New order from Fort Lauderdale, FL!

[ItalianButter]

NJ is a hot bed for us. Is the Mafia in charge of Telluride pricing? You can fly in and drive home or we can ship it to you.

Sounds about right! They're probably monitoring this thread too. How much would it cost, roughly, to ship the vehicle to NJ?

 

[Lucas & Craig]

Sounds about right! They're probably monitoring this thread too. How much would it cost, roughly, to ship the vehicle to NJ?

Email me city/zip jfox@kiaofmuncie.com.

 

[Lucas & Craig]

My dealer sales manager tried to tell me that the windows don't come tinted from the factory... justifying their charge. Then, when I had all windows tinted there - he told me it would take longer because they had to take off the other tint. I said it's privacy glass... so no it ain't coming off. Point is the dealerships make stuff up all the time to string consumers along. Many of them are full of it.

 

[Owner]

Just got off the phone with the dealer and was told that the vehicle will be here before Thanksgiving. She did mention something that caught my attention: She said that our Telluride was coming from Korea, as Kia is experiencing "some issues" at the Alabama plant so they shifted production to Korea as well.

Anyone heard of this before?

As I have not heard of this and was under the impression that Tellurides are solely made in Georgia, I thought I'd ask here and see what you guys have heard? I would assume the only "issues" that Kia is having right now at the Alabama plant is perhaps the unexpected high demand for this vehicle that would cause them to extend production also to Korea (?)

Either way, we are very excited and cant wait to take delivery!

I'd be very concerned with your dealer's knowledge of KIA's manufacturing or that they are simply lying to you to tell you what you want to here.

This is from KMMGUSA's own website: "Our West Point, Georgia facility is the only Kia manufacturing plant in the United States, and the only automaker in Georgia."

So there's no KIA plant in Alabama, and they don't build Tellurides in any of its other manufacturing plants, including in Korea.

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[Lucas & Craig]

We are actually assembling units at Muncie Global Headquarters. Who wants one?

I just want to see this arrive from Korea. In my Steve Irwin voice... "Look at the size of that girl!"

 

[Awade32]

I'd be very concerned with your dealer's knowledge of KIA's manufacturing or that they are simply lying to you to tell you what you want to here.

This is from KMMGUSA's own website: "Our West Point, Georgia facility is the only Kia manufacturing plant in the United States, and the only automaker in Georgia."

So there's no KIA plant in Alabama, and they don't build Tellurides in any of its other manufacturing plants, including in Korea.

Not that its a strong defense but the plant is basically right on the state line. So almost Alabama...

 

[player4]

The car is finally here!
Got the call from the dealer yesterday morning and decided to swing by after work to take delivery.
Was overall about a 3 hour process (from setting foot in the dealer to finally driving away), but it was very smooth with no gimmicks whatsoever or any evident games or tricks from the staff. I highly recommend the dealer: Gunther Kia in Fort Lauderdale, FL. No markup on any Telluride and staff is great! Got 3 year included maintenance free of charge !
And finally, the moment when we saw our car. It was STUNNING! Just detailed and under nice lighting it just looked amazing which made us realize once again that we made the right choice of vehicle and color combo.

Timeline
Order: August 11th, 2019
VIN Assigned: November 2nd, 2019
Delivery: November 25th, 2019

2020 Kia Telluride SX AWD w/ Prestige & Towing Packages in Dark Moss w/Dune Brown Nappa Leather

 

[Wap52]

Hello all,

We finally placed an order on a SX AWD with Prestige & Towing Pkgs - Dark Moss with Dune Brown Nappa Leather.
Runner up for us was the Atlas SEL Premium 4Motion but the extra seatbelt in the third row was a big factor, along with the better tech and overall feel/look of the Telluride, let alone the great reviews.
Expected to be here anywhere between 2-3 months, could be a bit earlier or not. Dealer confirmed what I had seen on some threads recently that the SX w/Prestige Pkg was not able to be ordered for a while until a few weeks back, but it is once again available yet all sales people are nervous of another sudden close of orders again.
Was glad to order without any dealer markup. Another local dealer we went to that is closer to our home was upfront about their $3-$5k markup on all Tellurides, even if you order one and that all other dealers were doing it - which we found absurd and sure enough went to another dealer we had also emailed with before and there was no markup on any Tellurides.

We are very much looking forward to the whole process leading up to the delivery, if anyone that has also ordered a Telluride before can share a bit of what the timeline is like or what to expect, that would be super!

Cheers,
J

Congrats on your order. One thing I will say the wait is hell but well worth it. I waited 96 days back in March and glad I did. Enjoy the wait and when they call and say your Telluride is on the lot. you will feel like a kid waking up Christmas morning. Stay safe and welcome to the forum

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[player4]

Congrats on your order. One thing I will say the wait is hell but well worth it. I waited 96 days back in March and glad I did. Enjoy the wait and when they call and say your Telluride is on the lot. you will feel like a kid waking up Christmas morning. Stay safe and welcome to the forum

Absolutely agree with you, was certainly worth it. Just in awe of the overall vehicle, can't wait to toy around with it over the long weekend. Thanks, cheers!

 

[Jaggrey]

The car is finally here!
Got the call from the dealer yesterday morning and decided to swing by after work to take delivery.
Was overall about a 3 hour process (from setting foot in the dealer to finally driving away), but it was very smooth with no gimmicks whatsoever or any evident games or tricks from the staff. I highly recommend the dealer: Gunther Kia in Fort Lauderdale, FL. No markup on any Telluride and staff is great! Got 3 year included maintenance free of charge !
And finally, the moment when we saw our car. It was STUNNING! Just detailed and under nice lighting it just looked amazing which made us realize once again that we made the right choice of vehicle and color combo.

Timeline
Order: August 11th, 2019
VIN Assigned: November 2nd, 2019
Delivery: November 25th, 2019

2020 Kia Telluride SX AWD w/ Prestige & Towing Packages in Dark Moss w/Dune Brown Nappa Leather


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Who at Gunther did you speak with?

 

[player4]

Who at Gunther did you speak with?

Spoke directly with the GM and Salesman, if you want you can DM me some details and we can gladly refer you to them.

 

[Jaggrey]

Spoke directly with the GM and Salesman, if you want you can DM me some details and we can gladly refer you to them.

This can’t be hard, but I have no idea how to send a DM on here after poking around. Can you send me one so I can reply? I tried tapping on your name but I got some error about not having access or something.

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[player4]

This can’t be hard, but I have no idea how to send a DM on here after poking around. Can you send me one so I can reply? I tried tapping on your name but I got some error about not having access or something.

Strange, same thing happened to me.
No worries though: Salesman is Dallas Bardwell, Sales Manager Josh Clinton at Gunther Kia in Fort Lauderdale, FL.