2007 Kia Carens [ARCHIVE]

**Mschumacher** · June 24th, 2008 07:44 AM

Originally Posted by Hanren

Like other tsikoteers, I'm deeply frustrated about the price increase. Kahit yung Bank nagulat din sa tinaas. Sabi nila they expected an increase pero hindi ganyan kalaki! Sobra nga daw and come to think of it, hindi pa updated yung ibang bank sa first increase (yung record nila na pinakita sa akin eh -Carens LX MT CRDi - 875k pa)

Sayang nga talaga yung opportunity for other Carens lovers (and potential buyers) like me. Naabutan na ako ng price increase and I'm really thinking twice about having one. But I would like to still thank sir Ace8tan who was still very understanding and accomodating kahit na hindi ako nakapagdecide on time. Still, I m hoping for a nice deal (not necessarily the best deal) which can offset the price increase in the coming days/months. But I am slowly looking at other options (like the Tucson and the Livina). "Dream girl" ko na lang ang "Carens".. hehehehe

Hahahaah, It's kinda your fault na din e. Nag deposit ka na dati sa unit mo hindi mo lang naituloy ayan naabutan ka ng price increase. galing lang ako sa libis the other day to get my LTO sticker and nasabi nga sa akin ni jeanette na napullout ka na nga daw e. Hmmm sa tingin ko Tucson ka na lang against livina,. Disappointing yun space niya sa loob sobrang cramping and ang baba ng headroom.

**Mschumacher** · June 24th, 2008 07:50 AM

What was columbia thinking. It might as well na wag na lang silan magbenta ng unit nila dito sa pinag gagawa nila. napaka wrong move naman talaga oo. naguumpisa pa lang magtiwala ang tao sa kia tapos gaganunin nila ang pricing nila. and the fact na hindi pa maganda ang service ng kia service centers except for kia mandaluyong. San ka nakakita na hindi ihohonor yun free labo sa first 5000 checkup mo kung hindi mo sa kanila binili. kainis talaga ang columbian stupid tactics.

**Hanren** · June 24th, 2008 07:54 AM

Originally Posted by Mschumacher

Hahahaah, It's kinda your fault na din e. Nag deposit ka na dati sa unit mo hindi mo lang naituloy ayan naabutan ka ng price increase. galing lang ako sa libis the other day to get my LTO sticker and nasabi nga sa akin ni jeanette na napullout ka na nga daw e. Hmmm sa tingin ko Tucson ka na lang against livina,. Disappointing yun space niya sa loob sobrang cramping and ang baba ng headroom.

I will pay dearly for that carens blunder (just in case, at a cost of 105k)..

hehehe. Pero hindi pa nga para sa akin yon...

**itlog na pula** · June 24th, 2008 08:16 AM

i'm sure some of the people in columbian aren't in full agreement with the decision to raise prices. maybe it's beyond their control. i'm sure they know where their product stands now against the other brands in the same class.

if indeed it's beyond their control and that korea had a hand in forcing them to raise prices, it's unfortunate and frustrating. i still think they have a good product line up now (picanto, carens, carnival, sportage), but this may be just pushing it a bit. the picanto will have a loyal and growing market for sure but the carens is just breaking new ground locally. kung hindi maiwasan naman, sana hindi ganitong kalaki where you maybe better off with another brand in the same class.

oh well, what took several months to accomplish can quickly be undone overnight...

**mqavila** · June 24th, 2008 08:40 AM

I'm still hoping that my SA was mistaken... the Carens is a great car and I would want a lot more people to experience what we're experiencing with our rides...

**Hanren** · June 24th, 2008 09:44 AM

Originally Posted by mqavila

I'm still hoping that my SA was mistaken... the Carens is a great car and I would want a lot more people to experience what we're experiencing with our rides...

Dito sa Baguio madami na rin me Carens.. Saw one black pauwi na ata Manila galing Baguio sa Marcos Highway. Saw a white one sa central business district and saw an Aqua Blue Carens at SM Baguio yesterday. I took a hard look at it because I could hardly distinguish it from fine Silver.
My uncle who recently bought a Hyundai Santa Fe said I should not buy a Kia kasi daw di maganda ang quality. I said the Santa Fe and the Carens share the same engine technology (VGAT) and in fact, Hyundai's sister company is Kia. Well, based on that observation, Kia still needs to establish itself into the mainstream auto industry even if true believers among us do exists. Marketing via newspaper ads will not be enough. It has to literally be seen on the road.

But by planning to raise (again) prices, I share the opinion of many of your here that it will just drag the brand down just when it is just poised for a take off. Hindi naman kailangan kasi na magmadali sa price increase. Ma ju justify pa siguro pag new Carens Model ang lalabas. Just my 2c!

**silicon** · June 24th, 2008 10:18 AM

The recent price increase of KIA cars have certainly made a lot of potential clients looking for other options. For the record, I was a Toyota fan... a convert to Kia after buying my first car, Carens. I have driven three generations of Corollas, hand-me-downs from my dad; 1979 SR, 1990 XL and 1996 XE. My brothers also use Toyota and Honda, pure Japs ang choices eversince. I was the first to break tradition sa family since I believed that Kia was as reliable as the Jap makers were. Of course, the value for money was the clincher as well as the sophisticated CRDi engine with VGT technology. Nakakadismaya ang sobrang increase sa prices and if this continues, we would find it hard to get cheaper parts since konti lang tayo na merong ganitong sasakyan. Kawawa naman tayo.....

**welscua** · June 24th, 2008 10:38 AM

Originally Posted by silicon

The recent price increase of KIA cars have certainly made a lot of potential clients looking for other options. For the record, I was a Toyota fan... a convert to Kia after buying my first car, Carens. I have driven three generations of Corollas, hand-me-downs from my dad; 1979 SR, 1990 XL and 1996 XE. My brothers also use Toyota and Honda, pure Japs ang choices eversince. I was the first to break tradition sa family since I believed that Kia was as reliable as the Jap makers were. Of course, the value for money was the clincher as well as the sophisticated CRDi engine with VGT technology. Nakakadismaya ang sobrang increase sa prices and if this continues, we would find it hard to get cheaper parts since konti lang tayo na merong ganitong sasakyan. Kawawa naman tayo.....

Well, that's life ika nga... Pag bumagsak ang marketshare ng Carens, eventually mag-suffer ang service and availability of parts and eyeball members (j/k lang). I just hope it won't happen to Grand Livina

SHARING IS CARING

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**welscua** · June 24th, 2008 11:33 AM

Few minutes ago, SA of KIA Marikina called me up, nag-inquire kasi ako last month ng LX CRDi A/T, sabi ko 1 month lang ako nawala nag-increase na pala yung Carens ng more than 100k kaya iba na lang nakuha ko. Then I asked him kung totoo na may incoming price increase na naman on July/Aug, he confirmed that there is really a price increase again

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SHARING IS CARING

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