ORIGINAL: TechmanBD
But I don't think it is Dodge that gouges the customers. It is the dealers. Dodge says this is the MSRP. It is the suggested price. The dealer can sell them for whatever they want. The dealers are the ones that screw the people with the inflated price. And DCX really can't tell them not to.
That's completely true, but they are all related. The gouges are created by demand, which is fueled by shortages of supply. So again (and this only reinforces my point): If it does well in 08, DCX will react by beefing up production, thus makeing themselves more money, creating a surge in supply, and removing dealer's ability and means to demand such steep (gouge) prices.
My point with all of that is this:
As tough as it will be to do (especially once I start seeing them on the road) it makes more logical sense to wait until 09 for at least these 3 reasons:
-More trim / color / engine choices available
-Lower Price
-Less Defects & recalls
It will be PAINFUL to wait that long, but what's a year really when the benefits are so great?