Kia Malaysia slashes components costs by 15% – guarantee boosted to five years/150,000 km, up from 100,000 km

Other than slashing costs of its automobiles by as a lot as RM52,000, Kia Gross sales Malaysia (KSM) additionally introduced it is going to be making costs of its spare components cheaper by a mean of 15%. This comes as a part of the takeover of the Kia distributorship from Bermaz-owned Dinamikjaya Motors efficient January 1.

The transfer addresses one of many key points which have prevented the broader public from entering into its automobiles – the notion of costly components and thus, greater upkeep prices. The principal-owned firm’s managing director Emily Lek beforehand advised us that KSM was trying into decreasing the overall possession prices for customers and bettering its after-sales companies.

It’s value stating that as but, KSM has not launched any particulars akin to a worth record, and something concrete must wait till the brand new Kia Malaysia web site goes on-line on Thursday, January 8. That additionally signifies that we should not have a listing of sellers underneath the KSM banner, and we nonetheless have no idea if there are any carryover retailers from the earlier Bermaz-led community.

We do at the least know that the after-sales community will likely be supported by a devoted components warehouse in Shah Alam. This, KSM mentioned, will allow “speedy availability of spare components,” because it received’t must battle with different markets to get them.

One other often-overlooked facet of the KSM takeover is the guarantee protection. Though it nonetheless spans 5 years, the mileage cap has been elevated from Bermaz’s commonplace 100,000 km to 150,000 km – placing it it according to Kia’s world requirements, the corporate added. The advance does come at the price of the earlier five-year free service bundle, which seems to have been discontinued.

All this goes hand-in-hand with the numerous discount in its automotive costs, with the Sportage being an enormous beneficiary. Beforehand beginning at RM147,219, the C-segment SUV’s base worth has been lower by over RM17,000 to RM129,639 with a 2.0 litre naturally-aspirated engine, whereas the 1.6 litre turbo variant drops by the identical quantity and now begins from underneath RM160,000 (RM159,320).

Even greater financial savings are in retailer for the Carnival MPV, which is now cheaper by as much as RM52,027, such that it begins at underneath RM200,000 for the eight-seater, 2.2 litre diesel mannequin (RM193,861). As for the EV9, that is still on the similar costs as earlier than (RM370,183 for the seven-seater, RM375,183 with six seats, now with street tax included) regardless of excise duties now being utilized this 12 months.

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