T&T OFFICIAL New Vehicle Prices & Discussion Thread

[Joshie23]

It seems as though x-sale service is null and void in most dealerships, with 'x' representing before, during & after..ok so they eyeball you in luxury firms to decode if you can afford it, but what about a 'normal' vehicle..I've been to and heard of firms that even after having explored every almost nook and cranny of the vehicle..twice..literally..and still no kind of acknowledgement..then IF you happen to attract any kind of attention, a less-than-informed sales rep moseys on down, to chat with you..I mean yes YOUR vehicles sell themselves *cough cough* but gosh on another note..that fully loaded 2.5 manual 4x4 for $245k not looking bad..

I had that experience in Kia the other say. Spend 20 mins just trying to get a sales rep to give me info

You know how disenchanted a customer can get in 20 minutes?? We'll visit our respective financial institutions, put things in order as customers and potential buyers..and all they need to do is their job..ok yes, as we say your vehicles sell themselves..but they could at least pretend to be interested in your business..no one begs to spend their hard-earned dollar..and what Trinis fail to acknowledge is, good customer service..pre, during and post..speaks volumes and carries you a long way..

[metalgear2095]

It seems as though x-sale service is null and void in most dealerships, with 'x' representing before, during & after..ok so they eyeball you in luxury firms to decode if you can afford it, but what about a 'normal' vehicle..I've been to and heard of firms that even after having explored every almost nook and cranny of the vehicle..twice..literally..and still no kind of acknowledgement..then IF you happen to attract any kind of attention, a less-than-informed sales rep moseys on down, to chat with you..I mean yes YOUR vehicles sell themselves *cough cough* but gosh on another note..that fully loaded 2.5 manual 4x4 for $245k not looking bad..

I had that experience in Kia the other say. Spend 20 mins just trying to get a sales rep to give me info

I had a really bad experience in kia pos. Ended up buying from south even though I work in town.
Rep tell me I have organize my financing BEFORE test drive.

[Chimera]

It seems as though x-sale service is null and void in most dealerships, with 'x' representing before, during & after..ok so they eyeball you in luxury firms to decode if you can afford it, but what about a 'normal' vehicle..I've been to and heard of firms that even after having explored every almost nook and cranny of the vehicle..twice..literally..and still no kind of acknowledgement..then IF you happen to attract any kind of attention, a less-than-informed sales rep moseys on down, to chat with you..I mean yes YOUR vehicles sell themselves *cough cough* but gosh on another note..that fully loaded 2.5 manual 4x4 for $245k not looking bad..

I had that experience in Kia the other say. Spend 20 mins just trying to get a sales rep to give me info

You know how disenchanted a customer can get in 20 minutes?? We'll visit our respective financial institutions, put things in order as customers and potential buyers..and all they need to do is their job..ok yes, as we say your vehicles sell themselves..but they could at least pretend to be interested in your business..no one begs to spend their hard-earned dollar..and what Trinis fail to acknowledge is, good customer service..pre, during and post..speaks volumes and carries you a long way..

the thing is, its not like the usa where it has multiple dealers and if you eh like this one, you could go across the road and buy from someone else

here, is all under one umbrella

[Chimera]

I had a really bad experience in kia pos. Ended up buying from south even though I work in town.
Rep tell me I have organize my financing BEFORE test drive.

i have two good experiences with ford and bmw though

walk in ford, was checking out a ranger
within 10 minutes the rep give me all the info i wanted and bring out a pair of dplates and tell me lets go for a test drive


next day was looking at a x5, rep tell me we could go for a test drive one time or if i busy today he could bring it down to my business place later this week

[Joshie23]

I had a really bad experience in kia pos. Ended up buying from south even though I work in town.
Rep tell me I have organize my financing BEFORE test drive.

i have two good experiences with ford and bmw though

walk in ford, was checking out a ranger
within 10 minutes the rep give me all the info i wanted and bring out a pair of dplates and tell me lets go for a test drive


next day was looking at a x5, rep tell me we could go for a test drive one time or if i busy today he could bring it down to my business place later this week

Lmaooo..organise financing for a test drive?? One like me, would have called my financial institution, let the sales rep hear from my loans officer that I've been approved for the vehicle loan of $xxx,000 and then walk out on him/her or ask for another rep..

ABA- was your experience with Ford in South?? I'm thinking about purchasing either a Hilux or a Ranger in the near future based on expert advice..now Toyota is Toyota eh, but I'm leaning towards the Ranger for its looks as well the rep in souths' service as compared to Toyota's, or the lack thereof..

[Chimera]

yes ford was in south

[metalgear2095]

I had a really bad experience in kia pos. Ended up buying from south even though I work in town.
Rep tell me I have organize my financing BEFORE test drive.

i have two good experiences with ford and bmw though

walk in ford, was checking out a ranger
within 10 minutes the rep give me all the info i wanted and bring out a pair of dplates and tell me lets go for a test drive


next day was looking at a x5, rep tell me we could go for a test drive one time or if i busy today he could bring it down to my business place later this week

Lmaooo..organise financing for a test drive?? One like me, would have called my financial institution, let the sales rep hear from my loans officer that I've been approved for the vehicle loan of $xxx,000 and then walk out on him/her or ask for another rep..

ABA- was your experience with Ford in South?? I'm thinking about purchasing either a Hilux or a Ranger in the near future based on expert advice..now Toyota is Toyota eh, but I'm leaning towards the Ranger for its looks as well the rep in souths' service as compared to Toyota's, or the lack thereof..

Well it went somewhat like that. The approval was sent to SS. Soon after I got in contact with the rep from south. I had to call SS in pos and cancel.
Got a call from the rep in pos about ten minutes after and I told him why I cancelled and that I was buying from south. This idiot asking if the south guy did a better job than him. Neither of them had to do much. I saw the car a month earlier and told him I'll contact him in a month because I'm buying the car.
His excuse was that they didn't have a car available to test at that time. If that was true I would have accepted that and still buy the car because when I picked up my car was the first time I drove one.

[Oxonian]

I was able to test drive the Porsche Cayenne and Mercedes ML this year. There was available cayenne stock at the time so maybe it was enabled by that reason, just trying to shed light on the whole test drive debacle.

On a side note, i'd really like to know what car dealerships I can go to in Trinidad to actually get good after sales service. The only place i've heard consistent good reviews on is lifestyle motors, Ansa Mcal seems to be so so. I just had a horrible experience in servicing a mercedes c180 this past thursday with Sterling Motors and would NEVER recommend Sterling to anyone. Maybe other people have had a different experience with their service but i'm totally dissatisfied. Cheers

While I would not say my experiences with Sterling is"Horrible" it is enough for me to investigate other 'service' providers and maybe a change of brand....gotta love that benz feel though...

After having to change engine mounts at 50K kms amongst other things, i'm not loving that benz feel like you are. I'm looking for a BMW or Porsche feel now. Any BMW experiences anyone?

[scotty_buttons]

I was able to test drive the Porsche Cayenne and Mercedes ML this year. There was available cayenne stock at the time so maybe it was enabled by that reason, just trying to shed light on the whole test drive debacle.

On a side note, i'd really like to know what car dealerships I can go to in Trinidad to actually get good after sales service. The only place i've heard consistent good reviews on is lifestyle motors, Ansa Mcal seems to be so so. I just had a horrible experience in servicing a mercedes c180 this past thursday with Sterling Motors and would NEVER recommend Sterling to anyone. Maybe other people have had a different experience with their service but i'm totally dissatisfied. Cheers

While I would not say my experiences with Sterling is"Horrible" it is enough for me to investigate other 'service' providers and maybe a change of brand....gotta love that benz feel though...

After having to change engine mounts at 50K kms amongst other things, i'm not loving that benz feel like you are. I'm looking for a BMW or Porsche feel now. Any BMW experiences anyone?

Curious as to what other things you had to change other than the engine mounts ?

[Joshie23]

Well it went somewhat like that. The approval was sent to SS. Soon after I got in contact with the rep from south. I had to call SS in pos and cancel.
Got a call from the rep in pos about ten minutes after and I told him why I cancelled and that I was buying from south. This idiot asking if the south guy did a better job than him. Neither of them had to do much. I saw the car a month earlier and told him I'll contact him in a month because I'm buying the car.
His excuse was that they didn't have a car available to test at that time. If that was true I would have accepted that and still buy the car because when I picked up my car was the first time I drove one.

This. Lols well done, pal..man still asking stupid questions..now I'll want to do a test drive to see how much of a dead horse the 2.5 Hilux really is, as compared to the 3.0 and the Ranger's 2.2..the rep in Ford was eager and ready to organise a test drive, but I opted to wait till a little closer to my purchase date..whereas with 'The world's number one brand', I requested through their website some information on the 2.5 and 3.0 manual 4x4 Lux..a sales rep called a few days after telling me her name and how she'll email the info to me..asof two weeks ago..I'm still waiting.. tears oui..now this isn't a complete turn-off because like we say time and time again..the vehicles sell and speak for themselves..but if your pre-sale behaviour leaves much to be desired..you really expect me to stick around to see you post-sale??

[Renaldo25]

^^Amen to that.

[allblacks]

I was able to test drive the Porsche Cayenne and Mercedes ML this year. There was available cayenne stock at the time so maybe it was enabled by that reason, just trying to shed light on the whole test drive debacle.

On a side note, i'd really like to know what car dealerships I can go to in Trinidad to actually get good after sales service. The only place i've heard consistent good reviews on is lifestyle motors, Ansa Mcal seems to be so so. I just had a horrible experience in servicing a mercedes c180 this past thursday with Sterling Motors and would NEVER recommend Sterling to anyone. Maybe other people have had a different experience with their service but i'm totally dissatisfied. Cheers

While I would not say my experiences with Sterling is"Horrible" it is enough for me to investigate other 'service' providers and maybe a change of brand....gotta love that benz feel though...

After having to change engine mounts at 50K kms amongst other things, i'm not loving that benz feel like you are. I'm looking for a BMW or Porsche feel now. Any BMW experiences anyone?

Oxonian,my previous car was a three series and then we decided t change....i kept if for five years with very little going wrong.I believe the only major problem was a blown IC for the back glass and a water pump.Other than that the car was flawless.Actually we are thinking of going back to BMW as from our experience the workmanship is benchmark.While sterling have always done their servicing job adequately....there's always this incremental doubt in your mind....

[acesinghit]

The attitude of sales reps in the New Automotive Sales Industry is very poor at least with most of them. Time to replace a 4+ yr old car and is only high horse riding (unts in them showroom. The experience I had in Ford, Chevy, Honda, Mitsubishi, Mazda and VW showrooms was good. My experience with reps selling Toyota, Nissan, Hyundai, Kia, Subaru, Audi, BMW and Benz left more to be desired. From the initial look of things, those brands that selling good starting to slack off in customer service delivery. There's a Chevy rep named Carlos, let me tell you, I've never seen a guy so enthusiastic about selling a vehicle before. His attitude towards his job shows that selling cars was a lifelong dream. When you go Toyota, is either you buying or not. If not, you get the shaft and they move on.

[drchaos]

Yeah met Carlos when I was checking out the cruze. Guy knows his stuff! Big up!

[redrum]

Yep got the same impression from Toyota, when to test drive the corolla, the sales rep was like a driving instructor telling my wife what to do, as though it was driving lessons we came for, also inquired about other models and price however the sales rep wasn't too keen on answering questions, guess what I ran out of there........

[tourniquet]

passed through southex earlier, saw the new sonata is here; love the look think they said the price was $330K. Comes in one trim, with one engine the 2.0L N/A; wish we got the turbo down here though

[Chimera]

Yep got the same impression from Toyota, when to test drive the corolla, the sales rep was like a driving instructor telling my wife what to do, as though it was driving lessons we came for, also inquired about other models and price however the sales rep wasn't too keen on answering questions, left there and when to diamond motors, the service was more friendly and people oriented, not like some other stuck up CSR'S....

Toyota reps does really move like muffler bearings cuz dey know their cars bess. Diamond does hadda beg u to buy d BS dey selling

[gastly369]

[aidan]

Yep got the same impression from Toyota, when to test drive the corolla, the sales rep was like a driving instructor telling my wife what to do, as though it was driving lessons we came for, also inquired about other models and price however the sales rep wasn't too keen on answering questions, left there and when to diamond motors, the service was more friendly and people oriented, not like some other stuck up CSR'S....

Toyota reps does really move like muffler bearings cuz dey know their cars bess. Diamond does hadda beg u to buy d BS dey selling

[Joshie23]

Yep got the same impression from Toyota, when to test drive the corolla, the sales rep was like a driving instructor telling my wife what to do, as though it was driving lessons we came for, also inquired about other models and price however the sales rep wasn't too keen on answering questions, left there and when to diamond motors, the service was more friendly and people oriented, not like some other stuck up CSR'S....

So it's a general trend with Toyota then..either you buy our cars or gtfo of our showroom..that has to stop..i truly hope that somewhere in the land of Trinidad and Tobago..there's a Toyota sales rep reading this thread..and weeping silently, in repentance..

[drchaos]

Hahaha highly doubt it .... More like he is staring at his commission cheque at the end of the month and letting out a loud diabolical laugh.

[kamakazi]

Am I the only one who doesn't want to speak to a sales rep when I enter a showroom.....I honestly am happier looking at the vehicle without someone pestering me and giving me specs or telling me about the options. .. Only want to talk to them after to find out more information.
I know what I'm looking for before I get there just need clarification on extras and price

[Allergic2BunnyEars]

Am I the only one who doesn't want to speak to a sales rep when I enter a showroom.....I honestly am happier looking at the vehicle without someone pestering me and giving me specs or telling me about the options. .. Only want to talk to them after to find out more information.
I know what I'm looking for before I get there just need clarification on extras and price

This.

[greggle71]

Am I the only one who doesn't want to speak to a sales rep when I enter a showroom.....I honestly am happier looking at the vehicle without someone pestering me and giving me specs or telling me about the options. .. Only want to talk to them after to find out more information.
I know what I'm looking for before I get there just need clarification on extras and price

This.

Ditto…

[cphider]

Anyone has word on if Toyota will be bring the Lexus NX?

[cphider]

http://www.lexus-int.com/models/NX/?utm ... sModelBing

[whyteliver]

passed through southex earlier, saw the new sonata is here; love the look think they said the price was $330K. Comes in one trim, with one engine the 2.0L N/A; wish we got the turbo down here though

9 grand less than a fully loaded honda accord.....Hyundai getting brave

[Morpheus]

Have you seen the new Sonata? Check the reviews.

Hadda get brave some time eh lol

But that 2.0 n/a oh goar....

[smalls1222]

Need some information on the 2013 Hyundai Santa Fe diesel. Anything negative about it?

[whyteliver]

Have you seen the new Sonata? Check the reviews.

Hadda get brave some time eh lol

But that 2.0 n/a oh goar....

not with standing the reviews...I drove both and Honda's build quality, ride quality, materials used [last model's leather was sheit, seems to be improved now], rear passenger leg room, among others is just far superior than the sonata. The sonata has a little more rear head room[feels like it] and a greater feature set[gimmicks to me], but on the road the accord just feels a little tighter and better to sit in. The sonata is a great car but ah eh paying more than 300k for it.