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That’s why I have always welcome competition. When you have a monopolized industry, consumer suffers and that’s not good for the economy.

GM to the World…

GM says all its 2007 vehicles will come with a five-year, 100,000-mile warranty that covers the so-called power train–engine, transmission and other parts that move the car from point A to point B. Moreover, the warranty goes with the car–even if it’s sold.

A long-term warranty is not a new idea, and it has a mixed record. Hyundai began offering a ten-year 100,000 mile warranty when its cars were still punch lines to bad quality jokes, and the plan helped spur a meteoric rise in sales. DaimlerChrysler’s (nyse: DCX - news - people ) Chrysler Group later followed with a 70,000-mile warranty, to no discernible effect on sales whatsoever.

I wonder how would Proton benchmarked against such quality assurance. Let’s take a quick look. According to EON’s policy:-

The basic warranty items that are any items of the new PROTON vehicle (except the Specific items and the Special transacted items*) are warranted to 24 months or 50,000 kms, whichever comes first.

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