Hello everyone. First post here and I'm positive the answers to my questions lie somewhere, but I haven't found them. I've enjoyed reading in here and look forward to sticking around.
We are hoping to buy a Telly in the next year or so. We'll likely wait for the virus to be better under control so we can see where the economy, and we, stand going forward. I have been looking at dealers near us and most of them have shockingly high mark ups. I sent a note to a local dealer (who had a $4000 markup, but after talking, we could probably end up at MSRP) and asked about waiting until 2021 is in production and then ordering what we'd most prefer. His response was:
Kia manufactures cars based on metrics and what they expect demand to be. They keep the assembly lines running as efficiently as possible in order to offer the best value on the cars they make. What this means to the consumer is we can offer more car for the money you spend.
The downfall to this is that there is no such thing as a custom order. Some dealers make it sound like it is possible, while in reality all they are doing is waiting for the closest match to be produced and then taking it in allocation. Meaning, calling first dibs. So, It is impossible to say how long it would take to get the exact car. Yet, we know in advance of about 3 months on cars that are being built. We can put your name on one of those and have it allocated to us before it even has a vin. This scenario is what dealers are talking about doing when they say "order" a car.
Is that how it works? I thought you could actually order what you are hoping for (we're actually still wishy washy but think we want an EX AWD with tow package but not prestige as we like the 18in tires and would like the bench seat for the second row, no light colored interior and we'd probably want black or grey for exterior).
Thanks for letting me join and for how helpful you all are. I am crossing my fingers that by this time next year I have a shiny new car.
We are hoping to buy a Telly in the next year or so. We'll likely wait for the virus to be better under control so we can see where the economy, and we, stand going forward. I have been looking at dealers near us and most of them have shockingly high mark ups. I sent a note to a local dealer (who had a $4000 markup, but after talking, we could probably end up at MSRP) and asked about waiting until 2021 is in production and then ordering what we'd most prefer. His response was:
Kia manufactures cars based on metrics and what they expect demand to be. They keep the assembly lines running as efficiently as possible in order to offer the best value on the cars they make. What this means to the consumer is we can offer more car for the money you spend.
The downfall to this is that there is no such thing as a custom order. Some dealers make it sound like it is possible, while in reality all they are doing is waiting for the closest match to be produced and then taking it in allocation. Meaning, calling first dibs. So, It is impossible to say how long it would take to get the exact car. Yet, we know in advance of about 3 months on cars that are being built. We can put your name on one of those and have it allocated to us before it even has a vin. This scenario is what dealers are talking about doing when they say "order" a car.
Is that how it works? I thought you could actually order what you are hoping for (we're actually still wishy washy but think we want an EX AWD with tow package but not prestige as we like the 18in tires and would like the bench seat for the second row, no light colored interior and we'd probably want black or grey for exterior).
Thanks for letting me join and for how helpful you all are. I am crossing my fingers that by this time next year I have a shiny new car.
