Competitive Bonus Program

[GenesisG70]

Now the incentives and discounts on the 2019 let alone the 2018 are awesome depending the dealer, so you can easily negotiate awesome discounts just a matter to wanting really to get the Stinger. I would do anything to get rid of a Honda CRV

 

[DTE]

I recently had an incredibly frustrating experience as I was about to lease/purchase a 2018 Kia Stinger GT2 (RWD) in Southern CA. I saw the very attractive incentives on the table and found on the Kia Motors Finance website that my Honda CRV would qualify me for the $3K Competitive Bonus program. Woot! No need to wait to wait to the end of the year with the Stinger GT at that price!

Ultimately, I negotiated a great deal and was ready to pull the trigger, but my dealer found that my Honda CRV was 2 years too old to qualify for the Competitive Bonus program. Also, while the Honda Pilot is also on the incentive list, my 2018 Honda Odyssey Elite - which shares the same platform as the Honda Pilot - is not on the incentive list. Ugh!

I finally had to walk away from the deal, since I can’t get past the fact that Kia is effectively penalizing me $3,000 versus someone who owns a Honda Pilot instead of a Honda Odyssey (or who owns a 2012 CRV instead of a 2010).

I tried calling Kia Motors Finance to see if there’s someone I could talk to in order to see if exceptions can be granted, but – after getting bounced around – it’s clear that their customer service is not set up for prospective customers.

My message to Kia is that the Competitive Bonus program is extremely alienating to potential customers. Apparently, since I own an Odyssey instead of a Pilot and my CRV is a bit too old, Kia doesn’t want my money. Maybe I should see what the new BMW 3-series looks like in a few weeks. (Heck, the reason I own a 2010 CRV is because not a damn thing ever went wrong on it and I couldn’t justify upgrading it. Maybe I should look into a Civic Type R.)

Was this Carson Kia? They did the same thing to me - told me outright that my Audi lease would qualify even though I had already turned in, and three hours later when we were about to sign told us it did not qualify after all and that it would be $2000 more because of it.

 

[Capecod]

Was this Carson Kia? They did the same thing to me - told me outright that my Audi lease would qualify even though I had already turned in, and three hours later when we were about to sign told us it did not qualify after all and that it would be $2000 more because of it.

I had the same issue with a MB we lease, your name needs to be on the registration which on a lease it isn’t, was pissed even though all the documents show our name

 

[Doel]

I had the same issue with a MB we lease, your name needs to be on the registration which on a lease it isn’t, was pissed even though all the documents show our name

weird, I had a Maxima lease and had no issue at all getting the conquest rebate. No surprises at all at signing.

 

[Capecod]

weird, I had a Maxima lease and had no issue at all getting the conquest rebate. No surprises at all at signing.

They had no issue with your name not being on the registration and gave you the $2000 Competitive Bonus Cash?

 

[Doel]

They had no issue with your name not being on the registration and gave you the $2000 Competitive Bonus Cash?

yes, no problem at all.