New Kia vehicles that have arrived from overseas are sitting on a storage lot in Wolverton, Ont., purposely locked up even though customers have been waiting months and months — some well over a year — to get their vehicles.The new cars are being withheld from Kia's Ontario dealerships — and reportedly from many more across the country — as part of a controversial plan by Kia Canada to game the number of sales in the last six weeks of the year.
It’s a quarantine, if they don’t catch fire in 40 days they can be delivered.
In the news today, KIA is holding cars at a compound until the new year to deliver them. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kia-canada-car-sales-1.7063216QuoteNew Kia vehicles that have arrived from overseas are sitting on a storage lot in Wolverton, Ont., purposely locked up even though customers have been waiting months and months — some well over a year — to get their vehicles.The new cars are being withheld from Kia's Ontario dealerships — and reportedly from many more across the country — as part of a controversial plan by Kia Canada to game the number of sales in the last six weeks of the year.
Quote from: Guy on December 19, 2023, 12:22:08 pmIt’s a quarantine, if they don’t catch fire in 40 days they can be delivered. Revetment parking they call that I think. If one goes boom it doesn't take out the others
They can't catch fire if they are in storage, amirite?
Why they thought they could announce a scheme like this over a video call to a 100 dealers without it getting out to the public is beyond me.
Non-stop bad publicity for Kia/Hyundai.More whistle blowers need to come out and call out more automakers that do this (in some way or form).
Quote from: 1FGC on December 19, 2023, 06:15:50 pmNon-stop bad publicity for Kia/Hyundai.More whistle blowers need to come out and call out more automakers that do this (in some way or form).Premature engine failures, fiery battery packs, and now this.I'm starting to think Hyundai isn't particularly well run...
Quote from: rrocket on December 19, 2023, 06:40:25 pmQuote from: 1FGC on December 19, 2023, 06:15:50 pmNon-stop bad publicity for Kia/Hyundai.More whistle blowers need to come out and call out more automakers that do this (in some way or form).Premature engine failures, fiery battery packs, and now this.I'm starting to think Hyundai isn't particularly well run...Excel, Pony...
Quote from: ktm525 on December 19, 2023, 07:05:58 pmQuote from: rrocket on December 19, 2023, 06:40:25 pmQuote from: 1FGC on December 19, 2023, 06:15:50 pmNon-stop bad publicity for Kia/Hyundai.More whistle blowers need to come out and call out more automakers that do this (in some way or form).Premature engine failures, fiery battery packs, and now this.I'm starting to think Hyundai isn't particularly well run...Excel, Pony...Well, I guess they could get a pass on those? New to market and all of that?
