ORIGINAL: djb0308
Not to spund inscincere here, but Dodge predicting how well they'll sell........ Isn;t that like asking a parent how good their child is?????? Just curious myself.. I am sure the wil do well, but of cousre the parent company is going to talk it up some.
Talk it up? So you think Dodge is
inflating the numbers??? You think the Challenger will sell
fewer than 20,000 copies??? I'll take that bet!
Dodge could've sold
10,000 SRTs in
December alone, and that was
sight unseen. Many who placed orders were denied (or rolled over to '09) by the limited run of 6400.
Yes, the '08 was labelled a "collectible." And yes, there was pent-up demand from 2+ years of waiting. But let's list the reasons the '09 will be
easier to sell than the '08 was in December. First, it'll be on the lot. Most people prefer to actually see a car before they buy it. Yet
10,000 people were willing to put down money on faith. If that doesn't boggle your mind I can assure you it raised some eyebrows at Dodge. Second, there will be available models that are cheaper than the SRT. Many who couldn't afford the SRT will buy an R/T or an SE. Third, a lot of people didn't even know about the '08 pre-order. And don't forget the manual transmission; the V6 and 5.7's better gas mileage; more choices of options, colors, etc.; the list goes on and on.
If they only make 20,000 of these things for the '09 model year, most of us will still be waiting for ours this time next year. It'll be like trying to get your hands on a Wii!
