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Paid $12,900 for Base Model

by sleeplessinla on Thu Nov 19 17:02:15 PST 2009

Out the door cost was 14,490.86. Was prepared to pay about $900 more when they called me back to say car was "on sale" and could be had for this price. Had a great experience with Karrie Hubbard (internet manager)and the whole team of Kearny Pearson Ford/Kia in San Diego. My husband and I actually took the train from LA, where they picked us and drove us to the dealership. Glad it all worked out as we had no other way home. Transaction was almost completely done via email and phone and no hassles with dealer add-ons or any other sales pitches we weren't interested in. Boy am I glad Simi Valley wouldn't budge on insisting I get $400 anti-theft system. Almost paid about $1500 more for this very car. Also got the 0% financing. Best deal I've gotten since my 1995 Honda Civic with no power steering. Drove the car home from San Diego and no complaints. Not the target demo for this car (almost 40 mom of three) but everything I was looking for. Needed a safe car for baby sitter to drive kids around town. Hadn't ever heard of this car before I saw one in the parking lot of Ikea on Sunday. So glad I discovered it and Kearny Pearson in SD.

Kia Forte 2010 buyin prices

by uhhuduga on Mon Nov 02 14:20:27 PST 2009

Please mention the price at which you bought your kia forte and also any suggestions/tips associated with it. It would help if the price is mentioned as an OTD = a+b+c , the place bought and any deals/offers you availed. Thanks.

Dealer mark up

by 08outtie on Mon Nov 02 12:11:02 PST 2009

I just stopped by a Kia dealership in San Jose, CA. They have mark up on both the cars that I was looking at, Soul and Forte. The mark up is about $2K on both vehicles for all trims except the base. The Soul that they put inside the showroom was over $20K on the dealer's sticker with the mark up. I know that final price is negotiable, so I wouldn't care much about the number on the sticker and I wasn't ready to buy yesterday anyway. The salesperson sounded nice enough even knowing I was there just to look. But come on, in my opinion, Kia is in no place to ask for mark up even their vehicles are now competitive among other Japanese manufacturers. Even if they are willing to negotiate down from the sticker, putting a mark up on a supposedly "value alternative" is deterring shoppers. I also went to Scion. the dealer I went to told me that they do not negotiate. They said they have "no hassle pricing" LoL. But at least they are selling everything at MSRP and in fact they actually sold out all the xD and xB. They had no inventory to show me because of the result from CfC. So comparing a dealer who had experienced high demand, sold out inventory and charging MSRP, the Kia dealer is really disappointing by putting a mark up.

Re: 2009 Kia vs. Odyssey vs. Sienna [sporttime]

by jayrider on Fri Oct 23 15:04:22 PDT 2009

If you keep your cars a long time then the kia has the warranty for you. 5/50 and 10/100. Unless you really like the honda better go kia. After 10 years there won't be much difference in value between the two anyway. There should be a big selling price difference as well.

Re: Kia Borrego Prices Paid and Buying Experience [eternityz]

by lsufan1971 on Thu Oct 22 01:04:40 PDT 2009

eternityz That is not to bad but you could probably get it down another 750 or so.

Re: Kia Borrego Prices Paid and Buying Experience [pigdoc]

by eternityz on Thu Oct 15 15:17:30 PDT 2009

kyfdx, does $26K include all taxes and fees? I'm about to pull the trigger on a LX, V6, 2WD, + leather for $25K with rebates, taxes, fees included. Is this a bad deal??

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