A new car warranty offers peace of mind during the period you own your car, and also for whoever takes the car on second-hand. However, not every manufacturer’s warranty is the same and some could leave you with large repair bills if you don’t check the small print carefully.
Most warranties will cover things like the powertrain, fuel system, electrical components and electrical failure, plus multimedia infotainment systems such as sat nav, and the manufacturer will repair or replace these parts and systems free of charge if they develop a fault within the allotted warranty period. However, your warranty won’t cover consumables such as brakes, clutches and tyres, so you’ll have to pay for repair on these items, and you won’t be able to make a warranty claim for the after-effects of a failure, such as a car hire or hotel stay needed due to a stranded car. Also note that current manufacturer new-car warranty arrangements may not apply to older cars, and if you want a warranty on your aged used car, you may have to purchase one at additional cost from third-party warranty companies such as Motoreasy and Warrantywise.
There was a time, many moons ago, when the industry-standard new-car warranty was 3 years or 60,000 miles, whichever elapsed first, and most manufacturers' offerings followed very similar lines. These days, however, many manufacturers are doing much, much better than that, and increased competiton in the market means that the number of firms offering more favourable warranty terms is increasing all the time.
Here’s our guide to the car companies that offer the best level of cover as you drive away from the dealership in your new car. We've only included firms that do better than the bog-standard three-year warranty, regardless of whether it has a higher-than-average mileage limit. So, if a firm isn't mentioned, you can assume that it offers a three-year deal.
Note, the information in this guide is subject to change. Always speak to the manufacturer concerned about its warranty, and check the terms and conditions in detail, to ensure you understand exactly what's covered. Because, as we'll find out, these warranty schemes aren't always as generous as they first appear...
The Longest Car Warranties in the UK 2025
- Toyota – 10 years/100,000 miles
- Lexus – 10 years/100,000 miles
- Suzuki – 10 years/100,000 miles
- Geely – 8 years/125,000 miles
- AION – 8 years/100,000 miles
- Citroen – 8 years/100,000 miles
- Peugeot Electric Cars - 8 years/100,000 miles
- Honda – 8 years/100,000 miles
- Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV – 8 years/100,000 miles
- Kia – 7 years/100,000 miles
- Chery/Jaecoo/Omoda – 7 years/100,000 miles
- Changan – 7 years/100,000 miles
- MG – 7 years/80,000 miles
- Dacia – 7 years/75,000 miles
- Dacia – 6 years/100,000 miles
- BYD/Denza – 6 years/93,750 miles
- Hyundai – 5 years/unlimited miles
- Genesis – 5 years/unlimited miles
- GWM – 5 years/unlimited miles
- INEOS – 5 years/unlimited miles
- Isuzu – 5 years/125,000 miles
- KGM/Ssangyong – 5 years/100,000 miles
- Cupra – 5 years/90,000 miles
- XPeng – 5 years/75,000 miles
- Rolls-Royce - 4 years/unlimited miles
- Ferrari - 4 years/unlimited miles
- Leapmotor - 4 years/60,000 miles
- Tesla - 4 years/60,000 miles
Toyota – 10 years/100,000 miles
It might not come as a surprise to a lot of drivers that Toyota offers the best car warranty policy. Here’s how it works: like most other manufacturers, the basic cover you get is limited to three years or 60,000 miles, whichever happens first. However, every time you have your car serviced according to schedule at a Toyota main dealer, your warranty cover is automatically extended for another year or 10,000 miles, up to a maximum of 10 years or 100,000 miles. Toyota introduced this in mid-2021 and it has also been applied to any car that still falls within the 10-year and 100,000-mile maximum restrictions, so even cars sold new that didn’t have this cover now enjoy its benefits. Remember, though, that all of this is conditional on the car being regularly serviced by an official Toyota dealer. Ignore this, and the cover is void.
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Lexus – 10 years/100,000 miles
For those who aren't already in the know, Lexus is part of the same company as Toyota, and it's that company's luxury brand at that. So, it's no real surprise that all Lexus products share the same fantastic warranty package as their more humble Toyota counterparts. Yes, all the same rules apply, so you'll have to get your car serviced according to schedule at an authorised dealer in order to get your automatically extended warranty, by 10,000 miles or 12 months. Doing so should be no hardship, though, because as well as providing one of the most generous warranties in the business, Lexus is also widely recognised for delivering some of the best customer service in the entire motor industry, making Lexus ownership even more painless.
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Suzuki – 10 years/100,000 miles
Like with Toyota’s scheme, your brand new Suzuki comes with a basic three-year, 60,000-mile warranty agreement, and every time your have your car serviced according to schedule at a Suzuki main dealer, you automatically receive an additional year or 9,000/12,500 miles (depending on the service interval of your particular car) of cover, up to a limit of 10 years or 100,000 miles. Do bear in mind that you only have 14 days or 250 miles of grace after your service interval arises, though, so you have to act fast to keep the cover intact.
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Geely - 8 years/125,000 miles
Geely isn't a familiar name to most UK motorists (it's pronounced 'Jeely', in case you were wondering), but it's a bigger name than you might think. That's because this Chinese manufacturing giant owns or part-owns many brands that you will have heard of, including Volvo, Polestar, Smart and Lotus. The Geely brand has now been launched in the UK in its own right, selling a modest variety of SUVs and hatchbacks with battery-electric or plug-in hybrid power. And these Geely-badged cars are offered with a longer warranty that any of their more recognisable (not to mention more expensive) stablemates, and most other cars to boot.
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AION - 8 years/100,000 miles
Another name that'll be a new one on most UK motorists, but with a warranty offering like this, that might not be the case for long. And although Chinese EV maker AION's warranty offering is hugely generous, the benefits don't stop there. The firm's 'Great 8' promise provides not only 8 years of warranty cover, but also 8 years of servicing, 8 years of roadside assistance, and 8 years of MOT tests. The battery of your AION EV will also be covered for 8 years, but the mileage limit climbs even higher to 125,000 miles, and it'll be repaired of replaced if it falls below 70% of its original capacity within that time. How's all that for peace of mind?
Citroen - 8 years/100,000 miles
Toyota was the first manufacturer to introduce the service-activated warranty offerings we've been talking about (fiendishly clever because they're actually a way of getting customers to have their car serviced within the main dealer network, maximising that revenue stream), and Citroen is one of the many firms that has since emulated - or rather, copied - the idea. The French firm's 'We Care' promise covers all Citroen models (with the exception of the Ami quadricycle) regardless of the sort of powertrain it uses, for 8 years/100,000 miles, providing that scheduled servicing is carried out in-house.
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Peugeot Electric Cars – 8 years/100,000 miles
As one of the sister brands of Citroen, Peugeot has introduced the same service-activated warranty scheme that we were just talking about, but only on its range of electric cars. The firm's combustion-engined vehicles still come with the same bog-standard 3-year/60,000-mile cover that they have done for years. So, get your Peugeot EV serviced within the Peugeot dealer network according to schedule, and your basic three-year warranty will be topped up each time up to a maximum of 8 years or 100,000 miles, whichever elapses first.
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Honda - 8 years/100,000 miles
We've already mentioned that Toyota was the first carmaker to offer a service-activated warranty scheme in the UK, and that several other brands later followed suit. Well, Japanese brands Toyota and Honda have been competing fiercely for several decades now, so it's no surprise whatsoever that the latter has seen fit to copy the former's good idea. Honda's scheme works in pretty much the same way: the basic warranty is limited to three years, but with each scheduled service at a main dealer, your cover is topped up for another year up to the given limits. However, there's one important distinction between the two schemes. If a Toyota is serviced outside of the dealer network, then it doesn't get that year's cover, but if you bring it back to the dealer network for the next service, then your cover is applied for the following year provided that the car is within the 10-year/100,000-mile limit. With Honda's scheme, all servicing work must be carried out at a Honda dealer for the warranty to be applied, so going outside of the dealer network even once will mean that your car becomes ineligible for the warranty extension. As such, if buying a used Honda (registered from April 1st 2026 when the scheme came into effect), make very sure that all the stamps in the service book are proper Honda ones.
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Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV - 8 years/100,000 miles
Right, this is a complicated one, so you might have to bear with us while we explain. When Mitsubishi made its triumphant return to the UK car market in 2026 after a 5-year hiatus, it did so with two models, the L200 pickup truck and the Outlander PHEV plug-in hybrid SUV. Now, Mitsubishi's standard warranty cover is actually 5 years/62,500 miles, which is still better than average and worthy of a mention somewhere on this list. However, with the Outlander, the Japanese firm did something different. The high-voltage battery in that car comes with a warranty of 8 years/100,000 miles (it has to by law), so Mitsubishi decided to top up the car's overall warranty to the same level by way of service-activated extensions. So, get your Outlander PHEV serviced at a Mitsubishi dealer every year or 12,500 miles, and you'll enjoy an additional 3 years over cover once your original 5-year cover has expired, provided your car falls within the given mileage limits.
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Kia – 7 years/100,000 miles
Kia could be considered as the Grandaddy of the long warranty here in the UK. It has been offering a seven-year, 100,000-mile warranty on its new cars since 2006, making it a true trailblazer in this area of the motor industry. Not only has this generous cover provided buyers with peace of mind over many years, but because it's also fully transferrable to subsequent owners, it has also made the firm's cars more desirable on the used-car market, protecting their resale value for the original buyer. Talk about a win-win situation. This cover remains in place today, but as with most new vehicle warranty policies, there are exclusions with Kia’s. This includes only two years’ protection for the battery, and air conditioning components are not included beyond this amount of time, either. Read the small print, however, and Kia’s warranty provision still remains one of the very best you can find.
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Chery/Jaecoo/Omoda – 7 years/100,000 miles
This trio of Chinese car brands is owned an operated by the Chery International conglomerate, an enormous manufacturing company that happens to be China's biggest exporter of new cars. These brands have not been operating in the UK for all that long, but they've made plenty of waves in the short time they have: Jaecoo in particular, who's Jaecoo 7 SUV (pictured) is now among the UK's best-selling cars thanks to its low prices and knock-off Range Rover looks. A long warranty is a big part of the appeal, and all three brands get the same arrangement. However, we'd advise caution. Remember we were talking just now about warranty exclusions? Well, these schemes have more than most, and on some very big-ticket items that you really would expect to be covered for longer. For instance, critical parts such as the infotainment system, exhaust system, AC compressor, catalytic converter, alternator, starter motor, fuel injectors, fuel pump, oil pump, water pump, brake calipers and certain suspension components are only covered for 3 years or 40,000 miles.
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Changan - 7 years/100,000 miles
You'll probably have noticed by now the proliferation of unfamiliar Chinese brands sitting near the top of this list, and Changan is the latest. There's a good reason for this. UK car-buyers are often sceptical about what they don't know, and when brands that are new and unfamiliar to buyers are trying to pilfer sales from household-name car brands that have been etched into the public consciousness over many decades, they need to go the extra mile by providing more for less: more of pretty much everything - size, equipment, quality, technology - for less cash. And, providing a more generous warranty in order to sweeten the ownership experience is a very simple and effective way of doing that. And Changan's warranty isn't one of those service-activated ones we've been talking about, either: it's 7 years and 100,000 miles regardless of where you get your scheduled maintenance done. What's more, the high-voltage battery of its EVs is covered for an even-more-generous 8 years/124,000 miles.
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MG – 7 years/80,000 miles
Remember we were talking just now about a long warranty offering being a good way for new brands to stand out in a competitive marketplace? Well, that's one of the tactics that's been employed by MG, as the firm has been offering its 7-year/80,000-mile cover since 2019. Of course, MG isn't a new brand as such, having been around since the 1930s, but when the company went into financial meltdown in the mid-noughties and had to be saved by Chinese company SAIC, British buyers didn't know what to make of the new MG brand that emerged as a result. A long warranty offering was one of the means used to gain buyers' trust (the warranty offering was a still-very-good 5 years before it switched to 7 in September 2019), and it's evidently worked, as MG is now one of the best-selling brands in the UK.
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Dacia – 7 years/75,000 miles
Dacia is another company now offering a service-activated warranty, which means that while all its cars still come with a fairly basic three-year, 60,000-mile warranty, which is the least you’d expect, you can extend cover by one more year and up to 18,000 miles, up until the car is seven years old, or has covered 75,000 miles. It’s worth pointing out that while most manufacturers will allow even cars that have missed services in the past to be eligible for a warranty that’s activated by a service like this, Dacia won’t. That means you’ll have to keep your car serviced on time and on mileage in order to make sure it remains eligible for the warranty extension.
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Mazda - 6 years/100,000 miles
Up until September 2025, Mazda's warranty offering was the bog-standard 3-year/60,000-mile effort than we've been lambasting throughout this article. On that date, though, Mazda improved things greatly, extending the cover to an excellent 6 years/100,000 miles, and all Mazdas registered after that date benefit. It's not one of those service-activated affairs, either. Yes, you must have your car serviced according to schedule (1 year/10,000 miles on the Mazda 2 Hybrid, and 1 year/12,500 miles on all other models), as you do with any warranty, but you can have the work done anywhere you like: it doesn't have to be at a Mazda main dealer.
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BYD/Denza – 6 years/93,750 miles
BYD (short for 'Build Your Dreams') could be seen as the poster-child of the Chinese revolution that's currently going on in the UK car market. It's only been operating on these shores for a few short years, but it already offers a vast range of different models with fully electric and plug-in hybrid powertrains, all of them delivering on those now-customary Chinese promises of plentiful equipment and tech, convincing quality and aggressive pricing. The brand has found plenty of success on these shores, too, partly due to the quality of its products, but also because of the compelling 6-year/93,750-mile (that's 150,000km or thereabouts) warranty provided. BYD has also now introduced a new luxury brand - known as Denza - which also gets the same warranty arrangement.
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Hyundai – 5 years/unlimited miles
Hyundai is a brand famous for its long warranty, because like Kia, it was one of the first manufacturers to break the 3-year-60,000-mile mould and do a lot better, making it a proper trailblazer in that respect. And the brand continues to offer a very impressive warranty today. Despite Hyundai's warranty not having the longest time period on this list, its unlimited-mileage status means that, for drivers who routinely bang-in interstellar annual mileages, Hyundai’s cover is arguably the best in the business. It's worth reading the Ts and Cs, because like sister-brand Kia's warranty, and those of many other manufacturers, the level of cover tails off a little in the final couple of years of the warranty, but that shouldn't put you off. Hyundai's warranty is also complemented by 1 or 2 years of roadside assistance depending on the model, and if you get your car serviced according to schedule at a Hyundai main dealer, your breakdown cover is topped up by the same amount.
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Genesis – 5 years/unlimited miles
Think of Genesis as Hyundai’s more premium arm: a little like Lexus is to Toyota. It's little surprise, then, that Genesis’ core warranty matches that offered by Hyundai, so you get five years’ worth of cover with no mileage cap. The core warranty isn't the only thing to bear in mind, though. Genesis' whole schtick is about top-notch customer service, so as well as 5 years of warranty, you also get 5 years of free servicing, 5 years of roadside assistance, and a dedicated personal assistant to sort it all out for you. That personal assistant can also help you configure your car, deliver it to you, and personally collect it from you when it's time for a service (leaving you with a courtesy car), and they'll also deliver your car back to you when the work is done. That means, for the first 5 years at least, you have very little to worry about.
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GWM – 5 years/unlimited miles
The GWM brand is part of the Great Wall Motors conglomerate, a large manufacturing group from China, and operates in the UK under a slightly confusing network of sub-brands. It's offering in the UK includes the Haval Jolion Pro plug-in hybrid crossover, the GWM POER300 pickup truck, and until fairly recently, the now-discontinued ORA 03 electric hatchback, formerly known as the ORA Funky Cat. The 5-year/unlimited-mileage cover applies to the Jolion Pro and the 03/Funky Cat, but it's worth noting that the 5-year cover on the POER300 is capped at 125,000 miles.
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INEOS – 5 years/unlimited miles
When Sir Jim Ratcliffe isn't busy counting his cash or annoying Manchester United fans, he can be found flogging hardcore 4x4s modelled on the old Land Rover Defender that are famously named after a London pub. And, the INEOS Grenadier - along with the Quartermaster pickup truck version - also happens to be flogged with a very good warranty of 5 years, with no mileage limit. So, assuming you don't manage to break the car yourself by climbing every mountain and fording every stream, you shouldn't have much to worry about for the first few years from a mechanical point of view.
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Isuzu – 5 years/125,000 miles
The one Isuzu vehicle on offer in the UK is the D-Max pick-up truck, and given that this is a proper workhorse vehicle that's likely to undergo extremely hard use on a very regular basis, it's a real statement of confidence from Isuzu that customers get warranty cover for 5 years/125,000 miles.It takes a lot of the hassle out of owning a vehicle when you know all of the major parts are covered for this length of time, and it include items such as the engine, gearbox, axles, power steering, and air conditioning pump. The first 3 years or 60,000 miles of the warranty are underwritten by Isuzu as a manufacturer, while the remainder is covered by the UK importer. As with all warranties, it doesn’t include MoT tests and won’t pay out if you don’t keep the vehicle properly serviced. However, the warranty will be handed on to a new owner who buys the vehicle secondhand, so they are protected from potentially expensive repairs. You also get five years of free UK and Europe breakdown cover thrown in.
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KGM/Ssangyong – 5 years/100,000 miles
Until January 1st 2023, Ssangyong’s warranty was second only to Toyota’s at 7 years and 150,000 miles, giving it the highest fixed-mileage limit term of any manufacturer out there. On that date, however, the Korean manufacturer pared its cover right back to 5 years or 100,000 miles, slicing 2 years and 50,000 miles off the arrangement, and that’s seen it plummet right down this list. Although not as good as before, though, that’s still pretty superb protection from unexpected labour costs and repair costs. And happily, when Ssangyong was bought out and rebranded as KGM later in 2023, the warranty package was maintained. In partnership with the RAC, SsangYong also provides 12 months of roadside assistance in the UK and Europe with its new cars, saving you the cost of breakdown insurance for a year.
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Cupra – 5 years/90,000 miles
Remember when Seat would sell you a quick Ibiza with a Cupra badge on the back of it? Well, these days Cupra has become a brand all of its own, selling a range of mildly to moderately breathed-upon hatchbacks, estates and SUVs. Wild styling and a strong emphasis on copper-coloured accents set it apart from its fellow Volkswagen-Group brands: as well as one rather more worthwhile addition: a 5-year, 90,000-mile warranty. Granted, it’s not as generous as many of the other options on this list, but that’s considerably more than you’ll get with any other Volkswagen-Group brand, the vast majority of which adhere to the old 3-year-60,000-mile convention. So, if you’re thinking about buying an Audi, VW, Skoda or Seat, but the shortness of the warranty is putting you off, a Cupra might well be the answer.
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XPeng - 5 years/75,000 miles
XPeng sees itself not as a car company, but as a tech company that happens to make cars. That's why, alongside its forthcoming passenger-carrying models, the firm is also working on a spooky AI-powered humanoid robot assistant, and a 'flying car' solution that basically looks like a six-wheeled MPV with a helicopter inside it. The firm's sole automotive offering in the UK right now is the G6, a mid-size all-electric SUV that we'd say may have taken some 'inspiration' from the Tesla Model Y. And that tech focus is evident inside the G6, with a vast array of high-tech gadgetry on board. XPeng certainly sees tech as its USP, and perhaps that's why the firm hasn't seen fit to go as far with its warranty as most of the other Chinese manufacturers on our list who are also trying to gain traction in a crowded and competitive UK market. Still, 5 years and 75,000 miles is better than average.
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Rolls-Royce - 4 years/unlimited miles
When you're paying what it costs to buy a Rolls-Royce, you'd expect a little more than the bog-standard 3-year-60,000-mile convention that some car companies still stick to. And you get it: the cover on a new Roller is only a little longer than the norm at 4 years, but with no mileage limit, you can roll around crushing continents in your Spirit-Of-Ecstacy-adorned motor for the duration, safe in the knowledge that you won't be paying for any repairs that aren't your fault. Then again, if you can afford to buy a Rolls-Royce, then you can probably afford to have it repaired, too.
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Ferrari - 4 years/unlimited miles
When you're paying what it costs to buy a Ferrari, you'd expect a little more than the bog-standard 3-year-60,000-mile convention that some car companies still stick to. You may be experiencing a hint of deja-vu right now, but that statement is just as relevant with these thoroughbred Italian supercars as it is with the bulky British luxury limousines we were just talking about. And it just so happens that Ferrari matches Rolls-Royce all the way when it comes to warranty, with 4-year/unlimited-mileage cover. Well, in the UK it does. Most other European countries only get a 3-year warranty, but for some reason, that's extended to 4 years on these shores, and we're certainly not complaining.
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Leapmotor - 4 years/60,000 miles
The final Chinese brand on our list, Leapmotor's UK operation is a joint venture between this relatively young manufacturer from Hangzhou specialising in electric cars, and Stellantis, the same huge manufacturing powerhouse that also operates Peugeot, Citroen, Vauxhall, Fiat, Jeep, and many other brands besides. Leapmotor's warranty offering of 4 years and 60,000 miles isn't as generous as many of the other Chinese brands on our list, and it's not as generous as those of some other members of the Stellantis stable, either. It does do a fraction better than the bare-minimum, though.
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Tesla - 4 years/60,000 miles
You'd think that with all Elon Musk's billions, he could probably afford to offer Tesla customers a little more than 4 years or 60,000 miles worth of warranty on their cars. Indeed, with such a low mileage limit, some high-mileage drivers might even be better off with the 3-year/unlimited-mileage warranties offered by the likes of BMW and Mercedes. Even so, the 4-year time period is still good enough to make our list.
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