We had a Nissan sunny. It sat for about six months without being driven. We eventually sold it. It started first time. It was probably a better car than the replacement we'd been using in the interim
I agree Lynn about Japanese cars. We had owned 5 Nissans prior to the one I currently have. What I didn't know when I purchased this one was that it has a Renault engine and was built in Spain. Although it is comfortable, economical and roomy there are various Renault components which really aren't fit for purpose. The Auto Wipers go like demented things in light rain and intermittent, if you're lucky, when it's tipping down. Early versions of the engine have a known fault which Renault / Nissan still refuse to acknowledge is a design fault. Thankfully mine doesn't seem to be affected. Autostop/start can take 2 or 3 seconds to kick in and restart the engine, resulting in stalling when trying to pull away. I switch it off now every time I start the car, but there is no way to permanently switch it off. Minor things but irritating.
We bought Opel for 3 decades and were very pleased with all of them - Corsa, Omega estate and Zafiras - but when our newer Zafira was killed by a careless truck driver we discovered Opel is French owned so different chassis and engines and so on. We ended up buying a Seat Arona as we don't need the extra space these days and have been very pleased. Made in Spain by the VW-Audi group sp good engineering.
It too has been back-ended but by a tourist this time so lives on but needs a lot of work to replace the back bumper and boot and all the electronix wizardry involved in proximity sensors and rear-view cameras.
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Nissans were great cars too, before Renault got their hands on them!
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It too has been back-ended but by a tourist this time so lives on but needs a lot of work to replace the back bumper and boot and all the electronix wizardry involved in proximity sensors and rear-view cameras.