Here’s the Marketplace with California label selected:
Legends/Paul’s thread (but look for other brokers too):
Paul’s review thread:
Happy hunting!
Honesty showing $445 for Premium EX if they still have it:
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That deal from HONESTY cars looks to save OP about $100
It has ‘no-jack’. 
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I luv how they told the poster that the lojack is ‘already installed’…hehe…that’s a dealer tactic as it’s not that hard to ‘remove’ as long as it isn’t activated (if it is even in the car already)
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‘Remove it, or we’re wasting each other’s time’ only takes a few seconds to say, before moving forward or walking. Let another sucker have that LoJack.
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BTW, weren’t you more fond of the Kona? Isn’t it bigger, yet cheaper?
I have both, the Kona is smaller and cheaper, or it was back in Feb.
As I said it another post the Kona is like a Civic, and the Niro is like an Accord. The EV Premium of course is the Top of the Line … accord.
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Ah…got it backwards as usual. Got a friend hot for an EV and waiting on his CVAP to come through…told him I’d keep an eye out for Niro/Kona/Bolt…but Bolt appears kaput for now. He’s still a few months from trigger time, tho. (sorry to threadjack, OP).
Wow, thanks alphawave7… great stuff. Not sure how I missed that before. I kept finding some sheet that only had Hyundai deals as the closest to what I was looking for. And thanks for the review thread. That pushed me over to top to contact Paul. Cheers!
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Yup. Tried that a number of times. They are not even close to being interested in talking about that. Felt like they were happy to wait for the next sucker to come along. I’m seeing that as their way to make up for the $920 they took off of the MSRP and it’s better than the $3K worth of crap I’ve seen other dealerships add on. And… I bet Paul knows how to get around that better than I.
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Is it me or it seems a lot for a Niro with all the incentives?
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Sorry, navidg, not sure who you are talking about. The link takes me to the Forum home page. Please excuse any noob-ish-ness.
Here you go.
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Thanks! You guys have definitely sold me on trying out the brokers!
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OK guys, here is what ended up happening…
I leased a 2020 Kia Niro EV EX Premium from a dealer in Los Angeles . Got the second to last 2020 available. Based on a tip from one of you guys I called a salesman from that dealership and got a great looking deal done over texting for a 36/10k deal. I asked him to send me the offer for 24/12k. He said he was going to send it a couple of times, and then stopped communicating altogether. I took that as a sign that he had perhaps sold them, or just decided that maybe he could sell for more. I decided to take the risk, drive the 150 miles to the dealership and just see if I could get one with something close to the deal he had offered. Well, I went in and to my surprise, they pretty much gave me the same deal for 24/12K. I just missed out on one with the winter package, but since I live in central California, I figured I would not really need it that much anyway. So… here is the final deal:
MSRP: 45800
Rebates: $13500 + $1500 = $15000
Adjusted Cap Cost: $30900
Residual: $23800 (52%)
Money Factor: .00110
Down: $0
DAS: $3167
Monthly (24/12K): $385
Regarding the DAS, it seemed higher than I have seen before. They added a tax to the $15K rebate and told me that is what is done in CA. I’m still not sure about it, but the overall cost of the lease over the two years was the best I’ve seen, so I came away happy.
Oh, I also traded in my 2014 BMW i3. I kept the deals separate, negotiating the lease first. I wasn’t so sure they would give me a decent amount, but it was acceptable, probably because of the state of used car prices lately. They gave me $11K, $2500 less than I bought it for two years ago, so that was just fine with me, especially considering the convenience factor.
Overall, I came away happy with the deal and it’s pretty clear I couldn’t have done it without you. Thanks all of you on Leasehackr! Keep up the great work!
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Just curious, how did that compare to the offers you got from Carvana, Carmax, shift, vroom, etc?
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Effectively ~$500 for a Niro?
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This is from @legendsauto yesterday (lower MSRP)
Year, Make, Model, and Trim: 2022 NIRO EV EX
MSRP: $ 41xxx
Monthly Payment: $ 273+ tax
Drive-Off Amount: $ 2k
Months: 36
Annual Mileage: 10k
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There is a huge difference between the base and the premium model