For those in the market for a rear-wheel-drive sport sedan, Chevrolet no longer has them covered. The death of the Holden VF Commodore subsequently killed the Chevrolet SS earlier this year—and there are no plans to replace it. Instead, Chevy will happily sell you a new Camaro.
But, Kia will also sell you a Stinger, the brand’s new RWD sport sedan. And they’ll lease it to you even cheaper than a Camaro. Cars Direct uncovered that Kia will lease the Stinger with its base 2.0-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine for just $299 per month with $2,999 down nationwide. Comparatively, the Camaro turbo leases for $7 more.
It’s significant since the Stinger costs more (over $5,000 more) and requires a lower down payment to drive off in one compared to the Camaro turbo. Chevrolet’s current lease deal is $289 per month with $3,899 due at signing. The effective cost jumps to $389 per month, while the Stinger costs $382 per month with the $2,999 down. Kia will also allow 12,000 miles per year, while Chevy will give customers 10,000 miles per year.
The cars aren’t direct rivals, but they both offer turbocharged four-cylinder engines with an RWD layout. For what it’s worth, the Camaro turbo makes more power at 275 hp versus the Stinger’s 255 hp. Could the Stinger persuade you over a Camaro? Talk to us in the comment section below.
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I guess it’s all about what you’re looking for; raw, visceral performance, or performance with an added touch of practicality! Any number of sports coupes could fulfill the former, but there are not many sedans that can bring the latter!
“Kia Will Lease The New Stinger Sport Sedan For Less Than A Chevy Camaro”. That doesn’t surprise me!
Another example of South Korea like Europeans kneecapping the United States while they don’t spend their fair share in military defense and need assistance from the United States to spend more; if the United States withdrew from South Korea, how long do you think it’ll be until Kim Jong Un is in Seoul.. and if the United States withdrew from NATO, how long would it be until Putin takes over the European continent.
You just mentioned Kim Jong Un in the same sentence as Putin, while trying to paint the latter as some modern day version of someone who takes over continents (WW2 comes to mind). You’re really stretching it here and should do some research, as Putin is a statesman – not some invader.
More importantly, what does anything military related have to do with the price of a car?
omegatalon has, and always will be, a left-wing nutjob. His world is crashing in around him and he knows it. Triggered? You bet!
Left wing?? Do you even know the difference?? YOU are the nut job Gigi and PLEASE learn the difference, F00L.
alex –
are you going to give us another lesson on how great russian democracy is so much better than american democracy?
While I agree Putin is a statesman, at the beginning of the war before it became a world struggle, Hitler’s ambition was to piece back together the Prussian empire. In that regard, Putin and Hitler are very much alike with Putin seeking to reclaim territory of the Soviet Union.
I gave you a thumbs up but please understand, PUTIN is NO Statesman!!
“Putin is a statesman – not some invader”
Do your research/history check! Ukraine and the Crimean Peninsular would PROVE otherwise!
Russia invaded the Crimea in 1780. Mr. Putin was not alive at that time.
But since then, other European powers tried to chase Russia out of Krimea so that Russia would not have a deep water port which would not freeze in winter. England, France and the Otoman Empire waged war for that in 1851 or so.
Korea would be a fireball before Un is ever in Soul. The truth is much of Korea would be gone if he makes a move.
Right now China and Russia are getting more active as they are losing control of Un and they can not tolerate this. I expect them to work to put an end to him retain control with a new puppet and Blame us.
As for this car it will find its fans but many will find as they have with other Kia product that they are cheap to buy but expensive to repair.
Also image at Kia is not to where it is the sexy thing that represent a owner yet. That could change but they that image is still lacking.
Actually the geopolitical things omegatalon is saying are the truth!! Can’t believe everyone is disagreeing. Those regions he is discussing people enjoy free health care, at least 6 weeks of vaca a year (by law), and peace and democracy….. paid for (by way of their unwillingness to defend themselves) to this day with American blood, sweat and tears. And dollars.
Also when you don’t make tough military decisions yourself, you can armchair quarterback everyone else. It’s a beautiful thing.
The truth is their loyalty and peace has benn bought and paid for.
Also what we pay is in a way rent to be able to place bases and staff in these countries to try to keep the balance between us, China and Russia.
The do it and we do it.
If not for us supplying the defense we would not be there and who knows who they would support.
Power and control globally is how we have had peace as long as we have. Also the move to global economic destruction has kept everyone fighting for an advantage but not total destruction.
This a much bigger picture than your welfare state thinking.
Right now we just need to keep the balance with Russia and China as they continue look for strategic advantages to try to diminate us and guide us.
The last 8 years both pretty much went un checked and we have lost much of our advantage.
@OmegaTalon:
you should try and get some real information beyond the hysterical propaganda you have been subject of.
I suggest reading “Korea: Division, Reunification, and U.S. Foreign Policy” by Martin Hart-Landsberg. Published by Monthly Review Press. Paperback ISBN: 9780853459279 18 USD.
Or read the stuff on en.wikipedia.org starting with the article “People’s republic of Korea” and follow the web of links to other articles, abou the three successive military dictatorships which the US invader had set up and sponsored in South Korea, and how it suppressed the resistance against Japanese colonial rule in Korea.
Yeah, Chevy never offered a V6 or Turbo 4 version of the RWD SS. The Cadillac ATS back seat just seems way too small to me. The CTS is more the size of the Stinger but way more $$$. The Buick Regal will be the closest from GM with a performance focus…but it’s FWD/AWD instead of RWD/AWD and I prefer RWD dynamics…so I’ve been keeping an eye on the Kia and it’s Stinger…though I’ve had GM cars (Oldsmobile (FWD), Pontiac(RWD)) for the past 17 years.
Korea needs to import cars from other countries.
I don’t believe they allow for any imports?
They are and they do. Even the Camaro is sold there. Just imports like most places are not cheap.
KIA: Building the cars America doesn’t have the balls to build any more.
David, you hit the nail on the head. We have left the performance family car (originally known as “Supercar” in the mid sixties to early seventies, now referred to as “Muscle Car”) market to the foreign competition.
Kia is the new Pontiac. Good for them. The Stinger appears to be a great car and the powers that be at GM have decided to let them own it. Another opportunity for the rest of the world’s automakers to fine-tune what began as a proud American tradition. So, who’s to blame?
Pretty soon all we will be building is trucks and god forsaken SUV/CUV’s. Very dull times
While a cool car here is the problem it may face. It may sell but not in the numbers they would like unless they can move it globally.
This car may sell far less than 50k units in the United States. That is not enough alone. But couples with global sales they can make it work.
Chevy could not pull off the same car as while they have a global market it is small enough that there would not be enough volume to pull this off.
Sure they could sell it here but the return on investment would be low. While they invest the money in a suv and get 4 Times the return.
At the end of the day it is al, about making the most return on investment. Just making some money is not enough anymore.
Sad but true.
Legends aren’t always built on ROI. Sad but true.
Very different cars here to my thinking – I personally wouldn’t want either with the 4 cylinder…keep 4’s for my GTI / Golf R.
For my two door muscle / pony car its’s between Camaro SS / ZL1 and Mustang GT / GT350, depends on the best deal I can find as i’m open to lightly used. For a 4 door sport sedan I’d probably pass on the KIA and spend a bit more for a Genesis Sport.
I got a k900 for that price in 2015 with no money down. My lease is up in August. We will see what kind of deals they have then on this, the k900, and the cadence. When they don’t sell, Kia is great to make a deal late in the model year.
Kia builds a RWD sports sedan and Chevy doesn’t.
Stop the world, please.
Hmmmm. Somehow I was thinking this forum was about cars/quality/performance/stockholders. But, I see a dude riding a horse without his shirt …. AND …. a big headed slant eyed character with a desire for rockets are front and center on this forum. heeeehaaaa, lol, lol. I wonder if we could get the American public to THINK DEEPLY about the future of our country DURING the car buying process-???? I for one really enjoy buying vehicle for quality, performance, price, appearance, ….. at the same time trying to support the AMERICAN economy …. and NOT assist a FOREIGN country that may potentially attempt to ruin my/your freedom-!!! ….. just food for thought ……. or be self serving and buy a $!#/^&*)-” vehicle. ……. gene