Not at time of signing up. But MY21 wasn't really in the 'system' at that time. Will be curious if that changes over the next few weeks
Hi @bd01 , may I ask about your 15 year old Commodore, is it a VZ..?
15 year old? Nah it’s a 2015 VF
I was told I could’ve done that with my MY21 as there were “ways around it”, but decided not to finance in the end
Yep confirmed. We always had the electronic shifter here in Oz.
It’s both and it’s no different to when it first released. Even now you struggle to find Kia advertising for the Stinger. You get the odd old tv ad but when they released that over a year ago it didn’t run regularly. So much hype about it before it landed in Australia from motoring journalists then nothing after they did the early reviews and Kia really didn’t capitalise on the hype. I bought mine mid 2018, Stinger was realeased in Australia October 2017 and even after 8-9 months of sales I still knew more about some of the features in the car than the guy selling it to me at the Kia dealership. For what was meant to be their flagship model especially in Australia to fill the gap left by the demise of Holden & Ford and RWD sedans they really haven’t done a very good job. I’d say a large portion of Stinger sales go from word of mouth from other owners.
I did. I wasn’t going to finance but considering that was available I ended up financing part of the purchase. Capital better used elsewhere.
My dealer flat out said no way to financing a my21 with 2%. I walked straight out of the finance managers office when he said no.
Yeah can’t explain that. I was originally looking at a MY20 but switched it up so maybe that’s why it was available.... They also knew I wouldn’t have touched finance if the rate was above 2%, I assume dealers still get a kickback from the bank so prefer some finance to none at all.
Very few dealers own their entire stock therefore they have to finance, it’s called a Floor Plan. If you buy a car and finance through the dealer then the dealer gets a commission but more importantly the amount financed is offset against the Floor Plan which reduces interest cost to the dealer.
Yeah gotcha, good insight. Thanks.
Have you popped into Botany and viewed the blacked out Stinger as yet? I've viewed a red one, and noted no sequential indicators here in NZ either.. Did you hear there is a Limited Edition due in April?
