2021 Kia Forte LXS
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LXS
Union City, NJ 07087
Reported title-brand history on this vehicle (salvage, 1 accident). OAV indicator from reported history events — not an official title or NMVTIS report.
Is this 2021 Kia Forte LXS a good deal?
OAV verdict: Unscored
Why: Listed at $7,995. This vehicle has a reported branded/salvage title; OAV does not assign a price-to-market verdict to branded-title vehicles.
Market context (not a verdict input): Listed 58 days.
Market price position
This vehicle has a reported branded/salvage title, so OAV does not plot a price-to-market position for it — a branded car prices below clean-title comparables because of the title brand, not the market. Any comparable figures shown elsewhere on this page are clean-title reference only.
Branded-title price context: Branded-title Fortes like this typically sell ~15% below comparable clean-title vehicles. The market range shown above is for clean-title cars — this listing's price reflects branded-title history.
Branded-adjusted estimate: $6,820 – $15,961 (clean-title range scaled by the branded discount — an estimate, not an appraisal).
Comparable vehicles nationally recently sold in an estimated 9–48 days.
Local Market Range
Comparable listings in this vehicle's local market, rebuilt from the market snapshot shown above.
Apex Motors
Union City, NJ
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About This 2021 Kia Forte
Listing updated: Sep 26, 2026Listed by an independent dealer in Union City, NJ · On lot for 58 days · VIN verifiable at NHTSA
This used 2021 Kia Forte LXS is listed at $7,995 by apex motors in Union City, NJ 07087. It has 103,440 miles on the odometer (dealer-reported, not independently verified by OAV). The exterior color is White. It features a FWD drivetrain with a 2.0L I4 engine and CVT transmission.
OAV does not assign a price-to-market verdict to branded-title vehicles. This listing has a reported branded/salvage title, so its price is not rated against clean-title market comparables.
This vehicle has been on the lot for 58 days.
Analysis powered by OAV's patented inventory standardization technology (U.S. Patent No. 12,236,477). Verdict methodology ptm-verdict-v1 · snapshot Sep 26, 2026. The comparable band (patent pending) is the input; ptm-verdict-v1 is the versioned OAV rule set that turns it into this verdict.
Market context
This listing is part of OAV's broader Union City, NJ sedans market analysis. OAV rates each vehicle against its comparable range and comparable count — local-first, widening the comparison set only when local inventory is too thin to support a reliable range; days-on-lot and demand signals are shown separately, not as verdict inputs.
How this deal is rated
OAV compares this 2021 Kia Forte against similar vehicles currently available for sale — same make, model, and year range, using trim where the data supports it. OAV does not adjust comparable prices for mileage; on used vehicles it withholds a verdict when mileage would distort the comparison — very high or unreliable mileage, or a lower price better explained by higher-than-typical mileage than by a genuine market discount — rather than overstate a deal. Based on where this listing falls in that comparable set, it is rated:
- Great Deal — priced below the comparable-range floor by at least OAV's minimum-gap margin; a smaller gap under the floor is Fair Price.
- Fair Price — priced within the comparable range, or below the floor by less than that margin.
- Overpriced — priced above the comparable range.
- Unscored — OAV withholds a verdict when the evidence cannot support one: too few or too widely spread comparables, a price it cannot validate, a branded or salvage title, or mileage that would distort the comparison. The listing stays visible; only the rating is withheld.
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How this listing is verified
This vehicle listing was aggregated from an independent dealer in Union City, NJ, one of 57,000+ U.S. dealerships in OAV's nationwide inventory network.The VIN 3KPF24AD4ME325485 can be independently verified via the U.S. Department of Transportation's NHTSA VIN decoder, and safety recalls at NHTSA's recall database.
Vehicle attributes (year, make, model, trim, mileage, location) are standardized using OAV's patented vehicle market standardization technology (U.S. Patent No. 12,236,477), which normalizes naming conventions and deduplicates cross-listed inventory across the dealership network. Listing data is processed daily; Price-to-Market analysis uses comparable vehicles.
2021 Kia Forte Market in NJ
NJ Market Listings
169
Average Price
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Price Range
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Avg Days on Lot
56
Based on all 169 2019-2023 Kia Forte listings in the NJ market. Because OAV has not assigned a reliable price verdict to this listing, it does not state how it compares to this broader average. Similar vehicles spend an average of 56 days on dealer lots in this market.
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This is a broad, statewide same-model set (any trim, mileage, or title) — not the qualified comparable cohort behind the verdict above; lower prices here typically reflect a different trim, higher mileage, or a branded title.
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