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The only posts you’ve made this year are about the Mercedes warranty being shorter than some upcoming brands, have you had a problem outside of warranty?If the quality is so good then why is the warranty only 3 years?
It’s a different business model, and it’s adopted by upcoming brands to differentiate them - their pricing increased significantly to fund the longer warranty.
Warranties don’t come for free, they’re either paid for in the new purchase price or paid for after the manufacturer warranty ends, but either way you have to pay for it.
The alternative is to engineer cars for greater longevity. To achieve that requires a much much greater build cost, which the vast majority of customers aren’t prepared to pay.