Ssangyong Rodius- a good buy???
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soccerthink
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I drive a rodius,bought new 3 years ago,fantastic space and seating design,where you can actually reach or step in to secure kids safely,can seat 7 comfortably without losing boot space an ideal motor for trips to UK OR down the country.Road tax is exspensive in comparison but i find it is worth every cent for comfort which is high on my priority list.It has a 2.7 merc engine and serves me and all the family well
many thanks frank and soccerthnk for your replies. Soccerthink - have you needed to get spare parts at all. It was mentioned to me that they might be expensive.? Also , have you worked out the running costs? Am hopeing to buy one second hand. Is there anything in particular that I should look out for? any advice is appreciated. thanks again
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soccerthink
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bought new 4 years this july so cannot comment on spare parts or related charges,so far so good.
Agree 100%.
Did not realise they were very cheap.
Not a nice looking motor. I am into cars and always turn my head when I see one of these, but not in a good way.
You would want to keep it till the end allright as there will not be much demand to take back in.
I would be very wary with Ssangyong at the moment as lots of their spare part suppliers have gone out of business.
We have a Rexton, definitely prettier than a Rodius
, and the driver's seat belt clip broke. The car was off the road for 3 months waiting for a clip to arrive and in the end, they had to take one from another vehicle because the supplier had gone bust.
We have a Rexton, definitely prettier than a Rodius
, and the driver's seat belt clip broke. The car was off the road for 3 months waiting for a clip to arrive and in the end, they had to take one from another vehicle because the supplier had gone bust.
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ItWorksForMe
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Firstly let me declare my interest. I work with the UK SsangYong distributors, so understand the brand and cars and can provide a few facts. I challenge you to find another car that seats seven and has the space of a Rodius for anything like £14,995. You might aspire to a Chevrolet Grand Voyager, but you'd better have £30,000. Quite simply, nothing compares in terms of space and price. Next, because the purchase price is so low, even relatively high depreciation is not really a problem. Using our Grand Voyager again, if it depreciates by, say, 30% over three years, that's £9,000. The Rodius would need to depreciate by 60% to match that! Think about the actual money a car loses, not just its percentage depreciation. Next, The Rodius has a five year warranty and until the end of March, you get five years free servicing. The auto ES model even has £2,500 off the price. By all means seek opinions, but please go and try one; you might be pleasantly surprised.