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BTW, I have yet to see the Desert Sand color in person. Is it nice? Right now I am debating between White Pearl and Black, but I wish the Black had a beige interior!
Also with leasing, it is advised that you put $0 down, because if your car is totalled, you lose the down payment, and any down payment will not lower your lease-end purchase option price. Again CarMan can give you a more detailed explanation of this.
I purchased a 2003 in March (base, with automatic, pearl white) for $11,988, which was well below carsdirect price. Granted, I did have a $1,000 loyalty rebate included. This is in the LA area (Famous Ed's Hyundai).
Intrepidspirit -- where is Famous Ed's? Thanks!
Is this a fair price? Is it possible to get below invoice? I'm trading a 96 Chrysler Town and Country with over 116,000 miles. They haven't told me what I could get for the trade in, but if I can get over $3000 I would buy the car. Should I tell them that?
Thanks for your understanding.
Sticker price of $17034, plus $300, plus $540 dest charges, minus $1000 rebate minus $4000 trade for a total of $12874, plus PA sales tax of $901, total now $13775. Payoff of my trade $4500 for final price of $18,275.
Does this seem like a fair price and am I figuring this out correctly? I never got a price for my trade,but am hopeful for about $4000. That is the KBB on it for a trade
I thought with this being the end of November, and a slow month for auto sales, I may be able to get a little better deal then usual
Got out to my 'trade in' vehicle, and my keys weren't in there, and when I went back in to the dealership, I was told they would meet my price. About 2 hours later, I was driving me new car home
TMV was about $17,741 before taxes and plates and that other crap
So far, I like it
So far I love it. Went out today and bought lots of stuff to help keep it clean
I don't think I would have done the $850 warranty extension, though. You already had 10 year/100,000 miles on the powertrain anyway. All the dealers push the extended warranty, so you know its a big money-maker for them.
But all in all, total price (including extended warranty) and financing rate, as the Hyundai commercials say "Looks like you win!"
BTW, I got a great deal in March on a new 2003 Sonata (base with automatic transmission) for my stepson. With rebates (including loyalty), it cost $11,988. Everybody thinks it is a $20-$25,000 car...
Price Paid: $15,800
I don't think I've seen anyone buying it at this price yet.
I bought this car in August 2003 in Gaithersburg, MD.
bob1nap, your price must include sales tax, right?
What I need to know, please: Has anyone recently (within a year) purchased a Hyundai Advantage Extended Warranty (they come in 6/75,000 and 10/100,000 varieties; I'd go for the former), and, if so, about how much did it run?
I'd need to get the Extended Warranty to compensate for the lack of rental reimbursement in the base warranty, so I don't have to sit at the dealer for any great length of time (like over 2 hours). The Extended Warranty IS transferrable, unlike the base warranty.
Thanks.
I bought the GLS instead of the LX because I'm a vegetarian and didn't want leather seats, but I did want everything else. With all options including traction control, ABS, moonroof, I paid $19039 - I didn't use the $1500 rebate, which would've brought the price down to $17539 - because I used Hyundai's 0% financing option. They didn't even ask me for a downpayment, which was kind of strange, but who am I to complain?
It was very easy using Carsdirect, and I just had to go into the dealership to sign the papers and give the car the once-over before I drove it off.
I spec'd out a 2004 Slate Gray Sonata LX with the 2.7L V6 4-Speed SHIFTRONIC Automatic and option 6.
TMV Pricing report says others are paying $19,510 before rebate. ($1500) So after current rebate its $18,010.
How realistic is this price? Dealers giving me a price of $19,200. Do you think I have any chance of getting it for $18,500? Plan on buying before the end of the month.
Hasn't Hyundai been extending the rebates month after month? The current program runs until March 1st. Anyone know if it will continue after that?
How's the loyalty rebate work? If I have a sister that buys a car at the same time can this qualify? I've seen where someone got the rebate because their mother recently bought an Elantra.
I just checked out CarsDirect and they say Target Price is $19,080. Now I'm just plain confused....
Thanks for your comments...
Bill
Their inital offer was the sticker price of $18,624 (I think that was the price). I showed them all the printouts from my internet research--mainly from Edmunds. Their 2nd offer was $100 over invoice, which we accepted.
2004 Hyundai Sonata
Base model plus V-6
Celadon Green w/ Beige interior
$17,213 - BEFORE the $2K rebate - plus tax, tag, title, etc.
They even beat my pre-approved credit union financing by 1 percentage point.
We are very pleased. The salesman & business manager were a pleasure to work with.
I bought a 2004 Hyundai Sonata GLS with Option Package #5 and a trunk cargo net in Slate Gray. It only had 6 miles on it when I bought it!
Here are the numbers:
MSRP: $20,777
Invoice: $19,389
CarsDirect Price: $16,989 (incl. $2000 rebate)
My Price: $16,658 (incl. $2000 rebate)
Initially I was using CarsDirect as the highest price I'd pay. I put out for quotes from different sites like autobytel.com I was haggling with a guy at Bob Lewis Volkswagen (they sell Hyundai's too) in San Jose over the phone. He was very pushy and aggressive, and as slick as any car salesman - and he was in the internet department, so I figured he should be better. I wanted the Slate Gray, but the guy in San Jose only had black.
Then the Internet Sales Director from Doten Hyundai in Richmond contacted me. I asked him for a quote, and he sent back an email with the price I paid above. Plus, he had the Slate Gray (and black, silver and blue) in the particular configuration I wanted. I immediately called the guy and asked what fees, etc. were going to be added on. He calculated out my out the door price which included only taxes, license, doc fees, and a $5 tire recycling fee.
I put this price to the guy in San Jose, and he balked. He started getting mad at me, asking me "how do I know you aren't going to play a ping pong game of going back and forth between us until you get one of us to drop out?" I thought, so? Why shouldn't I be doing that? Then he said he'd see what he could do. He got back to me later that day with an email saying he could beat Doten's price. He didn't list the price, and even on the phone before he had been vague about numbers.
What he doesn't realize (yet, because I'm thinking of writing a letter to the GM of his dealership) is that his pushiness and his attitude is what made up my mind. I never called him back to find out his price. I was more than happy to pay a couple hundred more (because based on our phone conversation, I'm guessing he only shaved off one or two hundred) to the Doten dealership because they were up front, courteous, not at all pushy or aggressive, and gave me a great experience.
I would recommend their dealership to anyone (at least the internet/fleet department). They were even able to beat my E-Loan financing.
And I love my new car! I was a nervous wreck, albeit a very happy one, driving home from Richmond to Hayward yesterday (in heavy traffic). But, this is my first new car, and I couldn't be happier with my choice, and my deal.
MSRP including freight and handling was $22072
Purchase Price was $20795 not including the $2000 rebate (which is applied after taxes).
I think it was a good deal. The dealership in manhattan was actually very positive. Not pushy. I got the car a week after I made the deal because I had to go to chicago. During my trip, USA Today had a feature on Hyundai and how it's quality and reputation have improved, then the JD Power Rankings on initial quality surveyr came out with the sonata as best entry mid-size. When I went to pick up my car, it seemed that their showroom was cleared out of cars... i was surprised. I'd go to these guys again (for a Santa Fe likely).
I'm not sure this was the best price, and I plan on visiting some other dealers, anyone else paying around 18k total for a GLS with these options?
They offered 2000 below msrp (which was rebate). I flipped out their advert (which was blue with tan int. car...didn't look good) and Edmunds. TMV $13,948. After a bit of wrangling and about to leave dealership...got $13,900 because the advert beat that price by $50. Had a base '00 F-150 that I traded in for $6000. That was between fair and good KellyBB. I think it is fair considering front tires worn, 7" crack in front windshield, a few dings and blemishes and I'm avoiding about $500 in sundry maint.
Final cost will be $8600 after TT&L.
Couldn't close the deal though because this is a new location for dealership and they didn't have all the docs/phone connections yet. They did hand over the vehicle so I guess I'm commited. Heh! Going back today.
From my months of research, $18,900 is a stellar price. You may get less than that if you shop that price around to a few other dealers. It may be worth a shot.
The 16,680 is after the 2000 rebate and the 1000 Hyundai owner rebate.
Anyway, not sure if I want to go new or buy a year old 2003. I would rather go new for the obvious reasons (it's new, better warranty) but am curious what kind of savings I could get on a used model.
Hertz lists '03 Sonata GLS's for about $11.5. A nearby Hyundai dealership has several base models with less than 15K mi. with auto transmission and the moonroof package w/o ABS with a list price of around $11,998.
Is cutting a couple thousand off ($9,998) a realistic offer for a used '03?
If it turns out I'm good enough for low or 0% APR I would definitely go new, but if I'm looking at APR closer to 10% I might consider used. Not sure. Thanks. P.S. All I'm really interested in is the auto transmission... sunroof, V6, ABS, etc. is nice but not a deal breaker.
MSRP: $20899
Price Negotiated: $16350 (including $2000 factory rebate)
tax, dmv stuff: about 10% extra.
The thing I noticed at the dealerships (I visited three) was that it was a no hassle, no BS buying experience - the salespeople were not pushy at all. I think Hyundai is doing an incredible job with what they expect from the dealers.
Next step:
Purchase 1) K&N air filter
2) Kspec chrome grill
3) CAI (not sure which brand)
What do you think about $16,900 -out the door- for a 2004 Sonata GLS with 2300 miles on it?
Thanks!
I looking to buy for a manual transmission car Sonata. If the model 2004 does not have manual transmission, I will consider a 2003 manual V6 or base model. But mileage must be under 20000
I had to do a dealer locate. At time I found mine, believe there was one other one. Mine came from Illinois dealer. Other one was in Arkansas. I live near Omaha, Nebraska.
I paid 16,887.25, taxes license everything out the door.