The bodies on the 98 and on T4s are galvenized. I toured the Hannover
facility in January 98 and was told that VW had revised the welding
proceedures that summer in order to work with galvenized steel panels.
Ric
gregory kveton <gkveto-@...> wrote:
original article:
I believe the longer warranty applies to VW's galvanized bodies, which
unfortunately, the EV is not. Can't figure why they don't go to
galvanized skin since VW has certainly lost money on the warranty
repairs to my '93.
Greg Kveton
'93 EV GL
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VW is the only manufacturer to offer "only" a 2 year warranty, except
for Ferrari and Lotus. EVERYBODY else is at least 3 years. VW=24,000
miles. Ferrari and Lotus offer unlimited miles.
Yes, their powertrain warranty is better than most, 10 years or
100,000
miles, BUT for EV's and Cabrio's, it is reduced to 5 years or 50,000.
Corrosion warranty is 12 years for all VW's except for EV's and
Cabrio's, which is only 6 years.
