Per Kia: Kia Motors America has made no official announcement regarding discontinuing the Kia Stinger. We will share more news when/if appropriate. ^RM

Nice review keep up the good work

Wow sir yea I def remember you massive congrats very happy for you enjoy that Stinger!

@@MeynMotorGroup I already have a MOD LIST of upgrades coming for it so I will surely keep in touch with you STING ON

Def do an intake no doubts there and hopefully you do that sway bar heard it "transforms" the handling so would be cool to hear your thoughts on that

@@MeynMotorGroup all of that is coming and on order including tune. Getting Tint and CERAMIC Coating soon after I add a Stingerhaus bodykit. To be tuned.... until next time See ya Kevin

Hey thank you my friend and massive congrats on the beautiful GT2 Stinger! Enjoy

@@MeynMotorGroup Thanks muchly.

Can’t wait to buy mine, pops has the G70 3.3T & I need the stinger GT 😎

It doesn't look like an A7. It truly looks like an original Optima just lower and sleeker. The Genesis G80 in profile looks more like an A7 but the detailing is way different.

@@benjaminsmith2287 It has the hunch of the A7. In person from a far, it is easy to mistake it for an Audi. The front end maybe it does look like an Optima, but shape wise this car is closer to the A7

@@smithjohn2416 I can agree with both of y’all 🤝

It was designed by a guy from Audi, and engineered by a guy from BMW (M Sport division), so no surprise about the looks comparison. We bought a 2022 GT2 and it's AWESOME! It feels like a BMW (We also own a 2021 BMW M550i). It's sad most people are scared off by the Kia badge...we'll just own one of the last models sold. 😎

I agree. A JB4 is a must have, it will throw you back and make your passengers say.... Damn 😂😂

@@rickydominic5616 💯💯💯💯

Yea this car had a ton of potential

just fyi.., the hyundai/kia 100k warranty is specifically only for the original owner, unless CPO. Used car buyers default to the 5yr/60k mile warranty

Kia's after-market dealer service has always been poor. We've owned 6 Kia models over the years and service at two separate local dealers has, basically sucked. It's been bad to the point it nearly dissuaded me from recently buying a Stinger. I did anyways, simply because I love the car. But Kia needs to step up their service game.

Yea it's an epic package I love the practicality of it and of course the speed best TT V6 in the game. Enjoy my friend!

@@MeynMotorGroup It is stupidly fast. I got fined for going over the speed limit here in Oz and did not know how fast it was going.

@@belvederedog2563 Can’t wait to buy mine, pops has the G70 3.3T & I need the stinger GT 😎

@@belvederedog2563 Can’t wait to buy mine, pops has the G70 3.3T & I need the stinger GT 😎

@@impropernovice2149 The G70 is also a brilliant car. If I didn't have the Stinger, I would have seriously thought about the G70. Affectively the same car but cosmetically different. Hope you get yours soon. Got mine washed yesterday and the chap spent 10 minutes talking about it before starting on it. People love looking at them and talking about them.

Telluride is a masterpiece loved that thing and New Carnival is also impressive Kia Hyundai are doing some great stuff

After pickin' up a new Stinger recently my wife has her eye on the Telluride. She's talkin' of trading in her Sorento for one.

@@SilentKnight43 Oh man, that would be a sweet upgrade from the Sorento. Hopefully she decides to go for it. Would make for a great looking pair of cars.

Hey thanks and I really appreciate all the support you've showed me over the years. Yea I'm def sad to see it go such a cool car with a ton of potential

Can’t wait to buy mine, pops has the G70 3.3T & I need the stinger GT 😎

Fully loaded gt2 and base model m340i is close but fully loaded vs fully loaded its a 20k difference

@@jrslugwell that’s a pretty wide difference but I can imagine most people leasing these cars and would pay more for the brand

I bought the Stinger here in Oz because it looks far better and is about $20K cheaper here. Cosmetic differences, almost a hatchback, longer warranty and so much cheaper. Not a difficult decision in the end.

@@belvederedog2563 some places use them as police fleet. It sucks, Kia is closing their Korean factory... I hope it doesn't affect you guys

Yea wasn't going to out sell Charger but whatever still a cool car and the most amount of trunk space possible without paying 80k for a regular A7

@@timw2083 Hi Tim, they do in Western Australia, Queensland and the Northern Territory here in Oz. Not sure why they don't use them in other states as they use BMW 5 series. The ones that do use them apparently love them.

VA native myself & I Can’t wait to buy mine, pops has the G70 3.3T & I need the stinger GT 😎

That is true most are concerned with a badge more than anything so this does get a lot of unnecessary hate

Massive congrats David! Great job getting the GT1 it is def the value in the lineup. Enjoy my friend

Can’t wait to buy mine, pops has the G70 3.3T & I need the stinger GT 😎

Oh wow you sold it? Did you buy a K5?

@@MeynMotorGroup no lmfao I have a Honda Clarity for the time being. Car is a total shitbox but it's cheap to run it so that was the plan. HUGE downgrade from a Stinger. Kick myself about it at least a few times a week. But I picked up a job that's farther away from my house. And with the Stinger being like 19MPG and needing 93, my wallet told me I should probably get out of this thing while the used car market is so high. My buyout was $27K and change, and I managed to sell it for $33K. Idk what I'd be paying in gas now. I sold my baby back in March. And back then, working both jobs, I was spending like $260-300 a month just on gas for the thing. No way was that making sense to me. Not on top of my already high monthly payment

You did great good time to sell car prices and fuel costs are just nuts right now so better to just save for a bit and buy later maybe a dedicated sports car. I just told another gentleman to get a Miata it's fun and relatively cheap to own

@@devongee1776 Cheap car agree but that Honda u have will outlast this Stinger million times when Stinger will fall apart after 5 years!

@@cordinate81 fuck that. I'm not a Scotty Kilmer. I want my car to be able to do MORE than just turn on everyday, which is basically all this Honda is good for. I yearn for a smooth drive and a nice sound system again. Lol. That's literally all I'd need to be happy. And instead I've got what I got. Despite it being a 2018 and a top trim level and basically an EV... It's horrible vs. a Stinger. It might as well be a car from 2009

Humbled by that! Thank you my friend

So true

Massive congrats my friend!

Agrees, loved the Hatchback design offered a ton of space and looked amazing in person

Really appreciate that my friend and yea you're right great car to take advantage of on a lease or with a ton of incentives

Can’t wait to buy mine, pops has the G70 3.3T & I need the stinger GT 😎

Can’t wait to buy mine, pops has the G70 3.3T & I need the stinger GT 😎

@@impropernovice2149 building the underdogs fleet i see. i like that

@@sergiopereira9546 yessir 🤝, we already get a lot of compliments with the G70 & Q50, but there’s so many q50s/Infiniti’s in RVA

@@impropernovice2149 i live in Europe were we dont get Genesis yet and infiniti never sold in my country as well but i already seen a q50 in spain were they sold it and that car looked alien on this roads .I believe genesis wants to get into the european market and let me tell you when they release those cars here ,people going to fking flip cuz all we see here is mercs and bimmers and when they see bentley like cars walking in they aint going to be ready.Lexus is also stupid rare here ,i live in Portugal btw

@@sergiopereira9546 That’s dope Champ 🤝

Agreed my friend I know how you feel, def sad to see it go one of the coolest new cars on the market

Can’t wait to buy mine, pops has the G70 3.3T & I need the stinger GT 😎

Yup exactly but please enjoy yours glad you took advantage of the final model year

@@MeynMotorGroup Thanks, the Stinger GT model has been my dream car since college so I got a good-paying job in IT and now I can afford the dream. I bought the car before dealers started going crazy because of the chip shortage. Honestly owning one still feels surreal.

That's how it's done I'm so happy for you enjoy my friend

Likewise SupaGoobyTM. Absolutely love mine.

Thank you my friend! If you can get a good lease deal or incentives like $5k off msrp I think it might be worth looking into. Also check out the G70 and incentives on that as well

Good comment. But aren’t manuals now obsolete with automatics that can shift quicker?

Not for sure..in Europe, in Poland Kia stops new orders. You can order new Stinger only till the end of June. I,m very happy that I ordered mine.

Thanks!

Thanks! Yea Improvements weren't crazy but it's cool though. The Euro cars especially the latest ones def have low 0-60 times but what I was trying to explain was those cars have such a rigid chassis, you don't feel the speed nor the feeling that you're getting pushed back into the seat, too solid for those weight transfer feels. Stinger has a sloppy chassis but the benefit of that is you feel the speed and you feel the braking all the G forces are felt but that's not good for handling so gotta pick and choose what you want

Gotcha! Thanks Kevin. Oh and your comparison drive a few years back between your Stinger and that dude's S4 was one of the reasons I bought an S4. Then I bought an S5...then an RS5 and now waiting on a 2022 RS5 Sportback lol.

@@chrisburry8147 S5 is maybe a tenth or 2 of a second faster, doesn't have as good of a warranty, has a smaller back seat and is more expensive. Only reason anyone would buy the s5 over the stinger is the need for a status car. Period.

Congrats my friend!

I think more people just need to be aware of the GT1 trim

Nice car.... but it's a Kia

Those days are long gone this isn't 2001 its 2021

@@MeynMotorGroupabsolutely kia has been killing it lately

@@Normalguy7100 true. I'm an ex kia owner. Had a Sorento sx and an optima. Both brand new Were decent cars fully loaded, but always wondered why didn't I just shell out extra for an Acura or a 4runner. I'm now exclusively Toyota/Lexus and don't regret 1 bit switching over. Even tho my Sequoia limited dosent have all the features my Sorento had, I'm 10000000% happier with the driving experience.

Yea hard to justify many cars in Germany due to the tax and insurance you mentioned. Mercedes E classes and up are probably my most favorite driving Euro cars but those are also pretty expensive

@@MeynMotorGroup yes unfortunately Kevin.

Yea but GT1 V6 is the way to go

It is sad to see it go

Haha 😄 it will probably be 10 years from now when it has 150k miles on it sitting at Cary Imports when I get an opportunity to drive that car

Yea I had insta problems so I couldn't update there either. I'm actually still having issues with Insta It won't let me post properly

Price is between $36,000 to $52,000

@@MeynMotorGroup thank you for the correction, wasn't sure of US pricing. However in Australia, depending on the echange rate, the vehicle costs are higher. Currently 1 Australian dollar is sliding between 72.7 to 73.2 cents per US$1.. The Kia Stinger GT is used in many Australian states as interceptors vehicles 🚔 especially in country area where highways go forever. Make you day a great one👍

Haha 😄 with a little editing and a tan right but nope just me I don't put nearly enough effort into my video making as be does 😅 he's does some amazing stuff

Don’t worry it’ll be out of here soon along with every other ice car

Not a problem my friend and you too!

Yea it's not a wide car

Thank you kindly!

Have they stopped producing this as a police car as well in Australia? This was def the coolest cop car for sure

Haha yea I hear ya

Don’t let your wife tell you what to do be in control your the man

@@John-it2db Yea, I missed out getting the Chevy SS, and man these are maintaining high resale value.

It's fine, they use this V6 and transmission in a bunch of vehicles. Tech is also used in pretty much all other Hyundai, Kia Genesis cars

Thank you my friend and I hope you have a blessed New Years as well

i made a 6 month ownership vid! Covered everything was like 3 years ago tho

Well used cars are just over priced right now so buying new just makes sense. But you have to learn how to negotiate. Right now I know you can get close to 10% off MSRP on CX-5s before incentives. See the Leasehackr forum to see which cars can be had for the best deals and for tips on negotiating.

Well they also need to stop neglecting the GT1 trim that undercuts the comp by 10-15k but whatever this doesn't handle nearly as well as the competition and the ride doesn't benefit from the softness so yea I would take my business to the German or Japanese Rivals but this is a cool car and worth considering with discounts I won't deny that

Kia doesn't advertise it much either. I still get people asking me, what type of car is it

For sure K900 tho I'm sure was amazing

Massive congrats on your new purchase!

​@@MeynMotorGroup Thank you. And Kia/Hyundai, if you're reading this, you know based on my constant feedback to you that I've been critical of the car, and 2022 addressed most of my complaints. You owe it to yourselves to do multiple things: 1. Keep the model going and Advertise the crap out of it 2. Come out with an M/RS-level trim (GT3?) with 450-475whp, and include /all/ the toys including a drift mode, and get it into the hands of traditional car rags 3. Get the GT2 into rental fleets as a premium option, and encourage rental companies to offer it as free upgrades This car is a legit competitor to BMW and Audi as is, but it needs exposure. In the one week I've had it, I've had multiple Audi drivers park near my car wait for me outside of stores to ask me about the car and how it drives, and I tell them how connected to the road it is (BMW and Audi lost that connectedness with the electrically-driven steering), that it is every bit as quick in real world driving but is just lacking the brutal edge of acceleration so it's deceiving because it's less abrupt on the butt dyno. I wasn't convinced on the Stinger until I finally test drove a GT1. If it had been in a rental fleet or if I had been able to rent one for a weekend from a Kia dealer, I'd have likely tried it sooner, and would have bought it many months earlier. It drives so well I might have even overlooked the lack of UVO Link and the infotainment flaws in the pre-refresh model. Additional note for Kia: I bought the GT2 sight unseen (in a color I don't even like), based on my experience in the GT1 which I drove on a loop through three towns including freeway, twisty roads, and pothole-plagued roads (I live in Maine). I knew based on the experience, with its matching what my C4-era ZR1 does, I would be happy with the GT2 as a starting point. You _really_ need to get this vehicle into rental car fleets so it gets some serious exposure. Don't give up on the model because with proper marketing, this car will eat more of the BMW/Audi/Merc and entry-level Porsche market share - you just need to get enthusiasts to TRY it. I also compared to Alfa Romeo's Giulia... and short of the Quadrifolglio which is not in my budget (at that price point I'd go Z51 Corvette and forgo all practicality), the Stinger is better in absolute terms as well as bang-for-the-buck. Also I almost walked away and waited for BMW to sort out their supply chain issues, because of your crappy dealer network (namely, Crowley Kia in Bristol, CT - may their general manager rot in he-doublehockeysticks)

Welcome to the Scorpion club, what color did you get? I got the Ceramic Silver with AWD.

​@@sabbathoneseveneight8643 The same: Ceramic Silver with AWD, and I was going to have puddle lights installed but that night was delighted to discover it came with the puddle nights. Posting in case Kia/Hyundai are reading this: I initially didn't care for the color in photos so before it arrived I turned it down, and had put a deposit down on a black one at Crowley Kia, but on the day I wanted to seal the deal those f--ks at Crawley Kia screwed me over and would not sell me the car, the G.M. telling me "If you're talking to other dealers I'm not going to sell you a car." I told him "I've been open about talking to multiple dealers trying to source a black or blue GT2 because of the shortage from the very beginning" he said "Nah, you're just tire kicking, so I'm not going to sell you ANY car and am going to refund you your deposit." I should have walked when the salesman (who was a nice Polish guy who deserves a better employer) informed me that the car was unavailable to see Sunday because the owner's son took it out for the weekend. crowleykia-sucks.com/ I changed my mind about the Ceramic Silver a few days later when I saw a C8 in a very similar shade and thought "I could live with Ceramic Silver" - after all I bought a ZR1 Corvette in black, when I wanted a blue one, and ended up loving it. I called Bill Dodge back and asked if the car was spoken with, I'd be happy getting into any GT2 that isn't red (I wanted to get my purchase in before COVID causes further shutdowns and shortages) and fortunately it was available so I put $1,000 down over the phone to reserve it then the car came in weeks earlier than expected, and so I started on the financing, and then it got in three days before expected so I cut a trip short and went straight to the bank and then home to pick the car up immediately. I put more than 140 miles on it the first day. Bill Dodge were EXCELLENT throughout; they helped me source a car, and even encouraged me to shop around because other dealerships who were boldly advertising "market adjustment markups" and had GT2s (and Tellurides!) sitting unsold, were not swapping cars with other dealers. Oh and those GT2s with the $10,000 and $6,000 markups? They're sitting unsold. Kia, you really need to tear up Dan O'Brien's franchise agreements as well as Crawley's. Kia/Hyundai, your problems are not your products, but your Kia dealers. If they knew how to treat upscale customers and enthusiasts, and knew how to market upscale cars, you'd have been moving a lot more Stingers and K900s. I almost didn't consider one because of the nameplate.

Nice massive congrats!

Trust me they didn't use THAT many r&d dollars they slapped this thing together its no where near on the same level of driving dynamics as the Euro cars just has a great motor and lots of practicality

Can’t wait to buy mine, pops has the G70 3.3T & I need the stinger GT 😎

Nothing about this car is boaty

@@jrslugwell they just need to test drive it 🤝

It's pretty boaty feels all over the place at the limit but I guess most won't drive it like that so doesn't matter

@@MeynMotorGroup yeah your not wrong. I drove the car at its limit and it didn't like it

Yup you're right about that

I've been looking for a 2022 Gt1 and they move off lots rather quickly here in the midwest. I do notice that California has a lot available, probably due to all the posers driving their douchebag bmws.

Because your one little order is like a spec of sand at the beach. The audacity