Very good news
and the second flagship red cube centre will be in JB.
Naza Kia to expand operations
It’s rationalising, upgrading branch network It plans to invest RM16mil in new outlets in three states
Hafiz (inset) says the company has invested RM34mil to refurbish 16 of its branches in line with Kia’snew logo and space identity
KUALA LUMPUR: Naza Kia Malaysia Sdn Bhd, the official distributor of Kia vehicles in the country, plans to invest up to RM6mil to open new branches in Rawang and Kuantan and another RM10mil on a new Kia Red Cube in Johor Baru.
Naza Kia Malaysia chief operating officer Datuk Hafiz Syed Abu Bakar said the new Kia Red Cube would be the company's second flagship outlet and the first for the southern region.
“The Rawang and Kuantan branches will be ready by the first quarter of next year, and the Red Cube in Johor Baru will be ready by the first half. There will also be another Red Cube in the northen region, maybe in Penang,” he said at the re-launch of Setapak outlet, which has now been up upgraded to a 4S (sales, service, spare parts and spray paint) facility.
The company invested RM4mil to upgrade the Setapak outlet to a 4S outlet to include body and paint facilities, a customer lounge, service advisory area, meeting rooms and Kia's new logo and space identity.
He said the investment for the Setapak 4S centre was also part of an extensive network upgrading exercise undertaken by Naza Kia Malaysia this year to incorporate Kia's new Global Space Identity.
“At the same time, we began a network upgrading exercise and have invested RM34mil to refurbish 16 of our branches to be in line with this new direction that places a strong emphasis on design,” he said.
With the exception of Naza Kia's Setapak 4S centre, he said the company had invested RM2mil to upgrade and refurbish each branch.
“We aim to end the year hitting our sales target of about 13,000 to 14,000 units. We started with a sales target of 18,000 units but our sales are limited by supply,” he said.
He also said 2012 had been a strong year for the Kia brand in Malaysia. As of Oct 31, the compaby had sold 10,500 units, which was 13% higher from last year.
He said the company targeted to sell 18,000 cars next year and to achieve that, it had to launch its B segment car into the market.
He also said the company used to have 77 showrooms but “have reduced the number to 60.” “More does not necessarily mean better. We have also reduced our service centres to 69 from the previous 80 outlets,” he said.
He said the company closed six to seven outlets last year and was still rationalising its operations to move to more strategic locations. “Actually, we told Kia Motors that we will bring the showroom numbers down to 60 and maintain it at 60. At the rate we are growing, 10% to 15% annually, by the third year, 60 showrooms would be just nice.”
. The sales target for each outlet is 400 units per year and besides rationalising our outlets and locations, we will also look at our model line-up,” he said.
http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?f...46&sec=business
Added on November 7, 2012, 2:38 pmAny feedback to share on the red cube centre at PJ now? How many stars out of 10? Thanks
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