Kia PICANTO ; Dedicated Discussion, Owner/ Fan Club Thread

[fazalwahab11375]

And somehow I fear that price increase of Sportage is also coming and very soon and I will not be surprised by an increase in Picanto price

[drtariqazeem]

Why ??
Its price on 28 june was 40.90
On Sportage Launch it was increased to 42.99 on 1st July
Then again they increased in August to 49.99....
And now again 55.50....
What the hell happened???
Simple - They are high on some serious meth and they think “ok we have panroof, snow mode, TRC and led lamps, so we are at par with Sportage and it should be priced same as Sportage since Picanto is at par with cultus” 🤣

Its pure stupidity and non-sense from suzuki.
15 lac increased in 2.5 months when dollar is stable.... simple crap minded company.

[fazalwahab11375]

Or inside cartel... interconnection.. protecting one other.. it is typical in Pakistan...its KIA but its lucky.. and unluckily I smell fishy. Don't forget Lucky cement was front player in cement cartalizatiin. So, the DNA is there.

They increased Vitara price as it was already slow selling.. now everyone taking about Sportage is better and the few vitara buyers will switch to Sportage.. on the other hand , Picanto price was kept higher to give benefit to Cultus.. as many people in market are preferring Cultus over Picanto.. so now seems like maybe Picanto price goes up as well as Cultus..

It's just my opinion.. Don't think Suzuki is stupid.. they all are monopolist and they know market more than us and inside all they are talking to each other

[jkhan1977]

Exactly, very true, this was exactly my point of view specifically when we talked about Picanto that there is nothing wrong with the car but just one issue with the price tag is little high and that will be dissolved too the moment Suzuki will increase the price. Which is insane decision by the Suzuki company as per different rumours.

I just met today with one of the owner of Suzuki dealership and we had a detailed discussion on Kia as a company. In hidden words he admits that Pak Suzuki is expecting the competition from Kia in the comparing car segments. Undoubtedly the quality of Kia products is far better than Suzuki.

The only thing Kia will face is they need little time to establish the confidence in the consumer market. Which will they will get it thru in due course of time.

[pakhtun7]

Hi, Which color did you book for the picantos?

I saw the units on display and all of them have smudges on the door handle.

[arslansarwar]

You're right. Car industry is simply dying. Used cars are going to get a huge hike in sales, lucky group should better start a dealership for used cars

[goldenheart121312]

Brilliant analysis..i agree with your intelligent views

[osamasheikh29]

My czn booked white picanto .. auto variant

[jkhan1977]

I booked white and silver

[khurem]

inside cartel

Please be careful in using the 'cartel' word. There are some old users here who hate that word being used for the local auto assemblers. They start name calling as soon as they hear it!

[centos]

Why did you book 2 ?

[khurem]

Its price on 28 june was 40.90

What's even funnier is that USD exchange rate was Rs 160 at that time and dollar went up to 164 at June end before coming back and stabilized to 156 since last 3 months.
No justification for further price increase by Pak Suzuki except to exploit the market situation.

[HellsGuardian]

Just trying to create pressure on govt.

[haaziq]

How ?

[jkhan1977]

Good question, I need it at home what does it mean y did I booked 2????

[usman19854]

probably passing on the fixed costs of closed down shifts onto consumers

[jkhan1977]

Actually your point of view seems logical. Because if the production volume increase the production cost goes down and if the production volume decreases the production cost goes high.

[fazalwahab11375]

Well in that case , even when the production was in full swing, the prices were still going up.. looks like their shifts are closed forever. Lol

[pakhtun7]

I am thinking to book Blue but once they would start delivering the units.

[arslansarwar]

booked 2 Picantos both auto versions,

Why did you book 2 of them?