Here's the problem with the whole deal. There's so much BS coming from a lot of these dealerships and salespeople, not all, but a lot. There is no secret formula and there is no secret about these Hellcats so here's the whole deal in a nutshell. First off , it doesn't matter how many deposits a dealer had or even how many they have now or will take. Not one dealer knew how many Hellcats that they were getting before the morning of 09/09/2014. That is when Dodge had the reps call each dealership and give them their "allocation" or how many that they could order and get for certain. So, on that morning each dealership knew if they would get 0 or 1 or 2 or however many that their allocation that was given was. Regardless of that , greedy dealers and greedy salespeople continued to instill false hope in customers by taking their deposits and telling them that they would order them a Hellcat and most importantly not disclosing to the customer that they had no idea and no allocation left to get them one. That's the problem with the whole deal. I've taken 12 deposits so far and every single customer understands that after the first couple, the wait could be a year and that they might even end up getting a 2016 . Who knows? I'm not going to lie to a customer to get a deposit, that's ridiculous! Then some dealers said ok, I put your order in and it's BX status . Well , guess what, I can put in 50 orders right now and they will all be BX status in a day or 2 and they will all get a VON number as soon as I type them in. BX means that it was typed in properly with all the blanks filled and a VON means that it is an order and that's all that they mean. Nothing from either of those codes says that it is being built or when it will be built. They just say that the dealer has submitted an order properly and the system has accepted it and when there is an allocation for that dealer for that product that it will begin the process of getting built. So , as I work at a dealership and not the factory, I have no reason to say this other than it being the facts: Dodge or Chrysler never said to any dealer, order all that you want, and they never said, take all their deposits and we will build them next month. They ran into a couple of setbacks at the factory, ie;emissions problems and sunroofs, etc. but I order cars everyday and orders on any new DODGE, CHRYSLER, JEEP, RAM product take anywhere from 6 weeks to 10 weeks to get in and build. Knowing this its only been 7-8 weeks since the order banks opened up on this new car so its not so really late getting built and shipped. Especially since they had the emissions setback and are doing several quality control extra inspections to make sure that it's an exceptional car when it gets to us. Also , any dealer or salesperson that took a deposit and didn't contact the customer to explain that the sunroof and special leather options were not available and ask if they wanted to proceed with their order being adjusted for these options, just wasn't doing their job , since the dealerships were notified of these changes days after the initial orders so that they could call their customer and either modify the order or move to the next one. Any salesperson that didn't do that was just being lazy and shouldn't be taking orders for anything , let alone a special car like this. So, if your order is still in BX status , then you will find out more when and only when the next allocations are given out in DECEMBER... As Dodge stated in SEPTEMBER , and these guys are still out there BSing their customers that they're getting this or that on the next allocation. I wonder what part of," December allocations will be given to dealers based on their previous 90 days of Dodge product sales " these guys at some of these dealerships didn't understand. I'm extremely excited about my order and am waiting patiently as the rest of you are. Remember, "good things come to those who wait"...
