Earlier this month, Kia dealers began posting on social media about a price increase on certain models. These prices, which have since been confirmed by Naza Kia, are for selected variants of the Picanto, Rio, Sorento and Grand Carnival, effective August.
Starting with the cheapest model on the list, the Picanto GT Line sees a RM2,000 increase to RM59,888, while the price of the Rio 1.4 SX has only gone up RM1,000 to RM79,888. Moving further up the range, the range-topping Sorento 2.2 CRDi SX now retails at RM183,888, up RM4,000.
As for the Grand Carnival, the base KX model is also RM4,000 more expensive at RM159,888, and the top-spec SX now costs an extra RM5,000 at RM189,888. No other models and variants have been affected by this change, says Naza Kia.
This means that for a few models, these prices have gone back up to the levels before the abolishment of the goods and services tax (GST). The exceptions are the newly-introduced Picanto GT Line, the Sorento 2.2 CRDi SX (slightly cheaper) and the Grand Carnival SX (slightly more expensive).
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Tu haa dah mari dah! Welcome back to old Malaysia where the autocratic PM decided to increase taxation to plotek his baby, now he got new babies must plotek more. Habis Malaysia Ini Kalilah!
Ini kali ubah balik!
Syukur minyak & proton saga paling murah….
obviously proton saga is cheap because they just want to clear their gudang by buang all those aging p1 junk and replace with geely products.
Tax the rich so no problem….
Rakyat buy kereta sejuta rakyat Proton. merdeka
Picanto is not car for the rich.
*Correction
Saga/axia is not car for the rich.
Picanto is a car for the rich.
The rich buy Picanto, the poor buy Saga/axia
A Rm50k car is for the rich? You must be poor then. Even Myvis aren’t considered rich people car.
i can buy Saga/axia. but not Rm50k Myvis.
@pengayuhbasikal
Just because you are poor, doesn’t mean others are rich.
vote PH soemmore… padan muka
OK I still can buy optima ex
I think there isnt much concern of increase from 1k to 5k to the price tag. KIA branded cars arent popularly sold in Malaysia to begin with. In other words, not many buyers. To add salt to injuries, KIA aftersales services have left many KIA owners furiously mad and disappointed.
Excise tax involves ALL imported makes. KIA is the first to report it, more will come soon enough.
Correct. wonder how honda will cope with this. higher prices on their cars and stronger sales by proton mean honda will cease being no.2 in no time. civic now starts at rm110k. soon it might be rm115k for the base model.
not popular? ok…… hope the rock you’re living under has air-conditioning at least.
This one is true… but instead of blaming KIA, the problem lies with Naza. Just look at those brands under Naza like Peugeot. It’s like being run by monkeys. Cars are cheaper and have more/comparable safety features than Japanese made, but after sales sucks.
well people no need to worry, because before the increment people dont buy kiah, apa lagi when they increase their price right…