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#51 of 695 What about owner loyalty by kiasport Jan 13, 2004 (1:16 pm)
Has anybody checked out this owner loyalty program? It only applies to certain years. Right now if you own a Kia that is a model year prior to 2001, you do not get any loyalty bonus for buying another Kia. Basically, past 3 years even the manufacturer does not want their own cars. Try talking to Consumer service agents on the phone and you get rhetoric run around. Nice company.
#52 of 695 kiasport-as Kia tries to get a better reputation worldwide by iluvmysephia1 Jan 27, 2004 (9:22 am)
one of the negatives regarding buying one is the resale value being low. It's just a plain fact but I am one who CAN get the owner loyalty rebate so I don't feel as irritated about it. I have seen how my Kia dealer will sweeten the deal enough for you if you're a repeat customer and you want to trade in on a new Kia. You will be upside down if you don't put enough cash down or just outright buy your Kia with cash, though. Some of your last car's loan can get tacked on to the new purchase loan but you will pay for that eventually. Just a plain fact. So, the point I'm getting to is this: Kia also has to sell your trade-in and they know they can't get top dollar for them. You'll get their version of the "customer rep" runaround as stated in the post above. Knowing the Kia brand, though, as a buyer of their cars I feel that this is a good thing. You can score a great deal on a used one(though I have bought both of mine new and enjoy the Long Haul Warranty as a result). Kia is fixing the quality "issues" and the new crop of Kia's are generally better-built than the older Kia's(Sephia, Sportage)that you'll read the quality stories of. The fixes on my two Kia's have all been covered by the Long-Haul and both vehicles have been good, efficient ones. I would not sway anybody away from buying a Kia.      Anybody heard anything new about the new-gen Sportage? Will they install CVVT engines in the new Sportage and Hyundai Tuscon?
#53 of 695 Sportage by jchan2 Jan 28, 2004 (4:50 pm)
Anybody heard any news lately?   Optima- The one thing that's turning me off from this car is fuel economy on the V6 model. If they could raise it to about 24 MPG, I'll be back.
#54 of 695 Sportage by jchan2 Mar 06, 2004 (11:00 am)
Any chance it might be a rebadged Tucson?
#55 of 695 jchan2- a definite no on that question.... by iluvmysephia1 Mar 07, 2004 (6:48 am)
the Sportage has it's own body design completely. I'll bet there's a lot of parts roto-binable on these two rigs but I posted a link in this thread that has a comletely uncovered set of pictures of the brand new Kia Sportage(which may not be named Sportage BTW)under development right now. Kia will definitely build a microsite for it this year sometime and, of course, the Hyundai Tucson already has it's own microsite to look at it's all-new design. Pretty sharp looking I might add! If you want to, go take a look backwards in this thread and find the post where I provide a link to the new pictures. It also looks pretty sharp and a real similar size to the new Tucson. The front is different, though, as is the rear, and of the two I would say that the new Sportage's look is the most unconventional look(although I like it already). I think this new Sportage under development has popped the Hyundai Tiburon GT V6 out as my favorite "next new car possibility" in a coupla years.
#57 of 695 hmmm by jchan2 Mar 20, 2004 (4:22 am)
will the pricing stay the same as on the old Sportage, or will the price go up? And by how much?
#58 of 695 New 2005 Kia "KM" Sportage by murley Apr 06, 2004 (8:44 am)
The Platform is shared with the Tucson as well. The vehicle was designed for Kia and has been in build for three years now. Hyundai decided to take and create their own version on the platform.
#59 of 695 details by murley Apr 06, 2004 (8:48 am)
As for the details, it will be available this late-late fall or "early" winter..., probably around november +/-. Pricing will be more than the sportage slightly, but not as much as the Sorento. Probably starting in the 16,000 range and topping out around 22,000 depending on engine choice, trim level, drive configuration, and small add-ons.
#60 of 695 murley, the bottom-end of the price range by iluvmysephia1 Apr 07, 2004 (4:54 pm)
will probably be more like $18,295, or something very close to that. I say that because my '01 Sportage retailed for $17,075(base model, no A/C or even radio)and this will be an all-new model. With inflation I'd bump up the lower end of your price range a tad, other than that I'd say it's pretty close to being right on. This Sportage will have a unitized body(no more body-on-ladder frame design of old) and will be FWD with an option for AWD driving at the driver's whim. Of course, AWD will be an option and not standard equipment. Very, very interesting, eh?

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