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SUVs Kia Sorento Kia Sorento: Prices Paid & Buying Experience
174 messages, Last post on Mar 09, 2009 at 8:01 PM
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I bought a 2002 CRV when they came out.When the warranty was up the steering wheel and drivers seat were trashed. I traded it for a Highlander hopeing for longterm durability. So far so good.As to Sorentos I now have an 03 Sorento EX 4wd which had 38000 on it and it was and is like brand new.It is much higher quality than any American car I have owned.It absorbs bumps better than the Toyota and it's quick/light steering make it a breeze to park. I have two very good SUVs now but gas prices make me wish I had an economy car.I like sitting up high and all the bells and whistles that comes with the Luxury Package but poor gas mileage is the price you pay.The Toyota with 3.3 ltr averages 20 and the Sorento with 3.5 ltr averages 15.
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Replying to: tomsr1 (Apr 15, 2006 8:35 pm)
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Replying to: jimc7 (Mar 28, 2006 10:05 am)
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Replying to: jmorgart (May 16, 2006 12:36 pm)
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Replying to: lok888 (May 17, 2006 9:29 am) I'm curious about the '07 however. New engine, interior/exterior styling changes, more safety, etc. However, I see it won't be available with a manual transmission - bummer. My guess is that we won't find prices near as good for the '07's. |
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Like to know what a 2006 Sorento EX Loaded is selling for at this time. Since gas at $3.00 per gal, and the Sorento POOR gas milage. What 17 to 21. I would consider buying at around $18,000. What does everyone else think?? Also, the 2007 when are they out? I heard they get better milage, and have a more powerful engine. Has anyone hear this??
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Replying to: lok888 (Apr 18, 2006 9:10 am)
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Replying to: stashshel (Sep 26, 2006 3:09 pm) We have some other Kia Sorento discussions that encompass much more than just Prices Paid.. You can find a list of them here: Kia Sorento |
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I got our 05 Sorento last Oct for about 20k fully loaded with all the bells and whistles at that time. Then I got about 3K knocked off for all the dealer incentives so I paid 17k plus trade-in so My Kia cost me out the door about 9K  But man getting there was a nightmare, they tried to pull the "bait and switch" technique on me and a few other fast moves to give us less extras but pay the same price.....I won't even go into how little they wanted to give me for my trade-in. Bottom-line is that I paid attention to all the little fancy foot work the car sales man did and the Finance guy tried to do. The finance guy at one point yelled at my wife and I calling us idiots for calling his bluff.  Well push came to shove and the stores general manger was there and he had to smooth things over with 2 very pissed customers and realized that the money making tactics would not work in this situation, so he offered us every deal, incentive, full trade-in value on my car and made sure we had a fully loaded car the color we wanted to ensure he kept us as a customer. I never had such a bad experience with a car dealership before, it really made my doubt the quality of a KIA vehicle. So the day we take delivery of our brand new 05 Kia Sorento that is supposed to be “Fully Loaded”…….it was missing all kinds of things, such as the rear spoiler, floor mats, step bar, mud flaps, cargo net, and a few more things. I am not sure if they really did not know that all these things were missing or maybe we would not notice until it was too late, but regardless I noticed right away and the car salesman (same guy who sold us the car) tried to tell me that the Sorento we agreed to purchase for the money we paid was the one right in front of us and it does not included all those extras. I then pulled all my paperwork and looked and saw that everything I mentioned above was typed into the contract and once again the dealership tried to pull a fast one on us. At this point I just wanted my old car back and told the general manager that I was going to make a formal complaint against his employees to the state and City for dealership fraud. At that point he was begging to make this all right, I just wanted what we agreed upon and wanted it all done right away. He tried to get me to agree that I would not make a formal complaint against his dealership, I refused but they did rectify everything in the end and it only took 1 extra day and a big headache. Oh yeah they never removed the plastic that covers all the floors in the SUV, to this day I still have some plastic covering the floorboard.. I will never go to the KIA of Glendale, CA. Dealership again and would recommend that everyone to go elsewhere. I would recommend a Kia to people the Sorento has been great, every time I have driven it it has been a fun SUV, it is mainly my wife’s car and she loves it, as long as she is happy with the SUV then so am I. 
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Has anyone bought a Sorento recently? tidester, host SUVs and Smart Shopper |
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