a friend bought an 207 GTI in 07..... just shy of £18K
8 days... gearbox went. a specialist had to fly over from france to fit a new one. it took 4 weeks to get the car back.
8 weeks after... clutch slave cylinder. another 2 weeks in the garage.
1 week later clutch master cylinder another week in the garage.
3 weeks later brakes making a rattle so they fitted new ones. they still squeek!
5 months trouble free! well apart from the air con never working...
de pollution system failure - turbo not working car went in to a safety mode. (ment i could fly past him in my fiesta, wheres your 175 break now!?) turned out to be some sensor somewhere.
a few months back. lumpy idle poor performance. felt like it was running on 3 cylinders. turned out a spark plug had completely disintegrated 2 months after his service. he had a nice bill for £140 odd.
and to this day is having problems! seems like a problem with the turbo... have to rev up to 2K before pulling off else the car will just stall. really rough drive.. smokey.
he's given up taking it back. just counting the days before he can give it back next year.
how ever much i hate all cars french when it worked... fantastic performance, handles, brakes. amazing. but i dont think it makes up for the serious reliability issues.