Changan Pakistan will become the RHD drive model export hub. Changan China is making huge investment in the facility. Alsvin being the first model .. LUKCY motors is not planned for any exports..
Forget exports
i have similar issue.it was scheduled for delivery from kia clifton in feb 21.now they are delaying it till april.did you get ur delievery?how to deal with it?
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Cerato it is i believe
Yes I got delivery in Feb. Sources told me that the company is facing parts issue & they delivery date is extended for the bookings made in 2021.
Peugeot 2008, Cerato, Seltos .. all fit in same price bracket under Sportage. Kia will not cannibalize one model with another. Out of these three , one is possible and that would most probably a Peugeot 2008 as 5th vehicle.
Lucky invested in Peugeot assembly line so, that definitely is coming. The 6th model can be another Peugeot vehicle and a small box commercial van.
did they give any compensation for late delivery?what was it?
I'm now pretty sure that ckd middle east is our sales column as 3 units of Sorento just appeared in March
https://pr.kia.com/file/downloadBlb.do?fil_sn=F200018040
By this logic, following would be sales figures
(2021 till Mar / 2020 / 2019)
Sportage: 5603 / 10697 / 1958 (Total: 18258)Picanto: 1565 / 3893 / 823 (Total: 6281)
Only one bit remains unanswered, why did KLM celebrate 25000 Sportage units then?
Maybe they are accounting bookings as well.
They celebrated 25000 total units( Business recorder just misreports everything) produced, not Sportage (I c that it still adds up to a bit less than that but these are retail sales figures and prolly do not include display/internal use vehicles). We cannot be in Asia Pacific section because that doesn't even include Sportage, the appearance of numbers here in the middle East section also coincides with the launch of each of these vehicles over here. The 2019 ME section looks to have Egypt's numbers that have moved to Africa column in 2020.
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The numbers do seem to coincide with the launch dates, no Sportage or Picanto in 2019 First Half!
Current generation of KIA Seltos and KIA Soul now recalled for the engine fire issue. This engine fire is not going away for Hyundai, KIA brand. This time the 2L NU engine is on the recall for piston issue and the entire engine will be replaced. This is now an entire new problem related to engine manufacturing. KIA/ Hyundai already recalled nearly 5 Million vehicles in North America for various fire issues which includes engine, ABS and others . Around 90- 100,000 were also recalled in Australia recently.
https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2021/RMISC-21V259-7859.pdfhttps://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2021/RCAK-21V259-3410.pdfhttps://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/rcl/2021/RCLRPT-21V259-6845.PDF
What's the update regarding the next car to be launched by KLM? Peugeot 2008 is still in the plans?
Any owners review or feedback on New Carnival ?
I hope they defer 2008 and bring in SELTOS or CERATO.
I for one won't be taking the risk of letting my 2008 on road!
For the sake of reference, the new 7th Generation Honda City base model costs more than a base model SELTOS in India!
To be fair, Indian seltos is a slightly inferior car compared to the global one. It's smaller and uses an older platform too.
From Sonet to Stonic...
As per latest rumors, Stonic might be launched as a small crossover since Sonet is an India specific model while Stonic is available globally. Personally, Sonet looks more like a compact CUV while Stonic seems like a bigger hatchback (elder brother of RIO).
I, for one, would be extremely disappointed if it turns out Lucky dumped Cerato to launch this POS in its place. Seltos would've been a worthy replacement but Stonic is just depressing. It's bland looking, small and overall unimpressive. Plus it badly needs a thorough facelift or new generation (if it doesn't get outright discontinued that is. It's already discontinued in Korea because of poor sales).
It could only be justified if they manage to price it under 3 million because of 1.2/1.4 engines.