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The Dodge Charger and Challenger as we all know them are gone. Executed. There’s no extra being made. There’s a new Charger coming for ’25, however the LX/LY platformed Hemi monsters that everyone knows and love are gone. There are nonetheless hundreds left for sale on tons throughout the nation nonetheless, and greater than few Hellcat’s Scat Packs and different particular efficiency fashions left over as properly. Many of those are 2023 mannequin 12 months autos. When you’d suppose that will imply you might rating a deal, I’ve found many of those automobiles are nonetheless being marked up by sellers.
A fast search utilizing automotive shopping for websites like Cargurus and AutoTrader reveals there’s nonetheless about 4,000-5,000 V8 powered Dodge Chargers and Challengers left on the market within the nation.Whereas lowly R/T trims might be had for hundreds off, some sellers are nonetheless going bananas with markups on trims like Hellcat Widebodys and Hellcat Redeyes.
San Leandro Dodge in Northern California is without doubt one of the worst offenders. It has a pleasant stock of each Charger and Challenger Hellcat Redeye and Hellcat leftover. Its markups nonetheless are baffling. Take this ’23 Charger Hellcat Widebody Jailbreak. It has an MSRP of $97,551. San Leandro is tacking on a $50,000 markup for a complete of $147,551. It will get worse.
Don’t even take into consideration going for a Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye. San Leandro has two, each with stroke-inducing costs. Whereas they have already got excessive $120,951-$121,346 MSRPs, the vendor is including one other $250,000 or so on prime for $371,346 for one and $370,951 for the opposite.
Jerry Ulm Dodge in Tampa, Florida is one other anticipating a sucker to stroll onto the lot. They need $159,950 for a ’23 Charger Hellcat, a markup of $66,132 over its authentic MSRP. Challenger Hellcats appear to have the most important markups for some purpose. Of those I discovered on the market, over 50 of them had costs above $200,000.
Crown Dodge in Ventura, California desires $258,741 for a ’23 Challenger SRT Hellcat Demon. Larry H. Miller Dodge in Avondale, Arizona has a $100,898 markup on its’23 Challenger Hellcat Redeye for a complete value of $247,824. Some sellers appear to be coming to their senses a bit, however solely a bit. Criswell Dodge of Thurmont, Maryland had its ’23 Challenger Hellcat Redeye listed for $260,434. I suppose the dealership thought it’d do clients a stable, so it got here off the worth $7,209; the automotive is now listed for $253,225. Or at the very least it was. Checking their web site reveals it has added one other $6,931 to the worth for a complete of $260,156. At all times nice to see a vendor searching for its clients.
If you happen to’re out there for one among this stuff, I wouldn’t maintain out hope that these sellers will budge on pricing. That is a type of instances the place sellers will double down on “I do know what I’ve,” dig their heels in and stick to these markups till there’s spiderwebs below the automobiles and on the tires. It’s greatest to simply educate these locations a lesson and never purchase. If you happen to’re out there for a Hellcat, it’s in all probability greatest proper now to search out one used. At these costs, there’s method higher and extra succesful automobiles for the cash.
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