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#160 of 613 Beige interior on new Rio.... Hmmmmm. by spectraman

Oct 11, 2005 (6:44 pm)

Drove by the dealership tonight.... no Rio5's yet again.
 
This time there were 2 additional new Rio sedans on the lot. In addition to the Olive Beige they've had for several weeks now, there's a Cashmere Beige (sort of a Gold), and a Tropical Red model.
 
The red exterior with the black interior looked good. The black interior is basically monochromatic though... thus it's a pretty dark place in there. That said, it still looks "higher rent" than the tan/beige interior to be sure. The seat cloth also has some extra accents woven in the cloth in the black interior. If you check out the http://www.kiario.com website, it is the black interior that is used for *all* of the interior shots. Coincidence?
 
The tu-tone tan interior looks "okay" in the Olive Beige model since it's tan/beige on a light green exterior. However........... the tan/beige interior in a Cashmere Beige exterior model clashes BIG time!
 
The Cashmere Beige is a *beautiful* color from the outside. It really is. But KIA's only offering two interior colors for the North American Rio. A tan/beige, and a black. The tan has an offbeat kind of "orangey" tinge to it. When you open the door the contrast/clashing between the "Cashmere Beige" exterior and "Beige" interior colors immediately jump out at you. KIA for 2007 needs to either lighten up the Beige interior a notch or two (to a yellow-tan vs. an orange-tan), or provide a third color such as a darker brown.
 
Nitpicky stuff.... I know. BUT the proper matching of interior to exterior color(s) should not be so prohibitively expensive that it is unobtainable in an automaker's lower-end models.
 
KIA needs to remember that color conscious buyers (aka: females) will more than likely make up a large percentage of purchasers of the Rio line. The importance of issues such as color matching should NEVER be underestimated when considering the success of an automobile model. Not in this day and age of global automobile hyper-competition.
 
-SM

#161 of 613 Re: low price by cougar7

Oct 12, 2005 (1:34 pm)

these are the ones with a/c power windows power locks auto trans. cd player etc.if you are gonna get one, get it fast because the 06s are there and i think they only got like 7 more left.

#162 of 613 Re: low price [cougar7] by backy

Oct 12, 2005 (2:50 pm)

Replying to: cougar7 (Oct 12, 2005 1:34 pm)
That's incredible! $5995 for a car with an invoice of just over $13,000 and after rebates of $12,300! So they lose about $6000 per vehicle. Something sounds too good to be true here.

#163 of 613 Re: low price [backy] by bumpy

Oct 12, 2005 (3:07 pm)

Replying to: backy (Oct 12, 2005 2:50 pm)
$5995 (price includes all incentives and rebates, plus $3000 trade-in. Dealer retains all rebates and incentives. You will not get $3000 credit on your trade-in.)

#164 of 613 Re: low price [bumpy] by backy

Oct 12, 2005 (4:14 pm)

Replying to: bumpy (Oct 12, 2005 3:07 pm)
Aha! So the real price is $8995, after (let me guess): military rebate, college graduate rebate, dealer loyalty rebate (available only to people who own another car purchased at that dealership), Kia loyalty rebate, and who knows what else. Plus I expect this is one of those dealers who has a non-negotiable "documentation fee" of something like $595, and probably a non-negotiable "advertising fee" too. I've seen these kinds of ads before in papers from other cities. I'm glad dealers in my state don't pull these kinds of tricks (not all of them, anyway).

#165 of 613 Re: low price [bumpy] by spectraman

Oct 12, 2005 (6:02 pm)

Replying to: bumpy (Oct 12, 2005 3:07 pm)
$5995 (price includes all incentives and rebates, plus $3000 trade-in. Dealer retains all rebates and incentives. You will not get $3000 credit on your trade-in.)
 
I've seen this same advertising technique in our newspapers being used by a Chrysler/Dodge dealer. It is really one of the cheesiest schticks going.
 
Obviously the goal is to get you to stop and examine that particular dealer's ad. Whenever I see stuff like this, I immediately think: d-e-s-p-e-r-a-t-i-o-n
 
-SM

#166 of 613 Re: low price [spectraman] by chuck1959

Oct 13, 2005 (2:12 pm)

Replying to: spectraman (Oct 12, 2005 6:02 pm)
How do they figure in $3,000.00 trade-in before hand. IMO most people would want the rebate to be taken off the price of the car.

#167 of 613 I decided... by idrankwhat

Oct 14, 2005 (10:35 pm)

...to go with a 2005 Accent GT. The deal was just too sweet to pass up. I got everything I wanted and they added cruise control. Paid $1800 under invoice.

#168 of 613 its not a joke by cougar7

Oct 16, 2005 (12:08 pm)

because i went down to the dealership when i saw the commercial on tv and asked the salesmen and they really offered the car for about $6000, even though the true advertised price was $6988. i am not a Kia guy but if i was or if i just needed a car like the Rio i would have bought it. you have to believe me. if you want you can check out the dealership yourself. for a detailed description of the address go to bigredsports&imports.com. or i can tell you that it is in the city of Norman south of Oklahoma City on I-35.

#169 of 613 gas prices by cougar7

Oct 16, 2005 (12:39 pm)

and also i appreciate if you can tell the gas prices in your area, i am just curious because here the prices are going down. right now it is $2.16 in OKC area and it has been going down for about 2 weeks.
thanks, cougar7

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