Argentina court orders multimillion compensation for delayed vehicle savings‑plan deliveries

A civil court in Olavarría, Buenos Aires Province, ruled that a savings‑plan administrator must pay more than 41 million Argentine pesos to a buyer whose new‑car delivery was delayed by 316 days, exceeding the contractual 60‑day deadline. The judgment included a contractual fine, moral damages and punitive damages, emphasizing that consumer risk cannot be transferred to the buyer.

In a separate case, an Argentine woman who purchased a car through a savings plan was handed a different, more expensive model and faced repeated changes to payment terms. The court held the manufacturer, the savings‑plan administrator and the dealership jointly liable, ordering them to pay over 72 million pesos in compensation for moral injury, expenses and punitive damages. Both rulings reinforce consumer‑protection standards and hold automotive companies accountable for contractual breaches.