“New Kia cars are not being released to Ontario dealerships — and reportedly many more across the country — to sell. Instead, they’re being stored on this compound, 30 kilometres south of Kitchener, Ont. and allegedly on other similar compounds across Canada.”
“The reason for this, he explained in the call, is to avoid appearing too successful in the eyes of headquarters in Korea.”
This sounds made up.
It sounds like plausible deniability from what I suspect the real reason is: constraining supply to continue the perception of a shortage and maintain high prices.
How long can they do that? I mean they need a constant cash flow to pay for all their overhead. If they start making less cars that also sends a signal.
If they make enough profit per unit on the inflated pricing to pay their overhead they can
Head office would expect even greater growth next year based on the inflated 2023 number, context be damned.
That’s the next guys problem. Make the numbers, hit the bonus, bail. Capitalist, baby!
Was strongly considering a Kia or Hyundai for my next vehicle (I’m a current Hyundai owner), but if this is what it looks like, it’s more than sufficient for me to look elsewhere.
Yeah. Kia Canada is deliberately hurting customers AND dealers.
I’ve got a Hyundai and wasn’t likely to get a Hyundai (or Kia) again, but this is driving me away screaming.
Fuck this weasel, and the giant slug he rode in on.
I can personally confirm the thing about Kia dealers trying to talk you out of buying the ev version of the soul and to get the gas one instead. Weirdly strongly too. Two different locations. Honestly fuck kia and the dealerships. If I bought a new car I would have been fucked when I lost my job though so maybe only slightly fuck the dealership.
Kia buyers still only wait half as long as Tesla buyers.
It takes time to get shit build quality just the right amount of terrible.
My colleague waited 7 months for a base Rio…
He’d be waiting longer for a base cybertruck…
If that were true, would it be because Tesla was deliberately holding onto inventory? I don’t think so, so the comparison is pretty much irrelevant.
Tesla models are pretty readily available last I checked, Kia EVs are like a year minimum aren’t they? And with Tesla I’m just talking model 3 and model y, none of that cyber truck or roadster nonsense
