About two years ago I remember sitting in the Leesburg
Jenkins Hyundai show room after having just taken a test drive of a new 2018 Kona Limited. I was on the
Hyundai of Central Florida of Clermont website earlier and they advertised the Kona Limited (turbo & leather) for $24,200 with NO dealer fees or any other extras, the floor mats are even included.
The Jenkins sales manager comes over and said we'll give you $24,500 for your trade and a $500 veteran discount, so I'm thinking they're going to give me money back. Then he said, it's just
your car and $3600 and we have a deal. As I sat there I saw an older couple being lead by a smiling friendly salesman to another desk, it reminded me of leading the lambs to slaughter. I said to the manager, write that down and I'll think about it and left.
I went right over to HOCF in Clermont, drove a Kona and went inside while they test drove my car. They came back and said, we'll give you $24,000 for your trade. At first you think, wow, Jenkins will give me $500 more for my car. I said, what the bottom line. They said the car is $24,200, so it's
your car and $200. Don't be fooled by what they give for your trade, just compare the out the door prices. For one thing, since there was only $200 difference in the sales price and trade in price, my sales tax was only $14.00, with title and tag it was only $200 in extras, everything else in the car was included in the price.
Everytime I see a Jenkins plate on the back of a Hyundai, I think to myself, that person paid too much for convenience. In 2013 I bought a Hyundai Veloster Turbo in Winter Haven because they gave me the KBB price for the car and for my trade, they were $3,000 cheaper than Jenkins. I never drove the 90 minutes each way to Winter Haven to get the car serviced, took it to the nice new Jenkins dealer in Ocala and let them do the maintenance, I got a great price and convenience of a local dealership. Jenkins doesn't care where you bought the care when they service the car.
Hyundai of Central Florida is about a beautiful newer dealer in Clermont, about a 45 minute drive on Hwy 50 just a few miles east of Hwy 27 towards Orlando. It's next to the Toyota and Chevy dealers.
https://www.hyundaicfl.com/?utm_term...caAtQcEALw_wcB