The last Hellcat rumor mill

[MikeD1]

Party is over as far as I'm concerned.

Sadly, it sure looks that way

 

[DavidKFla]

Sadly, it sure looks that way

Yea, I want a turbo alpha named dodge...

 

[Illegal_Demon]

I kind of doubt it.....The Hellcat stage kits are still not available and Dodge is not taking anymore orders on Redeyes at this time. Not to mention there isn't a SRT department any longer.

1971 redux.....

 

[Speedy!]

Like I've said before, glad I got mine and for $62K brand new no less.

 

[ACMAVRO]

Everything now is stupid money... A turnoff if you ask me

 

[Jimmy N.]

Everything now is stupid money... A turnoff if you ask me

On the other hand, you can't take it with you. And supposedly only live once.

 

[Speedy!]

Still not worth being ripped off. If these cars sold for $60k and made profit Dodge is gouging customers at $90-100k. I'm looking at a Porche or something for that money.

 

[Jimmy N.]

You don't get much Porsche for less than $100K. They've been affected by all the crazy crap going on, too.

 

[DavidKFla]

Still not worth being ripped off. If these cars sold for $60k and made profit Dodge is gouging customers at $90-100k. I'm looking at a Porche or something for that money.

There's not much in performance for less than $100K anymore. A narrow body redeye, regular hellcat, camaro or a mustang is about it.
So I'm keeping mine.

 

[Speedy!]

But add 10 or 20% and you can get a pretty bad ass low mileage turbo Porche that's a year or two old. My buddy just did exactly that. I suspect that'll work out better long term than a $100k Dodge. Just is what it is.

 

[Jimmy N.]

But add 10 or 20% and you can get a pretty bad ass low mileage turbo Porche that's a year or two old.

I dunno. As I recall, my girlfriend's Porsche was about three years old, and she got over $200K when recently trading it in. It did have low mileage, though.

Unless you mean a Boxter or Cayman, but those aren't exactly bad ass.

 

[DavidKFla]

I dunno. As I recall, my girlfriend's Porsche was about three years old, and she got over $200K when recently trading it in. It did have low mileage, though.

Unless you mean a Boxter or Cayman, but those aren't exactly bad ass.

Hey, I need a sugar momma take care of me in my old age...😎😎😎

 

[Speedy!]

He had a Demon as a daily, didn't like it, sold and got a BMW M3 manual, sold that, bought the Porche. It's a 911 Turbo a couple years old. It's a pretty sweet looking car but he is having to do some minor work on it, driver door card, some maintenance stuff. Says it's a PITA to work on so found a local independent Porche shop to do some of it.

Anyway the point is $100K for a Dodge Challenger is ridiculous. They started off at $60K went up to $70K the second year but no one bought them, I got mine discounted for $62K. Tell me what's so much better about a 2022 model that justifies a 60% increase in price.

 

[Jimmy N.]

And here I shamed my girlfriend into buying a Redeye, after pointing out that those are quicker in the 1/4 than her 911 Turbo S.

Actually, it may even have been that my regular pedestrian 'Cat was quicker. But she wanted to up me and got the Redeye.

So, $80K and change to beat a $200++K car isn't too shabby, I think. And I'm not surprised at all that car prices are going up. Everything costs more now.

 

[Speedy!]

Most things are artificially inflated thanks to our brilliant leader. When that bubble pops a lot of people will be upside down that bought in during the bubble. I think that's why we see so many people lease these cars. There's not anything that justifies the 60% increase. 20 or 30 I could see due to inflation, etc. But 60% is nuts. They couldn't give these cars away in 2017 and 2018 remember.

 

[Illegal_Demon]

He had a Demon as a daily, didn't like it, sold and got a BMW M3 manual, sold that, bought the Porche. It's a 911 Turbo a couple years old. It's a pretty sweet looking car but he is having to do some minor work on it, driver door card, some maintenance stuff. Says it's a PITA to work on so found a local independent Porche shop to do some of it.

Anyway the point is $100K for a Dodge Challenger is ridiculous. They started off at $60K went up to $70K the second year but no one bought them, I got mine discounted for $62K. Tell me what's so much better about a 2022 model that justifies a 60% increase in price.

Tell me what's so much better about 2022 $4.80/gal gas that justifies a 60% increase in price.

We are in a hyper-inflationary period. This is what happens when companies take advantage of the built-in excuse to profiteer. It's ironic since their greed will ultimately lead us directly into a recession.

 

[Speedy!]

I think we asked for this when crude started getting traded on the open market. Back when I was in college gas prices never changed. 89 cent a gallon all the time. What happened?!

 

[DavidKFla]

When I started pumping gas the price was .29.9.

 

[Speedy!]

It wasn't just the price, it was that it NEVER changed, I mean for like years it seems.

 

[Jimmy N.]

Was this in the early 1900s, as they were beating out the EVs?