“The reason for this, he explained in the call, is to avoid appearing too successful in the eyes of headquarters in Korea.”

This sounds made up.

Was strongly considering a Kia or Hyundai for my next vehicle (I'm a current Hyundai owner), but if this is what it looks like, it's more than sufficient for me to look elsewhere.

I can personally confirm the thing about Kia dealers trying to talk you out of buying the ev version of the soul and to get the gas one instead. Weirdly strongly too. Two different locations. Honestly fuck kia and the dealerships. If I bought a new car I would have been fucked when I lost my job though so maybe only slightly fuck the dealership.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

"All of you are gonna be very unhappy with me today," said Kia's central region manager Vince Capicotto as he outlined the plan, which he said would roll out nationally.

As Capicotto delivered the news, Kia employees on the conference call — their microphones muted — started to type comments in the chat box.

One Ontario Kia manager Go Public spoke to said the squeeze on car inventory right before the holidays is a tough financial burden for all kinds of staff at dealerships.

Franchise owners will, of course, make less money, he said, and sales staff heavily rely on commissions — which only materialize once a customer receives the vehicle and pays in full.

Then the pandemic hit and supply chain issues — such as a shortage of semiconductor chips — severely affected the availability of inventory for all car manufacturers.

Kia customers already endure some of the longest wait times in the industry, according to car expert Prymak, who called it a major problem.

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Kia buyers still only wait half as long as Tesla buyers.