What do you mean go up??? Dodge already has high prices on there cars in my opinion. A bone stock Charger v-6 for $25, 000???

The lease ruined it for all of us. The monthly payment is low but the stickers are going up and up!

It is all about money. Nothing else matters to these executives but money!

 

News flash, the company would not even exist if it were'nt for money! How many Not- For- Profit car companies(besides GM and Ford) do you know of?

 

they make plenty of profit off of their strong selling, high priced sedans...they need to compete with the mustang.

 

The Mustang is OLD NEWS, especially by the time the Challenger comes out!

 

Old News??? The mustang has been dominate for 40 years! The Challenger has great potential but 30,000 produced a year makes it a collectors item.

The Muscle Car is meant to be a car that has a huge power plant placed in a mid sized car and most importantly is affordable to middle class americans. If the heritage of the muscle car will live on past this decade then DCX, Ford and GM must realize this. Otherwise these cars will just be exotics that you see on Sundays or on a bluemoon.

The executives care about the bottom line. They can still make a profit on a Challenger at $30,000 and sell a boat load of them.

 

exactly..they need to market a performance car for the muscle car crowd...not for the "golf shirts and khakis drive them on sunday and let someone else race them" viper crowd.

 

I built a new Charger SRT-8 yesterday on the website. After $3,500 off for employee pricing the total was $38,000 (with a $2,000 option I selected). I had to put $15,000 down to get the cars payments under $400 a month for 60 months.

 

Dominate? I think the word is Dormant, no real excitment existed before this latest model!

 

They put gm out of the muscle car business

 

Alright lets analyze the Charger for a minuet. First of all, a bone stock Charger V6 is around 22,500-23,000, not $25,000. Quit rounding up by a couple thousand. Secondly, the closest thing to the current Charger that Ford produces is the Crown Victoria, and unlike the Charger the bone stock Crown Victoria is $25,310 although it has a V8 standard, the hp output is 26hp less than the Charger V6 and the torque is 25 ft-lbs more despite a 1.1L larger displacement due to it only having a two valve head. The Charger also has a 5-speed automatic which the Crown Vic lacks.

You shouldn't compare this Charger to the Mustang. In fact, you shouldn't compare the original Charger to the original Mustang. The original Charger competed with the Ford Torino.

I hate to break it to you but the purpose of business IS to make a profit. There is no other purpose for a profit organization. There is a solution to your problem if you can't afford what you want. Work at making more money.