Subaru Forester 2007, Ford Escape 2007, BMW X3 2009 or Suzuki Escudo 2007?
Goodmorning Paul, We are planning to buy two cars when we get enough money. Among Subaru Forestear 2007 2.0L, Ford Escape 2007 2.3L, Suzuki Escudo 2007 2.0L and BMW X3 2.5L 2009, which two are the more reliable cars to own? Paul.
Hello Paul, your choice of Subaru Forester, Ford Escape, Suzuki Escudo and BMW X3 are world class brands with good build quality, and have a reputation of value for money, when you carry out regular periodic maintenance and replace parts required as they fail.
The challenge with these different brands kicks in as you hover around 100,000 kms. This is when you need to renew long life fluids and filters for the transmission and fuel systems. It is at this mileage when suspension components usually fail.
The reliability of the vehicle brand becomes questionable because we usually import or buy some used outdated brands whose appointed dealers in Uganda dont carry their suspension and body parts.
The maintenance challenge is worsened when the independent new or used parts sellers also don’t have these parts because the model is not very popular. However there is an opportunity to import these parts from abroad if you are able to correctly identify them which can be a hassle.
