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The whole GNCAP results have shook up the prospect buyers and owners like me! Sonet is not tested yet and the seltos results are a rude awakening! | |
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BHPian Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Deutschland
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+1. My friend who booked Seltos diesel last week cancelled it today. Now deciding between Nexon and Ecosport. |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Dec 2015 Location: Belgaum
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Now my eyes are set on the upcoming Skoda Vision IN, VW Taigun, new XUV 500, Jeep Compass Facelift and a few others. Just my advice to all the brothers here, there are at least 6 new Compact SUV's to be launched in the first half of 2021, and that's not too far away plus all the manufacturers are marching towards getting safer, feature-loaded cars in India, I am sure we will have an array of better choices to make ![]() | |
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Newbie Join Date: Oct 2020 Location: Bangalore
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Yeah, I'm a little concerned now as well. But I'm going ahead with the purchase. Also need a car right now and this delay has already set me back with some of the plans, so I'm unwilling to wait until mid next year when more SUVs come out as Venku mentioned below. Just keeping my fingers crossed that the Sonet safety rating will be good. |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Bangalore
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Did pretty much the same thing. Kia's ethics made me uncomfortable. Took the Sonet off my list and booked the top end EcoSport with the full safety suite . |
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Let's say the only way to look at it is, until it's proven to be bad it's not! ![]() | |
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BHPian ![]() | ![]() I think Tata takes all the credit for putting the thought of safety into the minds of Indians by highlighting the NCAP results and Safety of the cars in their advertisements. Pre-Nexon, very few common folks talked about safety. |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Aurangabad, MH
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| ![]() So finally I had some time of work and decided to pen down my story. I had booked my car on 18th September on the day of the price reveal and had planned for delivery on 25th October Sunday on the auspicious day of dasshera. It was also one day before my birthday!! ![]() I reached the showroom on Sunday morning at 11 am to find my Golden Chariot gleaming in the sunlight in all its glory!! ![]() My first choice of colour was Beige Gold with Aurora Black Pearl. But since that was not available or had a higher waiting period I decided to go for the monotone colour. I have seen many sonets on the road in white, black, red, gray but none in this colour. As far as i remember this golden colour use to come on the Honda city in 2006. I like this colour it’s not too flashy and suits me in my profession. ![]() That's me extremely happy seeing the car. ![]() After reaching the showroom i realized that there were almost 10 cars for delivery on that day. It was going to be long day. So in the mean time i had a look at the accessories available, the showroom floor and the workshop. Since it was a Sunday the workshop was closed. All the accessories were available and the accessories i bought were 3D Cabin mats, 3D Trunk mat, Mud flaps and key cover. So finally after 3 hours it was time for my car to enter the delivery area. ![]() As you can see i am super excited and very happy!! ![]() Delivery experience:- As excited i was, the delivery was that much unexciting. I was handed over the car documents with a big key as is customary. Nothing else was done to make it special. No cake or flowers or chocolates or any Kia delivery kit. Some pictures of delivery. That's me with my wife extremely happy!! ![]() ![]() The car costed me 13.72 lakhs on road. I took insurance from the dealer and extended warranty of 120000 kms for the 4th and 5th year of ownership which costed me 16k. Today - 13th November 2020:- It's been 19 days since i bought my car and have driven it for almost 200 kms. The average is around 15 for city use. Some points I noticed were:- 1. The mud flaps are useless as even after having them on their is mud on the body. They are just too short for the vehicle in my opinion. 2. Also the gear gets stuck at times in reverse and in 1st gear even when i have pressed the clutch fully. 3. All the SA at the dealership were not wearing any formal dress or shoes for that matter. It din look like it was a premium brand or a premium showroom. Also i could not tell the SA apart from the fokes who came to get their car or were looking for one. 4. With the recent Seltos Global NCAP ratings i am a bit apprensive about the safety of my car. But as it's the top end variant with all safety measures i am hoping my car will be safer than the base seltos that was tested. Accessories Bought:- 1. Karcher K4 basic - 13k from flipkart. 2. Strongdry microfibre cloth (350 and 900 GSM) 3. Michelin Typre pressure guage. 4. TUSA Digital tyre inflater. 5. Burgmann Stunner vaccum cleaner. 6. Proklear Snow foam car shampoo. 7. Jopasu car duster. 8. VMTC high pressure washer kit for Karcher. I'll keep updating this thread with my experience!! Thanks for reading!! Cheeers!! Last edited by sambhav.jain : 13th November 2020 at 15:54. |
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BHPian Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Chennai
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| ![]() This is basically to highlight a few things about my experience with Hitech City KIA showroom, Hyderabad. In one word, T-E-R-R-I-B-L-E. They don't care about the customer at all. We had already booked the Sonet in Chennai and delivery is estimated to be around the 25th of November. I just wanted to test-drive the car to show my sister's family what we were getting, because of their inability to travel to Chennai later. I've tried going to the showroom to get test-drive as well as calling ahead to book a slot; they kept telling me that the test cars are always busy. Their latest excuse today, after going with a reservation, was that test cars aren't available due to festive season and apparently they were informed about the same, earlier today. I strongly expressed my disapproval to the SA and stormed out. Interestingly, another person living in the same housing society as my sister's family has got the Kia Sonet, but from KIA Jubilee Hills. Perhaps they had a similar experience as well with the Hitech city one. I'd strongly advise against this Hitech City dealership. ![]() |
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Newbie Join Date: Oct 2020 Location: Hyderabad
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Navi Mumbai
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| ![]() Hello everyone, Like most of the people who are interested (and even have made the bookings) for KIA SONET, I too am/was worried about the suspension and rear space issues highlighted by many, and rightly so. In fact, I have not been able to sleep properly from the day I have made the booking for the car on 3rd November 2020. The earlier short test drives did not help me in any way. Finally, after much persuasion, today I convinced my Sales Advisor to grant me a long 15KMs Test Drive, which covered a good stretch of highway (Sion Panvel Expressway) and the service road adjacent to it, which is in shambles and crumbling day by day. Drive Type: TEST Car: KIA SONET Model: GTX+ Transmission: Manual (I had made the booking for the Automatic) Engine: Diesel Duration: 30-45 minutes Total Number of Passengers: 4 (including the SA) Observations The Car
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Hope this helps! Last edited by Dinesh_Malhotra : 18th November 2020 at 16:55. |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Bangalore
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I guess your's is the GT line top end if I am not wrong? You guys are really lucky. Literally paying a high price for staying in Bangalore my HTX+ costed me 14.8 on road. Why would you but a tyre pressure gauge? the vehicle is already equipped with one. Last edited by Googleman : 19th November 2020 at 01:23. | |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: New Delhi
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| ![]() The Sonet launched in Indonesia is almost 5 inches longer than the one sold in India. The wheelbase and the trunk capacity remain the same. How is the Indonesian version longer. Bumpers maybe? |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Navi Mumbai
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GOI's sub-4 meter rule uniquely, and some times adversely impacts the cars that are sold in India. | |
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BHPian ![]() Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Faridabad
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| ![]() I somehow feel the car is very overpriced. A petrol DCT GTX+ comes with a 14.7L price tag. This seems too much for a sub 4 meter CSUV. No doubt features are rich and feel very much like the car overall, but does not excite me to buy this car at such a whopping price. Last edited by Vid6639 : 20th November 2020 at 09:43. Reason: price fixed |
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