They lured me in with alleged interest in my Jeep Grand Cherokee Trailhawk trade-in then tried to snake me for $2,200 over MSRP. Already had a deposit at Ramsey for MSRP minus the $1,500 intensive. Watch those guys as they are "trying" to be slick.
I work at the plant that builds them.
Your numbers are not far off from my numbers.
The plant was shutdown for 2 weeks in late june and july. This was a planned shutdown and occurs every year.
We are making as many Tellurides as we can. The Sorento uses a 3.3L V6 and the Telluride uses a 3.8L V6. Almost the same but bigger pistons. Transmissions are different too. Telluride uses start/stop. Sorentos do not yet. Transmission has a fluid pump to keep pressures up at a stop.
So do they make a specific color combo daily, weekly? Like e.g. today is gray interior tomorrow is black? This week is white paint, tomorrow is moss?
No. In the paint shop yes. In assembly every color comes down the line. Between paint and assembly is a huge storage rack that holds the bodies to be built.
Wasn't Leticia. Was a man and think his name was Sam. He did an ok job with sales since I knew more about the car than he did. But it was the heavyset finance guy that screwed the pooch. He inflated the MSRP right in front of me then said it was supply and demand. If I didn't like it, then someone behind me would pay the inflated price. He was quite rude and tried to play us like we were ignorant. I have done my research and I'm no fool. Was embarrassing to the sales guy as he lost the sale due to his stupidity. They wouldn't even look at my 17' Trailhawk until we agreed with the sales guy. Jorge from Internet sales also made me believe they actually had interest in my vehicle. Never again will I step foot in that dealership. Sales or Service!
Any idea how often the paint shop does black copper? Being the rarest color, I can't imagine they keep many of those on the rack.
I mean Kia is the value brand so this goes completely against the company image
