Saw a new Challenger today

Barklessdog · July 17, 2008, 06:55:14 AM

I saw a new Dodge Challenger today in a show room. It look really cool, it was black on black.

The They wanted $53,000 for it- $43,000 for the list price, taxes etc and a $12,000 market adjustment addition to the price!!!!!

Chris P. · July 17, 2008, 06:56:49 AM

I want one, but of course in Dukes Of Hazard colours. A modern 01 General Lee!

Barklessdog · July 17, 2008, 07:04:10 AM

That was a Dodge Charger, not a Challenger.

SKATE RAT · July 17, 2008, 07:24:39 AM

that looks great! my dad had a '70 'Cuda in that same color.

Chris P. · July 17, 2008, 08:17:57 AM

You're totally right. I know all the differences and I even have some Chrysler/Dodge/Plymouth/hemi books at home. I always confuse the Charger and Challenger names and I think the orange colour helped a bit...

They have to make a new Charger too! Or do they?

TBird1958 · July 17, 2008, 08:40:33 AM

See how cool orange and chrome are!

Barklessdog · July 17, 2008, 08:50:15 AM

Quote from: Chris P on July 17, 2008, 08:17:57 AM
You're totally right. I know all the differences and I even have some Chrysler/Dodge/Plymouth/hemi books at home. I always confuse the Charger and Challenger names and I think the orange colour helped a bit...

They have to make a new Charger too! Or do they?

They do make a Charger but it is a large 4 door sedan based off the Chrysler 300

Chris P. · July 17, 2008, 08:52:25 AM

An orange/chrome T-bird would be nice!

I like the Chrysler 300. A real mafia car. I'll search for some pics of the Charger.

the mojo hobo · July 17, 2008, 08:54:48 AM

Quote from: Barklessdog on July 17, 2008, 06:55:14 AM

The They wanted $53,000 for it- $43,000 for the list price, taxes etc and a $12,000 market adjustment addition to the price!!!!!

The market adjustment is just to keep the riff-raff out. But it reminds me of the days when I was selling Toyotas in the mid-eighties. I sold the first Targa-roofed Supra in the Chicago area. Full list price (no market adjustment). The commission on that one sale was like an extra month's pay. Those were the days! Right now I could use the comission on a $12,000 market adjustment. (Actually I'd probably just use it to buy more bass gear.)

Chris P. · July 17, 2008, 09:01:28 AM

I like the retro looks of some cars. The Challenger really looks like a real old Challanger. Same with the new Mini Cooper, Fiat 500 and some other nice American Muscle cars.

This Charger looks great, but not really like the old one:

I really love the sound of a '62 Ferrari V12 engine. That's just sophisticated art. Jazz music maybe? A Telecaster through a clean Twin?
But I love the flushing-the-toilet-sound of an American V8 better:) It's just like a Les Paul through an overdriven Marshall!

Barklessdog · July 17, 2008, 09:27:48 AM

What's really cool is a lot of the police stations around me are adding Chargers to their fleets. It's an intimidating police car in black, unlike some places that switched to 6 cylinder Chevy Impalas

Chris P. · July 17, 2008, 09:30:24 AM

Wow! I also loved the old rear wheel driven Impalas.

This is something else than the Dutch police Volkswagen Golfs and Opel Zafiras!

Barklessdog · July 17, 2008, 09:50:40 AM

No I meant the last Chevy Impala which was a midsized front wheel drive V-6 rental/fleet car

Chris P. · July 17, 2008, 10:12:28 AM

I understood that. But I just meant I liked the old one!

An Impala just has to have a V8.

gearHed289 · July 17, 2008, 10:26:44 AM

Quote from: Barklessdog on July 17, 2008, 06:55:14 AM

The They wanted $53,000 for it- $43,000 for the list price, taxes etc and a $12,000 market adjustment addition to the price!!!!!

That's what ya call "dealer markup". They're just charging whatever the market will bear. I was looking at an '07 Shelby GT (not the GT500) which is basically a Shelby-tweaked Mustang GT. They wanted $45,000 for a $39,000 car! I ended up ordering an '08 Mustang GT and did my own mods. Less than 32 grand and some "sweat equity" later, my car will smoke a Shelby GT.

I have assumed control...