Which dealer do you recommend near Raleigh, NC up to 200 miles

[Ruturaj]

I am moving to Raleigh on Friday from NY. I have been looking for GT2 AWD Stinger and have been waiting to move out of NY. I am planning to do lease then buy out.

I am hoping for at least 10% off on MSRP before rebates. Mostly my purchase will get pushed to September.

I am looking for, in order of my preference
1. Silky silver or white Stinger with red interior
2. Red Stinger with Red interior
3. Red Stinger with black interior or Ceramic gray with Red interior

Found a silky silver at Hendrick Kia. White with red interior in Charlotte but RWD. Red at many places.

I will prefer to travel once to get there if the dealership is more than 50 miles.

I will be adding a hitch for a bike rack in future, buying an extended warranty and mostly install thicker sway bars, so If a good and reasonably priced service is available at the dealer will be a plus or I will these things are done somewhere else, where I will be doing future regular maintenance.

I am planning to hit all local dealers get a good price then hit the desired dealer last. A list in order of preference will be a plus.

Inputs will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

 

[Kamauxx]

I wish I could help but unfortunately I've only just moved to Cary about a month ago. I've never visited any of the dealers in the Triangle.

I bought mine about an hour away in Goldsboro at Deacon Jones Kia. I think you can get a good deal with then if they have what you're looking for. They've also given me above blue book on the two cars I've traded in there.

The most difficult part of your search will probably be the AWD requirement. Most of the cars Kia shipped to the SE are RWD.

Since you're willing to travel 200 miles you might find a better/more diverse selection of AWDs in Virginia.

 

[Ruturaj]

I wish I could help but unfortunately I've only just moved to Cary about a month ago. I've never visited any of the dealers in the Triangle.

I bought mine about an hour away in Goldsboro at Deacon Jones Kia. I think you can get a good deal with then if they have what you're looking for. They've also given me above blue book on the two cars I've traded in there.

The most difficult part of your search will probably be the AWD requirement. Most of the cars Kia shipped to the SE are RWD.

Since you're willing to travel 200 miles you might find a better/more diverse selection of AWDs in Virginia.

Thank you for your input. Deacon Jones Kia has only RWD. I will ask others as well. Been looking at Virginia dealers as well. Will keep the thread updated about the search, can't wait to move finally.

 

[Kamauxx]

I did a search on Autotrader and filtered it down to all GT2s within 200 miles. I came up with appx 95 vehicles. Unless Autotrader is broken none of them are AWD.

I narrowed it down to the colors you want and it showed around 75. I narrowed it to red interior and got one hit. Check out the link below.

Autotrader - page unavailable

Link isn't working. Check out Kia of Lynchburg. It's located in Lynchburg, VA. (150 miles north of Raleigh)

 

[Ruturaj]

I did a search on Autotrader and filtered it down to all GT2s within 200 miles. I came up with appx 95 vehicles. Unless Autotrader is broken none of them are AWD.

I narrowed it down to the colors you want and it showed around 75. I narrowed it to red interior and got one hit. Check out the link below.

Autotrader - page unavailable

Link isn't working. Check out Kia of Lynchburg. It's located in Lynchburg, VA. (150 miles north of Raleigh)

Thank you for searching.

Autotrader is broken. Some cars are AWD and some are RWD, it doesn't show you an option to choose it. I have looked at all 95. There were two red on red few days ago one of which is listed right which you found. The other one was listed as black interior even though it had red. I have been looking on cars.com as well. Some dealers are on both, some are just on either one and some are none of the websites.

With time the listings have been changing little though.

 

[BrandonH]

Maybe Battleground Kia in Greensboro but they only have the red and black combo on your list. They look like about 10% off before rebates after you reduce their inflated msrp prices to what they should be. I got mine at Tri-city Kia in Eden and they were actually a little over 10% off with no haggling but they have no GT2’s at the moment. Maybe they could do a dealer trade though, who knows. Good luck! I just noticed someone mentioned Kia of Lynchburg as well, that’s actually where I live but I never even seriously considered them as they didn’t seem likely to want to deal on price very much, I could be wrong about that though!

 

[eflyguy]

Kia of Muncie - Jason, Muncie, IN.

 

[Buzz]

Just as an FYI when comparing, make sure to factor in dealer fees, Hendrick Kia in NC is $650, easy for them to come in $450 under some competition before you factor everything in. Car Guru had a good search for new stingers, and let you know how many days it was on the lot. NC is known for high dealer fees compared to some other states.

 

[Ruturaj]

Just as an FYI when comparing, make sure to factor in dealer fees, Hendrick Kia in NC is $650, easy for them to come in $450 under some competition before you factor everything in. Car Guru had a good search for new stingers, and let you know how many days it was on the lot. NC is known for high dealer fees compared to some other states.

Thanks, will be negotiating on the final total price only. On Car guru, many cars are not marked by trim, so it gets tiresome there. Been using cars.com and AutoTrader.