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Hyundai did a better job with Creta 2020 offering a top end IVT. Kia could have introduced an IVT top end just to cater these urban families. Looks like they dont appear in their market research. | |
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1> By varying one's A-pedal inputs. Drive with a light foot & lift off momentarily at adequate intervals to allow the TC to upshift, and one can mimic Eco & Normal modes. Drive with a lead foot, and one can mimic Sport mode. 2> By using the tip-tronic manual mode to upshift at different intervals, one can mimic Eco, Normal & Sport modes even with a single A-pedal driving style. The different modes' responses can indeed be mimicked even on the HTK+, but of course, it's not as simple as the flick of a button. ![]() Last edited by RSR : 19th September 2020 at 16:01. | ||
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I heard from a dealer recently that the RTO machinery in some states can make life difficult for the dealer, especially when trying to register new cars and variants. So for each variant, they can technically demand that the company bring the car to the state's central RTO inspection offices for inspection before the variant is updated in the master list of cars that can be registered in the state. This has to technically happen before first vehicle of that particular spec can be registered anywhere in the state. This can be a huge hassle for manufacturers like Kia since they have so many variants and colors. He said that, of course, there are ways around this ![]() | |
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| ![]() Spotted this test drive Sonet rear ended by a Mahindra Pickup truck. Car was surrounded by showroom people along with two policemen. The car met this accident just a few hundred meters from showroom (Shubh Kia, Dehradun) ![]() ![]() ![]() Couldn't capture better shots as a bus was behind me and slowing down my car could result in two rear ended cars at the same spot. ![]() |
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These would qualify as a competition - but of course those are AMTs and this is a proper TC and hence a better offering. | |
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| ![]() I got quote for Ecosport, there was no Statutory Charges or Handling Charges, not sure why M&M (quote had 7k as incidental charges ![]() Maruti, Kia and Hyundai are charging Statutory Charges or Handling Charges. But in the EcoSport quote, the registration cost is 3,500 more than 15% from ex-showroom. Might visit them soon and check. Last edited by Aditya : 20th September 2020 at 07:04. Reason: Kindly avoid using abbreviations |
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| ![]() I told in the context that look at the enthusiasm of the car makers, they are pricing the cars with good features below 10(like 9.99 for few models). If govt reduces the tax, car makers will give more features in the same price, anyway, we are paying toll for the roads, and you know how efficient Indian govt is in utilizing the tax money for development. |
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Also when I first test drove XUV 300 W6 AMT it was priced at 9.99, after few days they changed the price to 10.19 and almost a 50-60k price difference just because it crossed the 10l mark. | |
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| ![]() I think Kia is keeping a buffer in the pricing of the top end models and is probably gauging audience reaction before publishing the price. And as to cannibalizing Seltos sales, better themselves and it works both ways in terms of upgrading to the next model type. |
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| ![]() Hello guys, had a query, hopefully members can help me out. Since now Kia has launched the 1.0 turbo petrol and 1.5 Diesel manual at more or less same price point, going for which engine makes sense for someone who has more or less limited running like 10k per annum? What would be the difference in long term maintenance and service costs of these two engines? Since Diesel engine gives better mileage than the 1.0 turbo along with slightly lesser fuel cost, long term maintenance, service and spares are the only thing we need to consider now to make a decision. |
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Interestingly, it's cousin i.e. the Venue offers a manual transmission with the exact same engine and is actually quite fun to drive with the slick gearbox. | |
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