I’ve just extended my lease by two years to give me enough time to sort a suitable new vehicle. I can now order a new car from now onwards, without having to worry about time constraints. I’ve just watched a news item on CBC News about Kia Canada instructing their dealerships to delay deliveries of new cars and leave them standing on vehicle compounds in Canada, while instructing their staff to lie to customers about “transportation difficulties”. The reason …. Kia Canada are concerned that Kia Korea will cut their huge allocated marketing budget for next year if they think Kia Canada are “over achieving with numbers of registered new vehicles”. So customers who have paid their deposits up to eight months ago are having their already delivered vehicles withheld because the dealers have put greed before customer service. I hope they face severe consequences! Sadly it seems we can no longer trust “dealer speak”. Back on topic, it will be interesting to see whether the new quarter’s advanced payments and vehicle availability reflects a new realism among EV manufacturers. If it doesn’t happen this quarter, then surely it must by the second quarter, if the current EV sales problems are being reported correctly.
Just out of interest is there anything you would like to see added this quarter.