Dodge Challenger SRT8 available for $37,995

[cageman]

Get to your local Dodge Dealership on Monday the third of December to order your new Challenger, in Black, Orange or silver, 5 speed auto, six speed manual trans.

Anyone else ordering one up, Ill have to wait.

[Stoga]

I'd like to, but I have truck payments to deal with for awhile. Besides, waiting may get me into a new Challenger cheaper, then again, I said that about the Hemi Charger-300-Magnum!!

[ehostler]

The Dodge website says starting at MSRP $40,095. Of course that is for the Limeted Edition SRT8 that is supposed to be the only version for 2008.

[cageman]

I dont know why it would say that, and they say this too, it even included the destination charge, and it is the srt8. Sounds like a couple month run will be first as 08's, then they will become 09's after that.

[ehostler]

They can't keep their stories straight, so it doesn't surprise me.

Initially they stated that they wouldn't release pricing, release dates, or begin taking orders until after the announcement at the NAIAS in April. Heck the website is still using the prototype. Knowing what they did with the Charger, there's no why they could get me to reserve/order one without seeing what it was really going to look like.

On a side note. Don't expect the pre-order price to be anywhere near MSRP. I imagine that they will be a minimum of $5,000 over, if not $10,000 over MSRP.

[cageman]

I thought if you preorder something, they cant mark it up. I remember reading that when the srt10 trucks came out.

[ehostler]

LOL... You're still buying from the dealership, not the manufacturer. They can put limitations on markup, however, it doesn't look like they did. At least not based on the information on the Dodge website.

[ehostler]

Here are the two different prices from the same website...

The Official Challenger page - $40,095
The Press release - $37,995

[2.0 R/T]

The $37,995 price is for the car and freight only. Uncle Sam then adds $2100 gas guzzler fee, bringing the true total to $40,095. By the way these vehicles will have 2009 vin numbers.

[cageman]

Not the first batch, they will be 08's

[cageman]

Thats what happened to me a couple years ago when I was going to buy a new PT for the wife, hidden costs started popping up all over, I was so mad I went and bought the civic we have now. I paid less then the price it was advertised for, and got some stuff thrown in, they were willing to deal, all I got at the Dodge dealership was 2000 dollars of add on hidden costs.
Seems the same thing here.

[cageman]

I see over 6000 people have preordered the 08 Challenger. I see it has a flip top gas lid, that is pretty cool and the grille is a little diferent, but I like it better, that is all I have seen so far, but so far I like.
To bad my wife wants four wheel drive. No challenger for me.

[Stoga]

Originally Posted by cageman

Thats what happened to me a couple years ago when I was going to buy a new PT for the wife, hidden costs started popping up all over

Same here, I waited and finally bought my trusty 2000 Grand Caravan at a discount in early 2001. My younger daughter LOVES PT's, but I'll be able to get her a low mileage used one, maybe a left over new one much cheaper now.
I'd like to have a new Challenger, but I'm probably going to have to wait till the Diesel is paid off in 2011, though if I pay it off early, I may be able to deal sooner.
Of course, I could probably by then just score a used Hemi 300-Charger-Magnum and run the snot out of that instead.

[ehostler]

From CNN Money

Dodge Challenger going for $20K over sticker
The new performance car won't be revealed for two months, but buyers are already lining up.
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNNMoney.com staff writer
December 7 2007: 2:20 PM EST

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- It's no surprise that Dodge has an apparent hit on its hands with the 2008 Challenger, an update on the classic muscle car from the early 1970s.

What may be surprising is that some buyers are lining up to pay as much as $20,000 over the $40,000 sticker price for the earliest top-of-the-line production cars.

The Challenger has only been shown as a concept car. The actual production car won't be revealed until the Chicago Auto Show on Feb. 6. The cars are slated to go on sale next spring.

But Chrysler, which makes Dodge cars, announced pricing last month for the high-performance SRT8 version of the car and allowed dealers to begin taking orders on Dec. 3.

The manufacturer's suggested retail price for the 2008 Challenger SRT8 is $37,995, not including an expected gas guzzler tax that could add more than $2,000.

The coupes will be powered by a 6.1-liter V8 engine capable of producing about 425 horsepower. The 2008 SRT8 version will be produced as a "limited edition" series with each car getting a numbered dashboard plaque.

Other lower-priced models with smaller engines will be produced later.

It had been reported that Chrysler would build only 5,000 Challenger's for the 2008 model year, but more than 6,000 have already been ordered. The company may increase production to meet additional demand, Chrysler spokeswoman Kathy Graham said.

The initial run of 2008 Challenger SRT8s will be offered in only three colors: Hemi Orange, Brilliant Black and Bright Silver, said Graham. So far, more than half of the orders have requested Hemi Orange.

A few individuals and dealers have listed pre-ordered Challengers on eBayMotors.com, with bids taken in terms of how much over the suggested retail price buyers are willing to pay. Winning bidders are being asked to put down deposits of as much as $10,000.

Two auctions have already ended with bidders agreeing to pay $20,000 over the sticker price.

Chrysler will only accept Challenger orders from dealers with a customer name and address. Ordinarily, car companies will allocate cars to dealers without requiring an actual customer order.

Last year, Ford Motor Co (Charts, Fortune 500). experienced a similar reception when it introduced Shelby GT500, a version of the popular Ford Mustang with a supercharged 500-horsepower engine under its bulging hood.

As with the Challenger, bidders on eBayMotors.com agreed to pay $20,000 over the car's sticker price of about $44,000.

Even now, buyers still typically pay about $16,000 over the sticker price for that car, and slightly more than that for the convertible, according to Kelley Blue Book. Ford produced about 11,000 Shelby GT500s this year.

Ford charges dealers about $40,000 for each Shelby GT500. Any additional profit from customers goes to the dealership, not to Ford. Since dealers are independently owned and operated companies, they can't be forced to honor a manufacturer's suggested price.

Ford has not raised the sticker price of the car, in part because its low retail price is part of the car's mystique, said Ford spokeswoman Whitney Drake.

Also, increasing the sticker price might only raise the ultimate cost to customers even more, she said.

"There's nothing to say that if we did raise the MSRP, the dealers wouldn't still charge more," Drake said.

A more powerful Shelby Mustang, the 540-horsepower GT500KR, will roll into dealerships about the same time the Challenger SRT8 goes on the market.

[cageman]

Stupid ebay, it is probably just stupid kids bidding on it anyways, how dumb, and must be a slow story day or something.

[cageman]

How F'n stupid, if this is what they are going by, they must be retarded, look at all the people lining up to buy it, give me a break. Its the only one on ebay, must be. Yeah there are people buying it for 20 grand over, oh wait, it is offered for 20 grand over, BIG DIFFERENCE!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Dodge...spagenameZWDVW

[Stoga]

I guess the sad thing is whenever any new model comes out with any kind of buzz going on, there'll always be a few to pay a premium to be the "first".
It happened with the PT, the new Mustang, now the new Challenger and I'm sure people will be throwing hard money to be the first with a new Crapmaro with Angry Shaver Transformer styling as well.
Then the attention shifts somewhere else and they're stuck with a used car they paid a premium for, some things never change.

[ehostler]

That's not the only ad. The day before they were released, I saw a few dealership that bidding had taken to $15K over.

The article is just to reinforce what I already stated about pre-orders costing more than MSRP.

The article went after the easy targets (ebay ads). Go to your dealership and try to order one and see what the markup is. Depending on the dealer, they will add on anywhere from $5K - $15K.

[cageman]

That same thing happens at Barret Jackson, people have money burning a hole, and want to be on tv, they buy an overpriced, over hyped car, then 6 months later you see it sold for half, sometimes a 1/4 what they paid at Barret Jackson. That isnt even figuring in all the commission and crap they get at BJ. Then people think that those cars are worth that much, when in reality they arent.
Oh well, good ol BJ is just around the corner, maybe a New Challenger will be sold there. Cant wait to see what it sells for.
Good thing, Chyrsler lost $2 billion this year. Oh wait, they wont get that money, the stealerships will.

[ehostler]

The first 3 are going to be sold at auction. All proceeds will be going to different charities.

[V8punch]

Wen they came alive?

[ehostler]

RESS RELEASE

December 6, 2007

First Photos: All-new 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8®

* Dodge releases first photos of production Challenger SRT8®
* All-new Challenger SRT8 to be shown publicly for the first time on Feb. 6, 2008 at the Chicago Auto Show
* Dealers began accepting orders on Monday Dec. 3, more than 4.300 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 vehicles were ordered by customers the first day

Source: Chrysler LLC Media Services

The photos are at http://www.dodge.com/en/2008/challenger/

[ehostler]

Here are captures of the pictures from the website. These barely classify as teasers...

[cageman]

I have see a picture of the grill looking the other direction, I think it is way nicer than the concept car.

[V8punch]

I can see.... still waiting.... i want to have more tham 10 posts ...