A lot of the back and forth in the forums relates to quality/reliability issues, particularly with first or second model year (2018-2019)) Stelvios.
Obviously, we can't really judge overall brand quality or reliability based on anecdotal issues reported in a forum. Every forum I've been involved in, regardless of brand, is mostly about "issues" someone had with their vehicle.
As a recent owner of a Porsche Macan S, I can assure you, the content on the Macan forum looks eerily similar to what we read in this Stelvio forum. Cars break, weird stuff happens, and people complain about how much it costs to get things fixed. With Porsche, things are just a lot more expensive when they break. $17K for a PDK transmission replacement, etc, etc.
One point I'd like to make about the Stelvio, or any other completely new product, is the first couple years do have more than their share of "issues". Converesely, subsequent model years get better and better. Manufacturers spend A LOT of time and money analyzing warranty data, tearing down and analyzing failed parts from warranty returns, and meeting with suppliers to find root causes and corrections to failures.
My argument on Stelvio or Giulia quality and reliability is that the new ones have very competitive overall quality. Initial quality surveys and warranty data supports the idea that as a platform ages, quality always goes up and continues to go up every year.
A prime example of this would be FCA's own very aged LX platform cars: (Charger/Challenger/300) They have outstanding quality ratings by every major industry measurement.
I have such confidence in the 2022 Stelvio that I traded in a Macan S for one. Yes, the Macan is an excellent vehicle, and yet, I found the Stelvio to be more engaging to drive. The VW group platform that the Macan is built off of has its own set of compromises that ultimately hurt its handling dynamics in spite of Porsche engineering the hell out of it to make it handle as much like a Porsche as they could.
My question for all of you with new 2021 and 2022 Model year Stelvios is; How are things going?
I would speculate that few If any of your are having any problems at all.
Obviously, we can't really judge overall brand quality or reliability based on anecdotal issues reported in a forum. Every forum I've been involved in, regardless of brand, is mostly about "issues" someone had with their vehicle.
As a recent owner of a Porsche Macan S, I can assure you, the content on the Macan forum looks eerily similar to what we read in this Stelvio forum. Cars break, weird stuff happens, and people complain about how much it costs to get things fixed. With Porsche, things are just a lot more expensive when they break. $17K for a PDK transmission replacement, etc, etc.
One point I'd like to make about the Stelvio, or any other completely new product, is the first couple years do have more than their share of "issues". Converesely, subsequent model years get better and better. Manufacturers spend A LOT of time and money analyzing warranty data, tearing down and analyzing failed parts from warranty returns, and meeting with suppliers to find root causes and corrections to failures.
My argument on Stelvio or Giulia quality and reliability is that the new ones have very competitive overall quality. Initial quality surveys and warranty data supports the idea that as a platform ages, quality always goes up and continues to go up every year.
A prime example of this would be FCA's own very aged LX platform cars: (Charger/Challenger/300) They have outstanding quality ratings by every major industry measurement.
I have such confidence in the 2022 Stelvio that I traded in a Macan S for one. Yes, the Macan is an excellent vehicle, and yet, I found the Stelvio to be more engaging to drive. The VW group platform that the Macan is built off of has its own set of compromises that ultimately hurt its handling dynamics in spite of Porsche engineering the hell out of it to make it handle as much like a Porsche as they could.
My question for all of you with new 2021 and 2022 Model year Stelvios is; How are things going?
I would speculate that few If any of your are having any problems at all.
