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Every RAV4 engine we could confirm uses a timing chain. What matters on a used one is the drivetrain, the motor tax table it falls under, two Irish recalls, and an unbroken Toyota service record that carries up to ten years of warranty.
Every Yaris engine uses a timing chain, so there is no cambelt bill to budget for. What matters is which of four gearboxes you are buying, the motor tax on each version, the recalls, and the service history that keeps the hybrid battery cover alive.
A Polo 1.2 TSI 90 built before the 2014 facelift has a timing chain with a known fault. The same badge after the facelift has a belt. Which engine, which gearbox, and why the 2019-2020 brochure makes the motor tax look up to 320 euro a year dearer than it is.
On the petrol 208 the timing belt runs inside the engine oil, and Stellantis now pays for the repair in certain cases. The diesel has its own acknowledged fault. What to check, what the motor tax really costs, and why the published CO2 figures for 2019 and 2020 cars cannot be trusted.
Irish motor tax for every B8 Passat engine from EUR 140 to EUR 400, why you must not calculate the band from a brochure CO2 figure, the timing belt and water pump reality, which DSG needs servicing at 60,000km, and how to tell in thirty seconds whether a diesel uses AdBlue.
One badge, three completely different cars. We put the Irish motor tax figures for the Kia Niro hybrid, plug-in hybrid and EV side by side, explain the clutch actuator fire-risk recall, and set out which drivetrain actually suits which driver.
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