This offer isn’t available to everyone, just those living in Florida, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin; but if you do live in one of those states, you can get a $200 bonus if you open an account with National City Bank by the end of the month, Oct. 31st.

Here’s what you need to do:

• Open an account and deposit $50 by Oct 31st, 2008.
• Set up a direct deposit of at least $250 within 60 days
• Use your Visa Check Card within 60 days.
• The bonus will be deposited within 60 days.

If you live in New York, Los Angeles or Chicago, you can participate in a special Hyundai VIP test drive that lets you keep a Hyundai Genesis 375 HP luxury sedan for a week and get a $200 gas card.

CAR AND DRIVER and ROAD & TRACK invite you to be the first to drive, the first to be envied, and the first to experience the all new Hyundai Genesis 375 HP luxury sedan. Not only will you be the first on your block to drive it, you get to keep it for a week and you get a free $200 gas card. Put your CAR AND DRIVER and ROAD & TRACK knowledge to the test and don’t miss this chance to sign up for the Hyundai Genesis VIP Test Drive and give us your opinions of Hyundai’s ground breaking new entry into the luxury sedan market.

Ok ok, the offer is a little rich, but if you have $100,000 to deposit or transfer, such as from some retirement accounts, into a TDAmeritrade account, you can get yourself a free Garmin nüvi 660 4.3-Inch Widescreen Bluetooth Portable GPS Navigator plus a $200 Shell gift card. If you have $50,000, you can transfer or deposit that sum and get just the Garmin GPS unit. The deadline for this offer is August 30th. From a straight ROI perspective, the Garmin nüvi is worth $300 so the first $50,000 deposit is worth more than the second one.

The account must remain open for 12 months with the minimum funding requirements ($50k or $100k) but otherwise the offer is pretty straight-forward.

Promotion

Citibank has had a history of offering $200 bonuses for opening new checking accounts with them and they’ve recently released their latest promotional code: CEMX.

To take advantage, visit the Citibank Offer Page and enter CEMX in the box to get the page containing the application. Unfortunately, the application page doesn’t tell you anything about the details of the CEMX promotion but you can confirm the promotion if you hit the live chat button on the left. You can also call up Citibank at 1-800-374-9500.

The requirements for this promotion mirror those in the past:

• Open and fund a Citibank regular checking account (EZ Checking Account doesn’t apply) with at least $1,000 by 6/30/08.
• Establish a direct deposit or make two bill payments from your account each month for three months. (This is when you get the first $100 bonus payment)
• Continue direct deposits or bill payments for another three months. (This is when you get the second $100 bonus payment)

To avoid fees, you need to have a balance of over $6,000 to avoid fees.