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Kia Sedona Prices Paid and Buying Experience

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Re: Good luck with your purchase [enoelle] by mbparcia
Aug 24, 2006 (9:40 pm)
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Replying to: enoelle (Aug 24, 2006 5:57 am)

Thanks! I went to visit a dealer today and they offer me $1000 under invoice plus KBB value for my trade in for a total price of $24,922 after rebates. So far that is the best quote I have gotten. Another dealer in Illinois told me that they couldn't match that deal. I am pretty sure I will get the Sedona.
 I went to the Honda dealership were my friend works and they quoted me $28,374 for an EX-L I drove it and to be honest I like the Sedona better and is has a lot more stuff.
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How did I do? by cars4mike
Sep 02, 2006 (5:01 pm)
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Hi, haven't posted in quite a while. Went to Keystone Kia in Allentown, PA. Real nice folks (maybe too nice?). Here is the offer on LX with roof rails as the only option, compared with what Edmunds says:
 
                 MSRP INVOICE
            Dealer Edmunds Dealer Edmunds
Base 22,995 23,195 21,700 21,890
Roof Rails 150 150 130 130
Destination 670 700 670 700
Mktg Allow --- --- 437 ---
===================================================
Total 23,815 24,045 22,937.00 22,720
manufacturer rebate -2,000.00
competitive rebate -1,000.00
                              ==========
Dealer's Offer 19,937.00
6% sales tax 1,199.76
fees 198.00
                               =========
                               21,334.76
 
This deal just feels a little weird, especially since this was the only one on the lot priced this way. Keystone says it was delivered before the last price increase.
2 Questions: Good deal or not? Any ideas/info on the differences in dealer/Edmunds info? Thanks in advance!
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Re: How did I do? [cars4mike] by younger
Sep 08, 2006 (11:19 am)
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Replying to: cars4mike (Sep 02, 2006 5:01 pm)

Sounds like you did pretty well. For comparison, I purchased a Sedona LX with the roof rails last week in WI.
 
MSRP: 24045
 
Dealer Price: 22370
 
Rebates: 2000 + 1000 (loyalty)
 
Trade in on 2004 Kia Sorento LX with 23600 miles - 13500
 
All in all I thought it turned out rather well, and love the vehicle.
 
Thoughts?
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Re: How did I do? [younger] by cars4mike
Sep 08, 2006 (5:52 pm)
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Replying to: younger (Sep 08, 2006 11:19 am)

Thanks for the input. Looks like you got invoice (if anyone can really know the invoice). Did you have any marketing allowance as part of your price? The trade on the Sorento sounds a lot better than I would have thought, at least from Edmunds viewpoint, which is normally pretty tough on Kia resale/trade values.
 
We love ours too, but noticed too late that if the seat back is perpendicular to the seat, the armrests end up pointing down and are really uncomfortable. I checked all the other LX's on the lot, and they were the same, so it's probably not a defect, but poor design.
 
And here's a weird one:
The manufacturer's protective plastic on the door handles was still there at delivery. We picked up late on Labor Day, so the dealer gave us a "we owe" to take care of it, and threw in the cross rails for the roof rack at no charge as well. So I took it in two days later, and his detail kid decides to use a razor blade to get it off, and chips the paint in several places on all door handles, and still doesn't get it off. They apologized and are ordering new handles. I am not sure if that will help completely, since the part where the lock is set is independent of the handle and that also has chips. I think this dealer is really trying, but that detail kid was dumb as a rock for putting a razor blade near that car. The dealer really has been aces so far otherwise, so we will see.
 
Thanks again.
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Re: How did I do? [cars4mike] by younger
Sep 11, 2006 (9:10 am)
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Replying to: cars4mike (Sep 08, 2006 5:52 pm)

re: plastic on the handles. We actually had a similar problem. The original vehicle had scratches on the handles secondary to the plastic that stuck. Turns out there was a notice put out by KIA as this is a manufactoring error. The dealers are to replace the handles. Most of the Sedonas on the lot were that way.
 
Marketing allowance = ????
 
I'm not sure what you mean by Marketing allowance, sorry.
 
Again, I do agree we got a nice deal, and I will never argue that. I wish I could say our buying experience was as good as yours....there was no effort at all.
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Hello Europe! by enoelle
Sep 13, 2006 (7:04 am)
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Great to hear that Kia has a fan base in other markets. I was just in Spain and Italy and didn't see too many, if any at all. I purchased my Kia Sedona EX model about 3 weeks ago. Here in the states we have wholesale buying clubs that have a warehouse style and bulk pricing. I tested them out to see if they offered wholesale pricing on vehicles. They did and we bought ours for $26,600.
 
I have already driven it across the US from Pennsylvania to our new home in Arizona. It handled great! It was a nice relaxing drive and comfortable!
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Europe by dpugh
Sep 13, 2006 (9:56 am)
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Hi enoelle, you are right the sedona probably has a very limited market share in europe for a couple of reasons. Here in Germany and especially Stuttgart, Germans are more likely to purchase Mercedes or VW, the neighbors reaction to the van in the drive is very important to Germans i.e. 'the jones's' factor. we want to pay for the van and not the badge on the front. Nice to know our purchase price was not over the top, even with the german 16.5% sales tax!! We will probably bring the van back to michigan if economically viable, that should raise the eyebrows in the local Kia Dealer, a diesel engine, stick shift transmission!! hmmmmm should be interesting. is yours the new shape??
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diesel! WOW! by enoelle
Sep 13, 2006 (6:20 pm)
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I am envious of the diesel engine! I am also surprised at the tax in Germany! WOW!
A friend of ours just went to Germany to pick up his new Mercedes. He plans on shipping it back to the States. I wonder how much it will be.
 
I guess the shape of my model is the new shape. It doesn't look like the old models here in the states. It actually looks little like a Honda Oddysey.
 
Congrats on your purchase!
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DVD player and extended warranty questions by milby
Sep 16, 2006 (8:26 pm)
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I want to buy the EX with luxury, power and dvd player options. In the long term test log, the DVD player did not pause the dvd each time the engine was stopped, and the DVD started over with each restart of the van. Has anyone figured out if there's a way to bypass this little problem??? We just rented a Caravan which paused the dvd and resumed where it left off each time the engine was stopped and restarted---I thought all car entertainment systems worked this way these days.
 
Also, I want to buy up the bumper to bumper warranty from 60,000 miles to 100,000 miles. Can anyone let me know what price they paid for an extended warranty???
 
Thanks!

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