Giving my 2017 Soul+ to my daughter. She's giving her '16 Accent to her daughter. I've owned four Kia's and a Hyundai and had excellent experience with all of 'em. Have my eye on a 2023 Soul S at a Lincoln dealer. Has a bit over eight thousand miles. They've supplied me with an Experian AutoCheck report which shows it as a rental. It was titled after a month at the dealer in St. Charles. Since Enterprise is headquartered in St. Charles County there's a possibility that this was some kind of Enterprise purchase gone bad. I doubt, however that Enterprise is picking up single cars from a retail dealership. Talked to a sales manager from a Kia dealership in Wisconsin who told me that it is almost certainly a dealer courtesy car since (at least in Wisconsin) they routinely title courtesy cars as rentals, then sell them off with less than ten thousand miles. The Lincoln sales guy trying to pedal me the car says that their dealership never titles courtesy cars--maybe that shows his honesty, he could have certainly pulled the "that's why it's a rental" excuse out of his ear. Car looks brand new, acceptable price now, although it's been sitting on the dealer's lot since August-- he had it listed at near a retail price to begin with.
So-- is it normal to title courtesy cars as rentals? Not title them at all? Only in certain states? Does it vary by dealership group?
The Kia dealer in the area (not the selling, Lincoln dealer) is a Napleton franchise (not necessarily a good thing). My girlfriend's neighbor, now on vacation, is a Napleton sales manager, so I intend to ask him. Anyone have experience with courtesy cars and whether or not they were listed as rentals on the title chain?
So-- is it normal to title courtesy cars as rentals? Not title them at all? Only in certain states? Does it vary by dealership group?
The Kia dealer in the area (not the selling, Lincoln dealer) is a Napleton franchise (not necessarily a good thing). My girlfriend's neighbor, now on vacation, is a Napleton sales manager, so I intend to ask him. Anyone have experience with courtesy cars and whether or not they were listed as rentals on the title chain?
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