Kizashi Trade-ins

[Remav]

Found a glimpse of a sticker at 8:14 in this video:
...for an '11 Sport SLS Navi FWD. Base Sticker says $25,799 & it appears to be just over $28K bottom line with delivery etc. ...so what did a '12 AWD Sport SLS sticker for with all the fees?

[Speed_Racer]

Base sticker for an AWD SLS was $28,999, so you could creep into the low $30s with all fees included.

[beerRain]

Thanks for suggestions. I will keep my Kizashi as long as it runs. I simply love the car, just was worried about the parts and stuff. After a bit of math, I realized selling didn't make sense anyway.

I think I confused you guys with the figures. I remember the total price to be around 35-36. After 3 hrs of bargaining along with a friend(me being a first time buyer and new to country) dealer offered a 5k price cut. so it was (36k - 5k)= 31k something. Dealer offered me 0% , but since I had no driving history in the country and not enough credit, bank asked me to put 4K down to avail 0% finance. Hope that clears the air.

[beerRain]

I bought my Suzuki Kizashi AWD 2012-SLS model fully loaded in Jan 2012 with 4k down & 0% financing 72 months and Dealer also offered me a price reduction of 5K so the total came down to 31K. There is a service center near by(in Salt Lake City, UT). After 3.5 yrs I have no repairs as the mileage is just 30K. It seemed to be a good deal at that time until Suzuki USA lately applied for bankruptcy. With Bankruptcy I am not sure what future holds for parts. is it a good time to sell?

Hello fellow SLC-er!

Oh, and all new cars have the steepest depreciation curve in the first few years. So you've already taken the biggest financial hit. It'd be smartest to ride it out and keep the car until either you have to upgrade or you start to see the cost to own getting too high (maintenance problems popping up or the wait/cost to get parts is too much to deal with). With only 30k miles, you likely won't be seeing any major issues for several years to come.

Thanks for your suggestion. Nice to see a SLC-er and a Kizashi owner. If you see a blue Kizashi - Honk . I see Kizashi owners once in a while in SLC and we exchange broad smiles and of-course talk about how good a car Kizashi is.

[kizzy1]

I have 2 more payments on my 2010 AWD SE and it's mine. It just turned 70k miles and runs great. My only 2 issues have been the leaking diff seal (Suzuki paid for half of the $400+ repair at a local shop vs. taking it to a dealer 200+ miles from here) and the blower motor repair (which I did...unfortunately I blew the first $140 resistor before I realized the motor was bad...total repair cost was about $330). I consider a little more than $500 in out-of-pocket repairs (absolutely nothing else has gone wrong with the car) over 70k miles pretty darn good. I've decided that this will be my last "new" car. I need to have the antifreeze flushed and will probably install a new set of plugs this fall. After that, it's the pre-winter waxing and detail and I'm good to go...with no more payments for a few years.

[WESHOOT2]

As someone in the car business, I found the Kizashi has significantly lower trade value than brands which are still in business.
Too bad, because the car is better than that.

My 2011 AWD S with 164K pulled $3,000.
The 2012 AWD GTS Sport with 19K I just bought cost me $14,200.

[Fritz2]

You did pretty well at $3000, my 2012 gts with 32k miles in perfect condition only got me $9750.

[eatrocks]

i was offered 17k and 14k(cadillac dealer) to trade in back in may 2012 before they left the usa

[kentman4]

Was only offered 5,500 for my '10 Kizashi GTS with 58K. saw a 2012 sport model that I liked.

[Ronzuki]

Was only offered 5,500 for my '10 Kizashi GTS with 58K.

That right there is why as soon as the first little ding happens to it, ins. will total it. Probably why those two blue ones are sitting in a salvage field in the other thread.