RE: Edmunds Report on 2008 Challenger Sales
AnthonyAtakins,
I CAN NOT HELP MYSELF BUT TO PIPE UP AND DEFEND YOU. MY DAD OWNS A SMALL DODGE DEALERSHIP IN RURAL AMERICA AND I SAW THE LETTER THAT CAME OUT FROM DODGE STATING THAT 4500 SRT 8 MODELS WERE COMING OUT FOR 2008. IT ALSO STATES IN THE LETTER THAT EACH DODGE DEALER IS GUARANTEED AT LEAST ONE. I KNOW AS WELL AS YOU DO BIGGER DEALERS WILL RECEIVE MORE, AS THEY SHOULD. THERE ALSO WAS A FORMULA BASED ON PREVIOUS CAR AND SRT SALES. I AM PLEASED TO SEE DODGE GIVING SMALL GUYS A CHANCE TO SEE A PERSON BE PROUD TO PICK UP SUCH AN AWESOME PRODUCT, THE CHALLENGER. I PUT A POST IN THE OTHER DAY DESCRIBING HOW I HAD EMAILED NEARLY EVERY DEALER IN THE NATION ABOUT THEIR FIRST 2008 CHALLENGER. I ALSO INFORMED WHAT I DISCOVERED, YOU ARE NOT OUT OF LINE WHEN YOU SAY $20-$25K OVER STICKER. I HAD LOTS OF RESPONSES LIKE THAT. I ALSO FOUND SOME CHEAPER AND YOU CAN BET THAT I PURSUED THOSE. ANYWAY I WENT ON THE SITE AFTER SPENDING LITERALLY HUNDREDS OF HOURS PURSUING THIS AWESOME CAR AND TRIED TO SHED SOME LIGHT ON MY FINDINGS AND CLEAR SOME RUMORS, AND I GOT OF A RESPONSE OF "COULD YOU PLEASE NOT WRITE IN ALL CAPS." I HAVE HUNDREDS OF EMAIL RESPONSES FROM DEALERS EITHER STATING THERE FIRST ONE IS SOLD OR WHAT PRICE THEY WANT FOR THEIRS. I SPOKE TO A DEALER IN LAS VEGAS TODAY AND THEY WANT $20K OVER STICKER AND THEY SELL THE MOST DODGES IN THE COUNTRY. DOES THE SHOW KING OF CARS RING A BELL TO ANYONE? YOU AND I ARE NOT ON THIS SITE TO PROVOKE PEOPLE, JUST TO INFORM THEM OF CURRENT MARKET CONDITONS. ANYBODY CAN SAY THERE ARE 9000 ORDERS, BUT MY DAD PUT IN 3 HIMSELF AND ONLY 1 IS IN "C" STATUS WHICH MEANS THE OTHERS WILL NOT GET BUILT. MY HATS OF TO YOUR OWNER AND MANAGER BECAUSE YOU ARE WELL INFORMED OF WHAT ACTUALLY IS GOING ON. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.