13th May 2019, 19:48

The 80s and 90s were a long time ago; that's why cars from that time period are mostly gone.

Anyways, I do not agree it's a tired claim. In fact, a claim I get tired of hearing is that newer automatically equals better, which is not always true. Obviously newer cars are safer and generally better performing, but I think you are missing the point, it's all relevant to an individual's experience.

If for example a long time ago you paid very little for a car and got many years and a high mileage out it with relatively no issues, then of course you are going to be annoyed when newer cars break down and cost more to fix/buy overall.

I wrote the original review. Was surprised to see so many comments on this review. I hope we can all respectfully agree or disagree on here, after all that is what this site is about - reviews on cars of all ages and telling the world their pros and cons. I stand by my review that the S40 was a good car, but the fact is for a 2007 car it did not last as long as cars I had many decades before this. I find this unacceptable. I have since replaced it with a 2013 Ford Mondeo (might post a review soon); great car, but again, I'm not getting my hopes up about its longevity. I'll probably sell it before it gets to 10 years old.