The Dodge Charger and Challenger as we all know them are gone. Achieved. There’s no extra being made. There’s a brand new Charger coming for ’25, however the LX/LY platformed Hemi monsters that everyone knows and love are gone. There are nonetheless 1000’s left on the market on tons throughout the nation nevertheless, and greater than few Hellcat’s Scat Packs and different particular efficiency fashions left over as properly. Many of those are 2023 mannequin 12 months automobiles. When you’d assume that will imply you might rating a deal, I’ve found many of those automobiles are nonetheless being marked up by sellers.
A fast search utilizing automobile shopping for websites like Cargurus and AutoTrader exhibits there’s nonetheless about 4,000-5,000 V8 powered Dodge Chargers and Challengers left on the market within the nation.Whereas lowly R/T trims may be had for 1000’s off, some sellers are nonetheless going bananas with markups on trims like Hellcat Widebodys and Hellcat Redeyes.
San Leandro Dodge in Northern California is likely one of the worst offenders. It has a pleasant stock of each Charger and Challenger Hellcat Redeye and Hellcat leftover. Its markups nevertheless are baffling. Take this ’23 Charger Hellcat Widebody Jailbreak. It has an MSRP of $97,551. San Leandro is tacking on a $50,000 markup for a complete of $147,551. It will get worse.
Don’t even take into consideration going for a Challenger SRT Hellcat Redeye. San Leandro has two, each with stroke-inducing costs. Whereas they have already got excessive $120,951-$121,346 MSRPs, the seller is including one other $250,000 or so on prime for $371,346 for one and $370,951 for the opposite.
Jerry Ulm Dodge in Tampa, Florida is one other anticipating a sucker to stroll onto the lot. They need $159,950 for a ’23 Charger Hellcat, a markup of $66,132 over its authentic MSRP. Challenger Hellcats appear to have the largest markups for some cause. Of those I discovered on the market, over 50 of them had costs above $200,000.
Crown Dodge in Ventura, California desires $258,741 for a ’23 Challenger SRT Hellcat Demon. Larry H. Miller Dodge in Avondale, Arizona has a $100,898 markup on its ’23 Challenger Hellcat Redeye for a complete worth of $247,824. Some sellers appear to be coming to their senses a bit, however solely a bit. Criswell Dodge of Thurmont, Maryland had its ’23 Challenger Hellcat Redeye listed for $260,434. I suppose the dealership thought it’d do prospects a strong, so it got here off the worth $7,209; the automobile is now listed for $253,225. Or at the least it was. Checking their website exhibits it has added one other $6,931 to the worth for a complete of $260,156. All the time nice to see a seller looking for its prospects.
Should you’re out there for one in all these items, I wouldn’t maintain out hope that these sellers will budge on pricing. That is a type of occasions the place sellers will double down on “I do know what I’ve,” dig their heels in and persist with these markups till there’s spiderwebs underneath the automobiles and on the tires. It’s greatest to simply train these locations a lesson and never purchase. Should you’re out there for a Hellcat, it’s in all probability greatest proper now to seek out one used. At these costs, there’s means higher and extra succesful automobiles for the cash.
