[Hellcat707]

Here is an idea,
Dodge should pull the cars away from dealers if there sitting on the lot as stock units for more than 5 days and give it to people waiting. That would help the overcharging prices too! I am sure they rather give it away at msrp price then risk losing the car.

 

[ChallengerDad]

Here is an idea,
Dodge should pull the cars away from dealers if there sitting on the lot as stock units for more than 5 days and give it to people waiting. That would help the overcharging prices too! I am sure they rather give it away at msrp price then risk losing the car.

Good idea, but no way to enforce it. Dodge is doing the best they can with the tools they have.

 

[Hellcat707]

Not necessarily.....
We have Dodge/FCA peeps poking around in here all of the time. If it's posted on the forums, I'm sure they're aware. Just give them a chance to do something with the information they're collecting!
"Patience, Danielsan".

July order........Patience is on reserve

 

[Hellcat707]

Good idea, but no way to enforce it. Dodge is doing the best they can with the tools they have.

Why can't Dodge pull the car. Dodge usually holds the finance of stock units on dealer lots if I am not mistaken. That's way dodge sends out auditor to do inventory checks to make sure cars are accounted for.

 

[ChallengerDad]

Why can't Dodge pull the car. Dodge usually holds the finance of stock units on dealer lots if I am not mistaken. That's way dodge sends out auditor to do inventory checks to make sure cars are accounted for.

No, a bank will set up a "floor plan" for dealers. When the car arrives at the dealership, the bank is notified/invoiced by the manufacturer and issues payment to the manufacturer. Then the bank adds the amount to the dealerships' line of credit (floorplan) and it begins accruing interest until it's sold to a customer. Everything is computerized, and the car is removed from inventory when the customer takes delivery and removes it from the dealerships' inventory.
This is why the dealerships are actually Dodge's customers, not us.

 

[Hellcat707]

No, a bank will set up a "floor plan" for dealers. When the car arrives at the dealership, the bank is notified/invoiced by the manufacturer and issues payment to the manufacturer. Then the bank adds the amount to the dealerships' line of credit (floorplan) and it begins accruing interest until it's sold to a customer. Everything is computerized, and the car is removed from inventory when the customer takes delivery and removes it from the dealerships' inventory.
This is why the dealerships are actually Dodge's customers, not us.

Sorry, I was mistaken ---Thanks for clearing that up.

 

[rickydl]

ChallengerDad......Great explanation of the Manufacturer, dealer, bank and inventory system....Thanks!!!

 

[HellcatKid]

So, two nights ago someone posted a Kijiji ad stating one of the local dealerships here in Windsor, Ontario had a Hellcat in the showroom; I went down there today to take a look only to find TWO HELLCATS sitting in the showroom... IN CANADA!!!

It gets better; the Challenger is being sold as "new-ish" or as a "demo" or whatever they're calling it, has 2242km on it, damage to the front spoiler (someone was using the Hellcat to measure curb heights I guess) and they still want $75,000 FOR IT!!!

It was explained to me that it was a company car for a Chrysler Exec and Provincial was able to buy it - how they can get away with charging $75k for what most SRT enthusiasts would consider a USED CAR is beyond me.

Dealer can charge whatever they want for a used car doesn't mean anyone is dumb enough to pay 10 k more than they can order a new one for Lol!