Dealership salesman said 1st EV3's coming in October

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I configured a GT-Line EV3 on the Kia website and requested a quote - local CA dealership just called me and said the initial EV3's are coming in October. No GT-Line's in that shipment, the only trim he mentioned was the Wind. Told him to call me when they were a expecting a GT-Line in my color.

Ken J, Current 22 Bolt EUV Launch Edition owner.

P.S. Does anyone else agree with me that the fluorescent green seatbelts on the GT interior make it too ugly to order?
 
Ken J said:
I configured a GT-Line EV3 on the Kia website and requested a quote - local CA dealership just called me and said the initial EV3's are coming in October. No GT-Line's in that shipment, the only trim he mentioned was the Wind. Told him to call me when they were a expecting a GT-Line in my color.

Ken J, Current 22 Bolt EUV Launch Edition owner.

P.S. Does anyone else agree with me that the fluorescent green seatbelts on the GT interior make it too ugly to order?
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Do all EV GT interiors look like this? You could change the seat belts, but you would still have the fluorescent green stripe on the seats. Would you stock up on black Sharpie pens?

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insightman said:
Do all EV GT interiors look like this? You could change the seat belts, but you would still have the fluorescent green stripe on the seats. Would you stock up on black Sharpie pens?

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The Wind is the only trim option that has a choice of interior. Also, replacing the seatbelts is something that is a major deal (pyrotechnic pretensioners, etc) that is probably not a regular dealership option on a new car.
 
Ken J said:
The Wind is the only trim option that has a choice of interior. Also, replacing the seatbelts is something that is a major deal (pyrotechnic pretensioners, etc) that is probably not a regular dealership option on a new car.
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Now I see that green is used all over the EV3 GT--you'd have to buy all the black Sharpie pens at Staples. Perhaps getting to 60 mph in 5.4 seconds would help you overcome your aversion to that color.

I'm thinking the color is Kia's ploy to keep the GT a young peoples' car by discouraging old people like me from buying it.

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Just got a text message from a local dealer saying that they were putting a $5000 dealer markup on a GT-Line that I was interested in. This is on top of the $1200 dollars that they were adding for paint and door edge protection. I told them to contact me in 6 to 8 months if things were more reasonable then.
 
brianc35 said:
ugh, that's very frustrating.
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The really disgusting thing is that they have it listed on their website at MSRP with no mention of the dealer markup. I guess they are waiting to spring that on you when you show up at the dealership. It is unfortunate because one of the main selling points of the EV3 is its relatively low price.
 
Ken J said:
The really disgusting thing is that they have it listed on their website at MSRP with no mention of the dealer markup. I guess they are waiting to spring that on you when you show up at the dealership. It is unfortunate because one of the main selling points of the EV3 is its relatively low price.
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The $5K mark-up and the $1.2K for mandatory add-ons would make it worth driving a long way to find a more reasonable dealer. Unless there are no dealers that are more reasonable.
 
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