Find Kia Dealers in Dallas, Texas

2012 EX with tech for $25k, msrp $28.5k, in Dallas, TX. Won't bother with OTD price, as that causes a bit of confusion for some :) Took a while to warm up to the idea of getting a Kia, having always been a loyal Honda and Toyota fan, but absolutely love the car. Heated steering wheel seemed like unnecessary fluff, until I used it in the recent freezing temps.... Ah, fabulous! Great car, great options!

I shopped around in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex area for a 4 cylinder with 3rd row seating. This was during the last few days of August 2008. I found that there were loads of 2008 (and 2007) five seat Rondos, but very few with the third row - which is understandable: they'd already been bought. I mean, why would anyone wish to buy a Rondo without the 3rd row? Isn't this the Rondo's raison d'etre? Anyway, I got quotes from several dealerships for an LX (model 93222) with convenience package (CN), floor mats (CM), roof bars (CB) and of course 3rd row seats (TS). Believe it or not, the spread of offers was $2,808. That is, the highest was $18,438 while the lowest was $15,630. These are total price excluding TT&L, and including the $2,000 Kia rebate available at the moment. What was surprising was that the big TV advertisers - the one's who say that if they can't beat a new Kia deal they'll just give it to you - gave me some of the worst quotes, and REFUSED to honor their tag line from the TV comercials. It was the less well known companies who gave me the best three quotes, all in the upper $15,000s. My wife and I accepted the offer from Huffine's Kia, McKinney, TX about 15 miles north of where we live. Before we arrived, Huffine's agreed that my wife and I could inspect the car and test drive it before committing to buy, however Huffine's had already agreed on the price. Including TT&L, this was to be $16,863. We had arranged a $7,000 loan from our bank and we were wanting to write a check for the remainder. The sales guy had said that we would need a certified check, but that we could take the car that evening and drop off the certified check the following day. When we arrived, we were with Huffines for about 100 minutes, but the first half hour was taken up with our inspection and test drive. There was none of the expected upselling, or unexpected price changes, and we were not forced to look at any other cars. We agreed to let the finance guy look at alternative funding for our $7,000 loan. The GM came to visit with us and I thought "Oh dear, here we go." But I needn't have worried - he thanked us for our business, made us some coffee, shook our hands again, and left. Then we went in to see the finance guy. He told us that the 5% loan that we had preapproved from our bank was fabulous and that we should stick with our own bank. Then he said that there was no need to get a certified check - that he'd be happy to accept our personal check - which we duly gave him. And then we were with the sales guy at the front door with him showing my wife the controls. A fantastic experience. So what did we learn? Don't go into a single dealership and negotiate - get several prices. If you only want the 5 seat version you are in a buyers' market and should get a much better deal than us, especially if you take a 2007. If, like us, you want the 3rd row seats, beware, at least in Texas 2008s are currently in short supply and there are no 2007 3rd rows left so you will pay a premium. However, if you shop arround, you should still be able to get a few dollars below "invoice."