Yup, pretty sure coz immediately after seeing it, I called Peugeot directly and asked. You can verify for yourself by downloading the pricelist from their official site:

http://www.peugeot.com.my/pricing--specification/

Look for 508

Simple, bro .... website updated or not, it IS a printing error. You are always welcome to call Peugeot directly and ask them (1800 88 6292)

From a business point of view:-

1) The CBU and CKD price of the 3008 is the same. In fact, many are not even aware that the 3008 CBU has been changed to CKD
2) it makes no sense to market BOTH 3008 and 508 at the same price. Though they cater to 2 different crowds, the specifications on the 508 far outweighs the 3008 (and that's considering the 3008 is ALSO a CKD now)

Sigh, in 1 hour's time, no more K5 for me

Hahah, if only I had not bought that property, I'd have gone for the K5 without a second thought.

Here's another angle of the new Graphite Blue that was seen in front of PJ Red Cube:



I looked purplish to me but some of my friends whom I forwarded the picture to says it's bluish to them. What do you think?

I also managed to hit 190kph at one time ... something wrong if the car can't go beyond 150kph .... at that speed, even a MyVi can smoke it

Just saw a white K5 with the K5 emblem instead of the Kia logo at Citta Mall .... nice

I find the stock UV cut glass to be ok too; heat rejection is good but HM still finds it glaring. If I tint, it's more to do with reducing glare than heat rejection

Eh? No more 508?

Doesn't sound like anything special also

I think it is unwise .... a car is a liability, no matter how pretty

Definitely not if you could remove it and restore the engine bay to stock look

Wax? You've got it wrong, bro

As I've said before in the Kia FB page, this reminds me of last year's Volkswagen Passat CC fiasco where certain quarters (read: competitors) were making complaints to MOF and Customs that they feel the Passat CC's price is sold too low. Customs then wanted to impose an RM30k duty on the car which was insane, particularly when

1) the stocks are in port/some in dealerships
2) cars were committed to customers with sales orders, brochures and other documents clearly stating the selling price
3) the price increase is not going to the company (heads straight to the government) which means P&L of the model is affected.

In the end, after months of delay, VW had to bow to both government pressure and declare a new price (to the loss of the customer since there is NO INCREASE IN SPEC despite the price being jacked up significantly):

http://paultan.org/2011/05/28/volkswagen-p...ase-in-pricing/

As a customer (an angry one too), we just don't give a sh*t about whatever that transpires between Naza and the government and we just want our cars fast but sometimes, we can't always blame the principal for every crap policy we have in our country. I hope Kia and the government can resolve this issue in a manner that's beneficial to all parties soon (and not go the VW route)

No idea IF there's going to be an increase or not. Price increase would create the wrong kind of impression (you can expect lots of people blasting Naza for being greedy, dumb, blah blah blah) and is probably the last resort if all else fails. I hope it won't come to that.

I did a K5 test drive review when I won it for a week and took it outstation a few months back:

http://www.kensomuse.com/the-kia-k5-heads-south-2/

though it's pure outstation drive. Didn't have the chance to test FC for pure city drive.

As to the Bluetooth, it's the same for the Sportage and Forte as well. First you need to ensure your car is stationary as it will not allow you to pair when moving. Also, you need to ensure that the paired devices are not already full. Press Set-up -> Pairing -> It would then display a search key '0000'. Turn on Bluetooth on your phone and search for devices. You'll find a new Kia device ... pair it and enter the search key. The head unit will show a message saying pairing is complete once done and with my iPhone/iPod/iPad, I could stream songs and movies through the sound system.

On a side note, I've managed to get my hands on the maintenance costing of the K5. Will update in the article later


This post has been edited by kenso77: Jul 3 2012, 04:29 PM