I pre-ordered 2 in March of 2021 from 2 different dealers just to make sure I would get one. I paid the $500 pre-order deposit for both of them and the orders got placed. The arrival date turned from the spring, to the summer to the fall to the winter. Mine finally arrived at one dealer right before the middle of October. I had previously already tried to work out pricing with them but they would not commit to a price. The other dealer commited to a price on both my trade and the Tucson PHEV. When the first dealer called me to come in, they low balled me on my trade and then jacked the price up of the Tucson almost 4K. They told me they would not discount the Tucson nor increase my trade and that if I did not want it, they had 25 other people that would buy it site unseen. I took it for a test drive and wasted some of their time and then walked away (after getting my $500 deposit) as I was not going to be treated like that. In the mean time they had already put through all the paperwork with Hyundai and Sirius that I was buying the vehicle before they had a signed Bill of Sale. They were shocked when I asked for my vehicle keys and walked out. I told them they should not have a problem if they do have 25 other buyers. That evening they still would not move on the price of the Tucson and offered me another $500 for my trade. I didn't respond. I did get a bunch of emails from Hyundai and SirusXM with codes to activate the vehicle which I ignored. I hope they go screwed on the whole registration thing and Sirxus thing for thinking I would just bend to their wishes.
The second PHEV came in on October 25, 2021. I went to that dealer, drove the vehicle, we had a previous email thread on my trade value and the purchase of the new Tucson but found out they made a mistake on the MSRP of the Tucson and could not honour the orginal deal BUT at least they admitted the mistake and worked with my on a reasonable deal including 8 years/160,000 0$ premium plus warranty and 8yr/160,000km prepaid maintenance. I still didn't like the fact that all the work that went into the deal over the past months fell apart but at least they were not rude telling me that if I didn't buy it at their price they had 25 other people to buy it.
I have had the vehicle for a few days now and I am very impressed by the quality and features. I have only had Lincoln and Cadillac in the past but from my initial impressions with Hyundai, they have come along way from a vehicle that I would never ever had considered myself in.
This forum has been a great source of support and knowledge about the Tucson.
Thanks.
