Kia Dealers Thailand

[meatboy]

i think this was asked a long time ago,looking for kia dealers thailand i have tried,tried and tried again but no luck.please help.

[Briggsy]

Your location please.

[meatboy]

Your location please.

nakhon ratchasima, diolch.

[katabeachbum]

Not many, imported by Yontrakit

[Briggsy]

I know of a large showroom on Sukhumvit Road just south of Chonburi City. It is a Yontrakit showroom and sells mainly Kia's but also some other import makes. I can't recall at present.

I had an interesting conversation with the pleasant sales staff. They were trying to interest me in a Kia Sorento I didn't want. The interesting part is they never know what they will have to sell until "the next container shipment arrives". So, they open the box and then try to sell them.

Yontrakit Corporation

57/6 Moo 2 Sukhumvit Road

Meuang Chonburi 20000

038 783 180-4

[meatboy]

thanks for that,i am interested in the pro cee'd,and the cee'd sw.

[chris2004]

The Kia Picanto K1 is a nice car.

[khunphil]

Hi

As I am looking maybe to buy this car, Picnato K1, I have some information, maybe this helps. Dealer are in Chiangmai, Phitsanulok, Bangkok and Hat Yai if I dont forget any.

Price of K1 Auto, full option is at 497,000 at CNX. No airbag No abs No fog-lights. It comes with free 1year premium insurance, and (to be confirmed as I did not buy it yet), free tax and red plates. No freebies available.

Rebate from government 73,000 for first THAI car driver (no foreigners, checked already).

25 % downpayment no need guaranty .

Delivery in CNX between 2 weeks and 4 weeks, depends on color. No BRIO available here.

If this helps ;-)

Philippe

[katabeachbum]

Hi

As I am looking maybe to buy this car, Picnato K1, I have some information, maybe this helps. Dealer are in Chiangmai, Phitsanulok, Bangkok and Hat Yai if I dont forget any.

Price of K1 Auto, full option is at 497,000 at CNX. No airbag No abs No fog-lights. It comes with free 1year premium insurance, and (to be confirmed as I did not buy it yet), free tax and red plates. No freebies available.

Rebate from government 73,000 for first THAI car driver (no foreigners, checked already).

25 % downpayment no need guaranty .

Delivery in CNX between 2 weeks and 4 weeks, depends on color. No BRIO available here.

If this helps ;-)

Philippe

If you move up 80k baht, you get a Mazda2 1500ccauto with above deal pluss freebies and a car with nationwide servicenet. ABS, airbags, heater/defroster, better crash safety, remote, +++++

25% down no guaranty, 2,45% interest, higher tax back if Thai first time buyer

[khunphil]

If you move up 80k baht, you get a Mazda2 1500ccauto with above deal pluss freebies and a car with nationwide servicenet. ABS, airbags, heater/defroster, better crash safety, remote, +++++

25% down no guaranty, 2,45% interest, higher tax back if Thai first time buyer

Yep I know this, and we are going to check this I hope this week-end. Delivery time is a main concern as I would not like to wait 3 months.Sorry, little bit off topic ;-) Thanks for your answer anyway.

[happyaussie]

Working in Vietnam I see a lot of Kias and Hyundais. They both have some very good looking cars. Kia Sorrento is particularly nice.

Korean cars used to be crap, but in recent years they have been producing world class vehicles. I maybe wrong, but in the US I think they are knocking on the door of being number two.

Does Thailand protect locally produced vehicles? If they do it certainly isn't reflected in the price. I recently bought a new Honda City for my wife and was surprised to notice I can buy the same Thai made car in Australia than in Thailand.

[Briggsy]

Working in Vietnam I see a lot of Kias and Hyundais. They both have some very good looking cars. Kia Sorrento is particularly nice.

Korean cars used to be crap, but in recent years they have been producing world class vehicles. I maybe wrong, but in the US I think they are knocking on the door of being number two.

Does Thailand protect locally produced vehicles? If they do it certainly isn't reflected in the price. I recently bought a new Honda City for my wife and was surprised to notice I can buy the same Thai made car in Australia than in Thailand.

They protect their own parts and assembly industry not by subsidising locally made cars but by whacking huge duty on foreign imports. There are posters on here who are far more knowledgeable on this topic than me.

So, if you want to buy a Korean car in Thailand, be prepared for the price to be considerably higher than in Aussie.

[mogandave]

I had an '89 Ford Festiva LX that was made by Kia. I paid $4,500 for it when it was a year old and it was a great car for the money. Comfortable, cheap to maintain and operate and over 270,000 km without a problem. Regular oil changes, tires a few times, a couple batteries, brake pads and a new timing belt at 150km. The old timing belt still looked like new when I changed it and the car was still running great when I sold it.

It did seem to go through front brake pads quickly, but the first time I changed them I (luckily) bought them with a lifetime guaranty, so I just had to take them back and exchange for new ones after that. It also used the cheapest tires made. When you saw a tire ad claiming tires “as low as $XXX each" they only fit the Festiva. I bought a set of four mounted at Pep Boys once for $59!

[MoonRiverOasis]

Take this with as many grains of salt as you'd like, but I wouldn't touch a product sold by Yontrakit if the thing was half price of a Toyota.

[kartman]

Hyundai Motor Company does have a weird sales strategy in Thailand for both Hyundai and Kia.

[katabeachbum]

Take this with as many grains of salt as you'd like, but I wouldn't touch a product sold by Yontrakit if the thing was half price of a Toyota.

Nice way to put it, but even at half price I would only consider it in BKK

[katabeachbum]

Working in Vietnam I see a lot of Kias and Hyundais. They both have some very good looking cars. Kia Sorrento is particularly nice.

Korean cars used to be crap, but in recent years they have been producing world class vehicles. I maybe wrong, but in the US I think they are knocking on the door of being number two.

Does Thailand protect locally produced vehicles? If they do it certainly isn't reflected in the price. I recently bought a new Honda City for my wife and was surprised to notice I can buy the same Thai made car in Australia than in Thailand.

They protect their own parts and assembly industry not by subsidising locally made cars but by whacking huge duty on foreign imports. There are posters on here who are far more knowledgeable on this topic than me.

So, if you want to buy a Korean car in Thailand, be prepared for the price to be considerably higher than in Aussie.

all ASEAN made cars are duty free to TH

OZ made cars above 3000cc are duty free to TH

vehicles seating +10 are duty free to TH

[Briggsy]

all ASEAN made cars are duty free to TH

OZ made cars above 3000cc are duty free to TH

vehicles seating +10 are duty free to TH

Thanks for that.

So, presumably Korean saloon cars, manufactured in Korea, are not duty exempt which would include the OP's Kia cee'd. Is that correct? Unless of course they can claim a sufficient percentage of parts are made in ASEAN, I guess.

[culicine]

Note also the top model kia picanto k1 does not have abs and airbags as well. That's unforgivable in a modern car, given its price is close to the mazda 2. The M2 would be a much better buy in the 500-600K range.

[katabeachbum]

all ASEAN made cars are duty free to TH

OZ made cars above 3000cc are duty free to TH

vehicles seating +10 are duty free to TH

Thanks for that.

So, presumably Korean saloon cars, manufactured in Korea, are not duty exempt which would include the OP's Kia cee'd. Is that correct? Unless of course they can claim a sufficient percentage of parts are made in ASEAN, I guess.

would assume Kia makes at least Ceed or possibly more models in ASEAN, as they are popular in some ASEAN countries

as goes for Huyandai, Kias owner

[VocalNeal]

but I wouldn't touch a product sold by Yontrakit if the thing was half price of a Toyota.

Yontrakit used to build BMW's .....still they are also not very good.

[katabeachbum]

but I wouldn't touch a product sold by Yontrakit if the thing was half price of a Toyota.

Yontrakit used to build BMW's .....still they are also not very good.

was Yontrakit involved in VW Passat manufactoring in Th too? not very successfull, took a couple of years to sell the last made units

main problem with a Yontrakit car is the lack of parts in TH. Seems Peugeot realises this and have supplied them with parts on credit interestfree. If not, 3 months wait for common parts

[meatboy]

b.i.l.came round yesterday with a new mazda2 sedan looks good for the money 540,000,so we had a look at the catalogue and liked the sports model mazda2[spirit]includes just about everything a little bit more 645,000 but the wife gets the full tax back,they also have a good range of colours,feebies should include tinted glass,rubber mats,what else can we ask for as this model has fogs,imobalizer,alarm ect.

[katabeachbum]

b.i.l.came round yesterday with a new mazda2 sedan looks good for the money 540,000,so we had a look at the catalogue and liked the sports model mazda2[spirit]includes just about everything a little bit more 645,000 but the wife gets the full tax back,they also have a good range of colours,feebies should include tinted glass,rubber mats,what else can we ask for as this model has fogs,imobalizer,alarm ect.

I got a mazda2 sedan at 574k baht in december, and included 4x rearsensors, film, Tanachart 1st class insurance new parts in garage of choice, tax/reg/plates, 20% down and 2,45% interest. No Th guarantor, no extras to pay

I am very happy with it as a Phuket run around, its surpisingly nippy, surpisingly quiet, good kit.

All these sedans are IMHO boring/almost ugly, but the mazda2 stands out with its Chris Bangle zoom zoom design language, so I made it stand out more in TRUE RED color

at 1.000km its so far only done 9-10km/liter, hoping due to rich burn during break in

[MoonRiverOasis]

but I wouldn't touch a product sold by Yontrakit if the thing was half price of a Toyota.

Yontrakit used to build BMW's .....still they are also not very good.

was Yontrakit involved in VW Passat manufactoring in Th too? not very successfull, took a couple of years to sell the last made units

main problem with a Yontrakit car is the lack of parts in TH. Seems Peugeot realises this and have supplied them with parts on credit interestfree. If not, 3 months wait for common parts

Have a friend with a Yontrkit Kia, and another with a Yontrakit Peugeot - both have had small warranty issues that have seen them without a car for weeks (even months) on end, due to atrocious after-sales support.

Unless you don't care whether your car is driveable or not, and you're quite happy to wear up to 80% depreciation hit after just 5 years, steer well clear, IMHO.

[khunphil]

Well Picanto may be a nice small city car, but with all those answers, I am going to change my mind. For a first new car, if I car have no problem with guaranty and after-sales, much much better ...

Philippe

[MoonRiverOasis]

b.i.l.came round yesterday with a new mazda2 sedan looks good for the money 540,000,so we had a look at the catalogue and liked the sports model mazda2[spirit]includes just about everything a little bit more 645,000 but the wife gets the full tax back,they also have a good range of colours,feebies should include tinted glass,rubber mats,what else can we ask for as this model has fogs,imobalizer,alarm ect.

I got a mazda2 sedan at 574k baht in december, and included 4x rearsensors, film, Tanachart 1st class insurance new parts in garage of choice, tax/reg/plates, 20% down and 2,45% interest. No Th guarantor, no extras to pay

I am very happy with it as a Phuket run around, its surpisingly nippy, surpisingly quiet, good kit.

All these sedans are IMHO boring/almost ugly, but the mazda2 stands out with its Chris Bangle zoom zoom design language, so I made it stand out more in TRUE RED color

at 1.000km its so far only done 9-10km/liter, hoping due to rich burn during break in

Whats with the all-caps on TRUE RED?

I hope it's not because of an observation I posted a while back about what certain places in Isaan think about red cars?

As for the FE you're getting in the 2, it's more than likely due to the fact that it wants you to have a play with the throttle

[MoonRiverOasis]

Well Picanto may be a nice small city car, but with all those answers, I am going to change my mind. For a first new car, if I car have no problem with guaranty and after-sales, much much better ...

Philippe

I'm not out to deflate anyone's balloon, but in this case it's only fair to forewarn of what other's have endured. YMMV though - my experience is down to just 2 owners out of several thousand - it could just be a case that they were the unlucky ones.. or not.

[soundman]

I bought a KIA K2800 1 tonne flatbed about 5 years ago - primarily because it was the only vehicle in its class (the largest bed area without moving to truck registrations).

The engine blew up in the first 500km's.

It was never determined why it blew up (at least not reported to me), a new engine was ordered from Korea (10 days) and replaced under warranty.

Living in the country side, scheduled service was a hassle - 2 hour drive to Rangsit for every service.

Scheduled service was in line price-wise with Thai made vehicles of roughly the same level.

After the engine was replaced, never had another problem with the vehicle until the alternator brushes needed replacing at 150k Km's.

All in all, as a work vehicle I would say on balance I am happy with the decision I made to buy it.

I bought it from a dealer near Ram Intra express way Chok Chai 4. Servicing was done at a service center in Rangsit that also was a Hino truck dealer.

Added:

Believe it or not, the vehicle drove extremely well. KIA really got things like steering, suspension, and brakes spot on. It is one of the only vehicles I have owned in Thailand that I was not scared to stamp on the brakes on a wet, greasy road. The vehicle would just stop in a straight line, completely unlike my Camry which starts fishtailing everywhere at the first hint of a puddle on the road.

[MoonRiverOasis]

I bought a KIA K2800 1 tonne flatbed about 5 years ago - primarily because it was the only vehicle in its class (the largest bed area without moving to truck registrations).

The engine blew up in the first 500km's.

It was never determined why it blew up (at least not reported to me), a new engine was ordered from Korea (10 days) and replaced under warranty.

Living in the country side, scheduled service was a hassle - 2 hour drive to Rangsit for every service.

Scheduled service was in line price-wise with Thai made vehicles of roughly the same level.

After the engine was replaced, never had another problem with the vehicle until the alternator brushes needed replacing at 150k Km's.

All in all, as a work vehicle I would say on balance I am happy with the decision I made to buy it.

I bought it from a dealer near Ram Intra express way Chok Chai 4. Servicing was done at a service center in Rangsit that also was a Hino truck dealer.

Added:

Believe it or not, the vehicle drove extremely well. KIA really got things like steering, suspension, and brakes spot on. It is one of the only vehicles I have owned in Thailand that I was not scared to stamp on the brakes on a wet, greasy road. The vehicle would just stop in a straight line, completely unlike my Camry which starts fishtailing everywhere at the first hint of a puddle on the road.

Good to hear a "good luck" story, even if it's in the context of a new car that was ruined after just 500KM.

My friends have had to wait several weeks for simple parts like a crank angle sensor, which beforehand took several months (of driving a car that stops at random intervals) before it was diagnosed correctly.

Perhaps when the whole thing nukes completely, you have effectively worked around all the diagnosis issues?