Quote Originally Posted by AlbertB View Post
This is bad, guys. What is Kia or Columbian Motors trying to pull doing a double price increase in a year?! That's like doing price increases a la fuel!!!

Wrong marketing move. Here we see a growing number of owners who were brave to risk good money for a brand which is yet to prove its mark in the local market. Then now would-be owners would have second thoughts about acquiring one because higher list prices will deter a future buyer's decision to buy a Kia-badged vehicle, particularly the competitively packaged Carens.

BTW, there is likelihood that the local warranty will go from 3 years/110,000 to 5 years/100,000 just like Hyundai's.

Kia's listening too much to their parent company.

Kia or Columbian Motors should hold off any increases until:
1. there is a foot-hold with the market because of a proven badge and make,
2. brand loyalty is established (It takes a few years to build high brand loyalty. A mistake or misstep in marketing will slow down brand-building), and
3. there is a good share of the market (think top 3 car brand in the Philippines after Toyota and Honda).

Not at this time. Few brave buyers will find themselves with small returns for their investments.
i agree. 100k+ price increase is too much. the fact that nissan grand livina will be released this june dapat nga hindi sila mag increase. gaano ba kalakas ang sales nila. i seldom see this car sa road which means di ganong kalakas ang sales.

i'm really considering this car even though i't hasnt proven/ established its competitiveness in the market but because of the sudden and big increase in price im totally disappointed