T&T OFFICIAL New Vehicle Prices & Discussion Thread

[Allergic2BunnyEars]

The ioniq is a hybrid no?

[grdc1]

It is. But bro cmon i have the 2014 model with electric seats and you going to try to sell me a 2019 model where i manually have to adjust seats once more? Isnt that a step backwards? All i am saying yes it's a nice car, but going forward it's a poor sales pitch to sell me a car with less features and on top of it increase the price to who know what.

[Allergic2BunnyEars]

It is. But bro cmon i have the 2014 model with electric seats and you going to try to sell me a 2019 model where i manually have to adjust seats once more? Isnt that a step backwards? All i am saying yes it's a nice car, but going forward it's a poor sales pitch to sell me a car with less features and on top of it increase the price to who know what.

It’s a step backwards if the cerato has it before and it was removed or if similar vehicles have the feature at the similar price. Hybrids more expensive. We lucky government subsidizing them for now. I hear you on more features for less but I also agree with those that don’t care if a car has certain features or not.

[agent007]

At one point in time and don't quote me on this but Massy Motors did import a fully loaded Elantra 1.6 MPi (this is no longer the case) for $245k. That particular grade did come with leather seats with driver's side powered function with 2-position memory, front heated/cooled seats, rear heated seats, blind spot monitoring, rear cross traffic alert, front and rear parking sensors, auto dimming rear view mirror, sunroof etc etc. For some reason or the other (perhaps demand and supply, increased taxes and forex woes) but they don't import the higher end Elantras anymore as well as the Sonata's, Santa Fe's and H-1's. I think these are special order units only. What I understand is, they did not want Elantra's to steal Ioniq sales. Furthermore, I heard that they are not bringing in any of the new Accents yet (or ever?) because again they don't want to steal Ioniq sales.

Coming back to the Cerato, I don't think SS is willingly speccing the car downwards, but they may be treading carefully not to price it too expensive thus staying below the Niro. I am sure we all can agree that heated seats in a tropical country such as ours is not a huge priority. What I want to know is if those new Cerato's are 1.6 MPi and is it carrying the torque converter automatic or the CVT?

[bess almera]

New cerato Sx has the blind spot monitoring. Only difference is the absence of front parking sensors. Plus it has the voice command control large infotainment display. Didn’t quite observe if there was memory setting on the driver side.

[metalgear2095]

Removing the electric seats is stupid. Any similarly priced cars with cooled seats y'all know of?

[nick639v2]

^^ i not gonna lie i was playing with some temp seats once... Instant feels to go take a sheit inno, i tried it a next day to confirm you know na, for science, and yup it does indeed loosen up d cacks

[PariaMan]

Heard the opposite ioniq cannibalizing elantra sales because of lower price with more features

[Joshie23]

^^ i not gonna lie i was playing with some temp seats once... Instant feels to go take a sheit inno, i tried it a next day to confirm you know na, for science, and yup it does indeed loosen up d cacks

#forscience

[grdc1]

New cerato Sx has the blind spot monitoring. Only difference is the absence of front parking sensors. Plus it has the voice command control large infotainment display. Didn’t quite observe if there was memory setting on the driver side.


According to the sale person there is no blind spot monitoring on either trims. You can check for yourself on the website as well - www.kiatrinidad.com/cerato

[worksux101]

Personally always disliked power seats. Takes too long to recline.

[bess almera]

New cerato Sx has the blind spot monitoring. Only difference is the absence of front parking sensors. Plus it has the voice command control large infotainment display. Didn’t quite observe if there was memory setting on the driver side.


According to the sale person there is no blind spot monitoring on either trims. You can check for yourself on the website as well - http://www.kiatrinidad.com/cerato

Snap...that’s crappy. Thought I saw the button on the right side..probably lane departure warning. I dunno.

[supernedd]

Car is very nice in person, however it is lacking in features for a 2019 model.
Fully loaded model does not have electronic driver side seats.
No TPMS.
No blind spot monitoring.
No heated or cooled seats.
Was told our region will not get the cerato with those features....

as usual . but we will pay premium price for it tho

[supernedd]

At one point in time and don't quote me on this but Massy Motors did import a fully loaded Elantra 1.6 MPi (this is no longer the case) for $245k. That particular grade did come with leather seats with driver's side powered function with 2-position memory, front heated/cooled seats, rear heated seats, blind spot monitoring, rear cross traffic alert, front and rear parking sensors, auto dimming rear view mirror, sunroof etc etc. For some reason or the other (perhaps demand and supply, increased taxes and forex woes) but they don't import the higher end Elantras anymore as well as the Sonata's, Santa Fe's and H-1's. I think these are special order units only. What I understand is, they did not want Elantra's to steal Ioniq sales. Furthermore, I heard that they are not bringing in any of the new Accents yet (or ever?) because again they don't want to steal Ioniq sales.

Coming back to the Cerato, I don't think SS is willingly speccing the car downwards, but they may be treading carefully not to price it too expensive thus staying below the Niro. I am sure we all can agree that heated seats in a tropical country such as ours is not a huge priority. What I want to know is if those new Cerato's are 1.6 MPi and is it carrying the torque converter automatic or the CVT?

trinis jus getting shaft from businesses n gov't .. every year is d same sheit . smh

[supernedd]

^^ i not gonna lie i was playing with some temp seats once... Instant feels to go take a sheit inno, i tried it a next day to confirm you know na, for science, and yup it does indeed loosen up d cacks

hahahahahahaha ... guaranteed no piles for a taxi driver

[supernedd]

^^ i not gonna lie i was playing with some temp seats once... Instant feels to go take a sheit inno, i tried it a next day to confirm you know na, for science, and yup it does indeed loosen up d cacks

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#forscience

hahaah

[supernedd]

Personally always disliked power seats. Takes too long to recline.

yup .. but men still want their money worth n i think d memory seat feature is handy when different size persons share the car

[carluva]

Is it just me, or do others find all these advanced features on the car make for a distracting driving experience?

I installed a reverse camera on the wife's fortuner a few years ago snd i hate to use that... and on another occasion, i drove in a RORO xtrail. It was very distracting cause every few minutes the lane departure was buzzing off, even though the vehicle was within the lines.

Different strokes for different folks, but i for one not too interested in all that tech... once it has a good infotainment system and a good on board driver multi function display, im usually happy. Dont even care for powdered driving seats, cause i am the primary driver, how often would i need to adjust the seats?

Thats my opinion fwiw and my preference as well.

[scotty_buttons]

Is it just me, or do others find all these advanced features on the car make for a distracting driving experience?

I installed a reverse camera on the wife's fortuner a few years ago snd i hate to use that... and on another occasion, i drove in a RORO xtrail. It was very distracting cause every few minutes the lane departure was buzzing off, even though the vehicle was within the lines.

Different strokes for different folks, but i for one not too interested in all that tech... once it has a good infotainment system and a good on board driver multi function display, im usually happy. Dont even care for powdered driving seats, cause i am the primary driver, how often would i need to adjust the seats?

Thats my opinion fwiw and my preference as well.

This. Once there’s a good infotainment with good sound, front and rear reversing SENSORS, and maybe HUD, im happy.
Blind spot monitoring, auto emergency braking, lane departure warning, etc are extremely annoying and distracting.

[PapaC]

Aren’t some of those features able to be switched off?

[carluva]

Yes I am sure they can be switched off. Which leads me to a pertinent point. Why pay for features that I don't want? Trinidad dealers assume that the high spec model of a vehicle needs to have all that jazz, when for many, a high spec version ought to have other things. I agree with Scotty buttons too,the features he added are also desirable. Daz why I good with my RAV4. It's not the best inside but has what I want.

Car dealers just out to make money and hoodwink people on a bunch of useless features in a basic car an then pitch it as high spec.

[metalgear2095]

I had a cerato and made full use of all the features. I never felt like they were useless except for the adjustable steering feel. I don't know how fast y'all need to recline a seat cuz that took like 3 seconds. The reverse camera was simple and I prefer that. No fancy red and yellow lines on the screen that curve when you turn etc. We are paying premium price anyways. Might as well get your money's worth because the firms can remove all these features and charge the same price.

[PariaMan]

Cannot see what bad about reverse camera and emergency braking traction control and ABS

These will be standard soon

[jhonnieblue]

Had be old people cause the more tech the better. How is that distracting? It's designed to aid driver and make life easier on the road. Esp with the poor driving habits of trinis

[scotty_buttons]

Abs and traction control are entirely different from lane departure and auto emergency braking.


I’m not old. I’m in my 30s. Almost everyone who I know that has these features think they’re too intrusive and distracting and prefer them off.

Even some car reviewers share that same opinion.

I think you guys need to actually drive a vehicle and experience these said features in action.


Maybe in a 5-10 years when they’re more refined.

[PariaMan]

Since I put reverse camera on the hilux I do not think I could go back , sometimes on a lil incline a whole car was hiding doh talk about small children very dangerous

[supernedd]

i think d most annoying feature for most folks .is d auto stop n start . by d traffic lights. lol

[supernedd]

Had be old people cause the more tech the better. How is that distracting? It's designed to aid driver and make life easier on the road. Esp with the poor driving habits of trinis

to be honest them new safety should be appreciated by old folks . cause their sense of awareness n reaction time has dropped

[jhonnieblue]

I have two cans with all those features and they are not intrusive at all. I hate to drive cars that don't have it. Yes there is a level of refinement that the euros have compared to the Koreans. But implementation is well done and I think these aids are essential to driving

[carluva]

As I said different strokes for different folks. If that's our preference so be it but we're not old. I'm basically ur age jhonnie blu

Continuing to agree with you Scotty buttons