I see your key words here "10-12 year"...
I am not sure about Peugeot though..
VW adi gave me tonnes of headache in it's 7th year.

Mazda CX8 should be a good alternative.
Mazda is well known for its handling..
At least I see more older Mazda on the road than the older Peugeot

Conti cars being Conti cars, their car building philosophy are very similar.. pushing the technology as soon as possible to the public with less proven compared to the Japanese. European car manufacturers target is to attract buyers with their latest tech to earn $$, using plastic parts that only last for a few years.

While Japanese especially Toyota practice incremental improvement and uses proven components and technology, customer comes first.

It's all in their philosophy.

This post has been edited by OrangeGrove: Dec 26 2021, 08:19 PM

My french colleague based in KL asked me why Malaysian want to buy french cars... Lol.. he himself drives an Estima here..

Actually according to my french colleague, french cars are pretty reliable in France, he owned a 206 diesel. Probably diesel variant with manual gearbox is ok..
While probably its petrol variant not as reliable in other countries..

This post has been edited by OrangeGrove: Dec 26 2021, 09:29 PM

Yea.. there is something about the Alfa Romeo's romance that people are willing to deal with it's unreliability and still willing to own and keep one (if you are lucky to have the one with Busso engine)

Peugeot might not be something that worth the effort and time. Unless one feels the sentimental value and nostalgia towards the brand.

Eh.. my aunt bought the 408 1.6T because of nostalgia, her company provided 405 as company car for her many years ago.
But she also end up selling her car and bought a Vios.. cannot tahan the manja of the 408.

If you put a gun over my head to choose between VW and Peugeot, I will stick to VW. There are more horror stories with Peugeot than VW.
VW ownership experience is either hit or missed, some get pleasant experience while some are nightmares. Where as Peugeot ownership experiences are mostly nightmares.
Tiguan is using the less problematic 6 speed DSG, unlike the problematic 7 speed DSG that I used to have. And Tiguan is using 1.4 or 2.0 single turbo engine, unlike the problematic twincharged that they used in the early Tiguan.
There are more after market parts and workshops that know how to fix VW. I don't know who knows how to fix Peugeot outside of the official workshop
Also there is still a huge following in VW owner group which they are quite active, and they used to organize TT and sepang track day. It is important to have car group to share experiences and most of them are able to share solutions and preventive maintenance.
The reason why there is still a huge VW following is because these cars drive really well and people still want to stick with the brand.

Important thing to own a VW is to understand the preventive maintenance, knowing what part will likely to fail and by when you need to replace them before they breakdown, and have a tow truck number on standby. You aren't a real VW owner if you have not been on a tow truck before.. lol..

This post has been edited by OrangeGrove: Dec 27 2021, 12:38 PM