Non Nightfall SX Prestige Waiting Room

[Tobstertx3]

Looks like KIA built 22 more prestige trims this weekend. 1 SXP and 21 NFP.

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Could you show the same graph for SX FWD?

 

[MarcinTexas]

Could you show the same graph for SX FWD?

Production has trailed off on this configuration as well.

 

[Tobstertx3]

Thank you @MarcinTexas

 

[RiseUpBears1990]

2021 SX-P/T Snow White Pearl/ Black
Ordered August 1st, 2020
No new communication from dealer since (not that there is anything to communicate).

When I ordered, the dealer said that they were having supply chain issues around the black wheels that come with the prestige package, and that the nightfall wheels were readily available. Too bad I don't care for the nightfall wheels.

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[Tobstertx3]

2021 SX-P/T Snow White Pearl/ Black
Ordered August 1st, 2020
No new communication from dealer since (not that there is anything to communicate).

When I ordered, the dealer said that they were having supply chain issues around the black wheels that come with the prestige package,

That's a new one!

 

[MarcinTexas]

2021 SX-P/T Snow White Pearl/ Black
Ordered August 1st, 2020
No new communication from dealer since (not that there is anything to communicate).

When I ordered, the dealer said that they were having supply chain issues around the black wheels that come with the prestige package, and that the nightfall wheels were readily available. Too bad I don't care for the nightfall wheels.

I would believe that if the SX trim had been impacted as the SX and SX Prestige have the same wheels. As you can see - SX production has been pretty constant. It is the Prestige trim that has been all over the place.

 

[RiseUpBears1990]

I would agree that the production numbers do not support that claim. It does further support the notion that no one outside of the factory seems to know what the hell is going on.

 

[OaktownACE]

I just wish I liked the Nightfall package better. I don't like the grill and I really don't like the wheels. If the wheels were the same as the normal SX then I would have accepted the grill because I do like the blacked out elements. But those wheels...

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[MarcinTexas]

I just wish I like the Nightfall package better. I don't like the grill and a really don't like the wheels. If the wheels were the same as the normal SX then I would have accepted the grill because I do like the blacked out elements. But those wheels...

Agreed. I actually love the badges on the nightfall. So much that I am hoping to have the dealer swap them for me before delivery. But I do not like the wheels or grill.

 

[RiseUpBears1990]

I just wish I like the Nightfall package better. I don't like the grill and a really don't like the wheels. If the wheels were the same as the normal SX then I would have accepted the grill because I do like the blacked out elements. But those wheels...

Agreed. I actually love the badges on the nightfall. So much that I am hoping to have the dealer swap them for me before delivery. But I do not like the wheels or grill.

So much this...

 

[MarcinTexas]

So an SX Prestige Nightfall ordered at my dealerships with an ETA originally two weeks after mine just had their VIN hit FC. Meanwhile - my ETA is unchanged.

KIA - what is the logic here? Is it just about money? Are the customers not important?

 

[travelbug928]

Ordered SXP/T 3/11, in KFOS 8/15, ETA 11/30. Friends ordered 3/4, switched to NE in June, in KFOS 7/15, delivered 8/26.

I'm very similar to you, @gman1868.

SX-P/T Everlasting Silver/Black (+Wheel Locks and Interior Lighting)
Ordered 4/10
Accepted into KFOS 8/25
First ETA 11/18

(I noticed you're also ordering from an MN dealer - our wait times are probably different due to our individual dealers' demands and how many slots they get each month.)

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[RiseUpBears1990]

So an SX Prestige Nightfall ordered at my dealerships with an ETA originally two weeks after mine just had their VIN hit FC. Meanwhile - my ETA is unchanged.

KIA - what is the logic here? Is it just about money? Are the customers not important?

I will not pretend to be an automotive supply chain expert, but i have to believe that this all comes down to some part batching, and when they have certain parts for specific trims available/ on deck. I noticed this morning that they are pushing out some prestige trims without Nightfall this morning, so hopefully, what we are seeing is just a natural cycle of when they have parts on hand.

 

[PassingTime]

If you don't want a NE right now then you (we) are basically screwed! Its all about the $$$$$ no supply chain, no order to the madness, no matter how long customers have to wait for their order, it is all about the $$$$$!

 

[saltyorange]

I was in this same point. Prestige without Nightfall. Took delivery this weekend. Timing in my signature.

I actually would not have been one to order Nightfall anyway had it been available back in Feb anyway.

 

[gman1868]

I'm very similar to you, @gman1868.

SX-P/T Everlasting Silver/Black (+Wheel Locks and Interior Lighting)
Ordered 4/10
Accepted into KFOS 8/25
First ETA 11/18

(I noticed you're also ordering from an MN dealer - our wait times are probably different due to our individual dealers' demands and how many slots they get each month.)

MN014 has gotten 122 Tellurides delivered to date. They got 29 VINs in August, 6 are SXP non-nightfall, 6 are SX/N, 6 are EX/N.

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[mgoblue]

I hate to be the one to say it but the incessant whining is a drag on this forum.

Just because they seem to have the parts doesn’t mean your order should be built ASAP. The logistics of building and shipping $4 billion (with a b!) worth of Tellurides is more complicated than anyone here seems to grasp. To suggest they should prioritize your delivery time over anything else is foolish.

(And as I said, kinda ruining the forum)

 

[noles1983]

I hate to be the one to say it but the incessant whining is a drag on this forum.

Just because they seem to have the parts doesn’t mean your order should be built ASAP. The logistics of building and shipping $4 billion (with a b!) worth of Tellurides is more complicated than anyone here seems to grasp. To suggest they should prioritize your delivery time over anything else is foolish.

(And as I said, kinda ruining the forum)

It's my Telluride and I want it NOW. (Lame JG Wentworth commercial reference)

 

[masterllama]

Production has trailed off on this configuration as well.

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Thank you for this.

Where are these graphs coming from btw?

 

[MarcinTexas]

I hate to be the one to say it but the incessant whining is a drag on this forum.

Just because they seem to have the parts doesn’t mean your order should be built ASAP. The logistics of building and shipping $4 billion (with a b!) worth of Tellurides is more complicated than anyone here seems to grasp. To suggest they should prioritize your delivery time over anything else is foolish.

(And as I said, kinda ruining the forum)

9 months is hardly ASAP. And I haven't seen anyone say their order should be prioritized over anything else. If someone has said that - I have missed it. The issue is that KIA is no longer building cars in a FIFO manner. In the past - you could rely on your order getting built in the order it was received - now it doesn't matter.