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Hyundai Sonata Prices Paid and Buying Experience

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2009 Sonata GLS AT by steve613
Jul 29, 2009 (6:36 am)
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Hi,
 
I just bought a 2009 GLS AT with bluetooth in VA (but paying DC taxes) for $13,300 OTD with a $3500 clunker rebate. So the OTD price before the clunker was $16,800. How does that compare to what others are getting?
 
Thanks,
 
Steve
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Re: Help! 09 Sonata GLS i4 AT w. PEP [mikemartin] by haggard
Jul 29, 2009 (6:39 am)
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Replying to: mikemartin (Jul 28, 2009 11:30 pm)

CARS does suck.
 
My wife is ready to buy a 2009 Sonata I4 GLS with PEP2 and mats. I own a vehicle that would get us the whole $4500, but it is titled in my name only. The rules say the trade has to be titled for a year in the name of the purchaser. The new car needs to be titled in her name only because I was laid off several months ago and including me will hurt her otherwise perfect credit rating.
 
So, now we have to do a cash deal, and they aren't discounting as much right now.
I offered 19K before the rebate TTL and the dealer wouldn't even consider it. So still working it.
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Re: 2009 Sonata GLS AT [steve613] by billward
Jul 29, 2009 (7:39 am)
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Replying to: steve613 (Jul 29, 2009 6:36 am)

Does that include PEP or PEP2? If it's PEP2, outstanding! If it's PEP, not too bad at all, though I paid less back in May for PEP, BT, and Floormats (plus IPod cable, which we've never used since my wife's a SANSA fan and I listen to talk radio or Sirius 151 90%+ of the time) and the trunk lining (but not the tray or net). Rebate was slightly better, then, though because of the Owner Loyalty, which I haven't seen advertised in July, and I qualify for it (now have two Sonatas, and love both).
 
If it DOES NOT include PEP, then it's not that great a deal, but not awful, either, especially in the CARS mania going on.... it's a feeding frenzy for the dealers, who are making much higher profits by raising prices and using CARS as a way to get customers to buy by having a lower price to the customer... more profit for dealers, while keeping prices fairly close for somewhat lower (but not hugely).
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Re: 2009 Sonata GLS AT [billward] by steve613
Jul 29, 2009 (7:52 am)
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Replying to: billward (Jul 29, 2009 7:39 am)

No PEP, but it came with blue tooth, car mats and cargo net. I didn't qualify for any of the other rebates.
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Re: Help! 09 Sonata GLS i4 AT w. PEP [haggard] by mikemartin
Jul 29, 2009 (10:04 am)
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Replying to: haggard (Jul 29, 2009 6:39 am)

Before the CARS program (about a month or two before) you could get a 2009 Sonata GLS automatic for $14,300 including destination, plus TTL from Fitz.
 
There's no doubt most every dealer and manufacturer has raised prices by pulling back rebates and other incentives.
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Re: Help! 09 Sonata GLS i4 AT w. PEP [mikemartin] by haggard
Jul 29, 2009 (10:29 am)
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Replying to: mikemartin (Jul 29, 2009 10:04 am)

That was without options, right?
 
According to a friend who sells another brand, CARS won't be around too long. There is only 1 billion available, and it is going very quickly. Some larger dealerships have done 100 deals already, and the money broken out across all dealerships is supposed to be an average of 5 deals per at the max amount.
 
Anyway, when the money runs out and IF their is any 09 inventory left, we will give it another shot. I dont' want to overspend for a car that is closer to one model year old.
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Re: Help! 09 Sonata GLS i4 AT w. PEP [mikemartin] by steve613
Jul 29, 2009 (11:32 am)
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Replying to: mikemartin (Jul 29, 2009 10:04 am)

See, if I had bought that car it would have cost me about $15,800 right (DC taxes? But I would have received only $1000 on my old car, so $14,800 when all was said and done. Under CARS, I got it for $13,300. Seems like a good deal to me, even if the dealer got a bit more. Maybe I could've done better, but I think I did better than I could have without CARS.
 
I gotta say too, just objectively speaking, $13,300 for a brand new mid-size sedan is outstanding.
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Re: Help! 09 Sonata GLS i4 AT w. PEP [steve613] by billward
Jul 29, 2009 (12:33 pm)
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Replying to: steve613 (Jul 29, 2009 11:32 am)

Nope, I think you would have gotten the car at the same price or just slighty cheaper pre-CARS, depending on the actual trade in on your old car. Price has gone up by ~$1.5K-$1.8K, plus rebates have gone down about $1K; you would have paid the same pre-CARS (since you would have gotten $1000 from the trade in, so CARS effectively gave you $2500). Thus it would either be a wash or about $300 less a month or two ago. If you had REALLY pushed it, you could have shaved even more then (dealers less likely to drive hard in July...)
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Re: Help! 09 Sonata GLS i4 AT w. PEP [billward] by steve613
Jul 29, 2009 (1:16 pm)
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Replying to: billward (Jul 29, 2009 12:33 pm)

How much were the rebates a few months ago? When did prices go up due to CARS? When I bought my car the other day they were the same as about a month ago when I got a quote that included $3000 off the Sonata.
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Re: Help! 09 Sonata GLS i4 AT w. PEP [steve613] by haggard
Jul 29, 2009 (6:57 pm)
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Replying to: steve613 (Jul 29, 2009 11:32 am)

I would agree, Steve. You did well and I, for one, would have jumped at that price for that car. There is always someone who can get one more dollar, but at some point it becomes like alternative energy - costs more than a dollar to save a dollar.
 
Good job.

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