Color change?????

Dirtnut · Dec 19, 2009

Did i miss something? I was searching some dealers and saw 2009/2010 ck30/dk35 tractors that have black instead of the grey is this the new trend.I like it makes me want to go out and buy another one.

rfmr · Dec 20, 2009

Can't remember where I heard it, so don't know if it's true. Since bobcat's are similar and their color is black, black is now the color to eliminate producing two colors for the same part.

Dirtnut · Dec 21, 2009

That makes sense this was the first i saw it & really like it.

Gittyup · Dec 22, 2009

I thought Wallace posted something about this after his trip to the Daedong plant in Korea.

Dirtnut · Dec 22, 2009

That is possible i was away for awile.I do remember him posting about the economy models with the black.

Go Kioti · Dec 25, 2009

It is my understanding that the color change is actually due to a legal battle bewteen Kubota and Kioti. If I am correct it was decided by the courts that there would have to be changes between the two manufacturers. Maybe some of our dealers can shed some light on this.

IslandTractor · Dec 25, 2009

Go Kioti said:
It is my understanding that the color change is actually due to a legal battle bewteen Kubota and Kioti. If I am correct it was decided by the courts that there would have to be changes between the two manufacturers. Maybe some of our dealers can shed some light on this.

I thought that business was settled years ago.

Steve_Miller · Dec 25, 2009

Note the date.

Press Release Regarding Settlement in Kubota v. Daedong 'Kioti' Case.
Publication: Business Wire
Date: Friday, August 27 2004

TORRANCE, Calif. -- Kubota Corporation and Kubota Tractor Corporation, on the one hand, and Daedong Industrial Co., Ltd. and Daedong-USA, Inc., on the other hand, have settled the lawsuit filed by Kubota in August 2002 in Federal District Court in Fresno, California.

The lawsuit alleged, among other things, that certain aspects of the appearance of Daedong's Kioti tractors infringed trade dress and other rights that Kubota asserted exist in Kubota's tractors. Daedong is taking certain steps that Kubota believes will address its concerns.

Kubota wishes to once again inform consumers that there is no relationship between Kubota and Daedong or their respective products. Kubota and Daedong are completely separate and unrelated companies. Kubota did not design and does not manufacture the engine or any other component of any Kioti tractors, and Kubota dealers have no obligation to honor warranties on Kioti tractors. Kubota does not authorize its parts to be used on Kioti tractors.

Other terms of the settlement are confidential

MichiganIron · Dec 25, 2009

Both companies changed their orange shortly after the court settlement.

The KIOTI change to black was a 2009 decision. All North American KIOTI dealers had the opportunity to vote on the chasis and trim color between the black and the grey. Although the black won the popularity vote, there may be some suspision that the decision had already been made by Daedong to make the switch to black for manufacturing reasons. Their reasons would be obvious.

It had nothing to do with the Kubota/Daedong lawsuit.

(We voted for black)