i think that the challenger with be around 30-40 because if they don't they wont sell many of them and they need help in that department. they would be stupid to sell it for $50,000+, i mean for that amout of money you coul dgo out and buy a used viper . DCX allready has a car to compete with the vette in the viper and they are missing a car to compete with the mustang and carmaro, most people will just go out and buy the camaro. i would love to own the new challenger but if it is going to be over $35,000 then i will just go out and buy the new camaro.

 

Frankly, $30,000 is my absolute limit for the Challenger -- and I consider that way too expensive for any car. My house only cost $50,000. If I can't get a challenger for that much money -- or preferably less -- I'm going with the Accord Coupe.

 

Not to be mean or anything but, guess you better go buy that Accord..

 

My wife's Charger R/T WITH all of the goodies EXCEPT GPS/Navigation, Sirius Satellite Radio, and DVD system stickered at $33,500.00. We got that to $31,000.00 before we negotiated the trade-in price (the dealer made $500.00 on the sticker - a fair markup to me).
I'm thinking that the price of the Challenger WILL be comparable to the price of the Charger.......SRT8. We couldn't find one around here for under $41,000.00 PLUS the $2,100.00 Gas Guzzler Tax, taking it to $43,000.00+. We encountered the same "load the thing up" philosophy at every dealership, and we don't want/need all of that crap. (Besides, the SRT8 was only available with an auto-stick, and we want a standard transmission behind 400+hp.) You need to remember that every car on the dealer's lot has been ordered by the dealer - no differently than if you were ordering a car. The dealer (as indicated before) adds the options that get them the biggest mark-up percentage.

I WILL order my Challenger with the options I want - even if I have to wait to do that. This is the last BIG car purchase for me. The only other purchase we plan to make is selling our current house when we retire and building one in the Appalachias (cost of living there is 81% of what it is here - my retirement dollars will go MUCH further there). I listed what I wanted on the car in an earlier post here.
SO, I'm expecting my Challenger to MSRP at about $44,000.00 - $49,000.00 (plus the gas guzzler tax), depending on whether it's the 6.1 or 6.4L engine. Any price less than that will be a very pleasant surprise.

 

I think you are pretty close.

 

Realistically, if more people on this board adopted the philosophy I have, we could help hold down the price of the Challenger. Undoubtedly, Dodge's marketing people are reading sites like this one and salivating every time they see someone say they're willing to pay $50K-plus for a reskinned Charger. That's why I've been advocating having a six-cylinder engine option (which with gas hovering around $3 a gallon and undoubtedly will keep climbing as the years go on is what I want) and now am drawing the line at $30K. Hear that, Dodge folks? Not one cent more!

 

I just do not see any way you could get a Challenger for $30K with the low volumes they will be making.

A V8 Mustang goes for that price but they are made in much larger volumes.

Maybe after a few couple of years and larger volumes you can find one. Good luck.

 

Please...this board is a small group of hard core Chally lovers. The price will be determined by what the dealer can get...period.

 

Exactly, awsure. It's capitalism at its finest: supply AND demand. If people let $50K Challengers sit on the showroom floors, there soon will be $30K models available. Unfortunately, I fear too many people have more dollars than sense.

 

Thats a good of putting it but look at the 70 and 71 cudas. 71 by far is worth more, and looks better by far.. I perfer to wait a year for the bugs to work out. If you consider the body is going to be exact from 2008 to 2009 and the motors are exact then 2008 and 2009 models will be worth around the same in the collectors market. That is unless 2009 they put shaker hoods on or even 6.4L then the 2009 will be worth more in the end. But to say its going to be worth more before the car is even out or not knowing what is to come in 2009 is a little much.