Comments on: KIA Cerato 2008 AIMS

By: eh179driver

eh179driver — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:18:00 +0000

Hi Salesman. Are you talking about your emplyers expectation or KIA Australia’s? KIA seem to make ok cars since the buyout by Hyundai. But you have to admit the current Cerato if a pretty ordinary drive. If the new one is as good as an I30 or the current Elantra then it should be a vast improvement. I guess if they have built up a good following then keep the name. It’s just what I see, hear and read and my own experiance of driving them, a change in name might have been a reasonable idea. But then you don’t want to do what Nissan did and kill of the Pulsar name. What a success that was!

By: Falcodore

Falcodore — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:43:02 +0000

Did Subaru lend Kia their designers? Looks a bit like an Impreza to me.

By: The Salesman

The Salesman — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:20:34 +0000

Frontman,

By: Frontman

Frontman — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:20:39 +0000

Umm, Salesman, that wouldn’t be a large semi rural NSW group recently owned by a brisbane based group would it?

By: The Salesman

The Salesman — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 23:01:04 +0000

Kia to eh179driver by way of The Salesman,
The current Cerato out performed Kia’s expectations, it performed well in its market segment and we expect the new Cerato to increase our share of this market place. So keeping the same name helps us build the market we have established.

By: eh179driver

eh179driver — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:16:13 +0000

Note to KIA. Change the name! The current Cerato is a heap of crap and you are going to saddle a new car with the same name. The current car is woefully underpowered, is just about the worst in class for fuel economy and has a shocking re-sale value. Do waht you did with the Optima and change the name.
New car looks like an Accord Euro. Oh well Kia has copied other cars before. Just look at the Sorrento (another heap of junk). Its a Benz rip off. Just Kia doing what the japs did years ago. At least the Hyundai parents are a bit more creative.

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 13:26:45 +0000

Ford is the Worst on that sorry list of mediocre car brands. And before I get nasty replies, I agree that mediocre is a very generous way to describe a Ssangyong or a Ford.

By: The Salesman

The Salesman — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 07:03:32 +0000

Go,
Captain Mainwaring.
Just work that out did you, it has never been a secret.
We don’t just have Kia, also
Ford, Mazda, Hyundai, Proton, Ssangyong, Landrover, Volvo, Isuzu. And used cars.
Why would I be disqualified?
Because i am a Salesman, you got a grudge or what, you racist. I put it to you that you should be disqualified sir. GOOD DAY!

By: DanMan

DanMan — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:55:15 +0000

Not really Captain..

Probably gives him more right to an opinion, you know might be backed by actual fact… just saying..

Anyway post by salesperson in 3…2….1…

By: Captain Mainwaring

Captain Mainwaring — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 06:51:21 +0000

So ‘The Salesman’ has now outed himself as being on the payroll of a Kia Dealer and is not ashamed to admit it on this site.
Nothing wrong with Kias, but shouldn’t he disqualify himself from talking about them here?