it will be interesting to see where things go with this brand.