Originally Posted by RPM
All three of the 2006 SRT6s (171, 172, 173) were on ebay for sale. All from the same dealer. The coupe was gray (I'm pretty sure, don't have my database hand at the moment), and 1 roadster was Sapphire Silver Blue, the other was Gray.
A couple of months ago I spoke with a 'Mike' at Chrysler HQ. I had a lot of questions regarding SRT6 production and breakdowns that nobody else w/Chrysler could answer. He said he did not have exact production numbers yet, but they would eventually be posted at SRTforums.com, along with prod data for the other SRT models. He also assured me that the production figures were 'very close' and that there were no 2006 SRT6s.
Fast forward a month. A 2006 SRT6 roadster pops up on ebay. Sure enough the 10th VIN digit was a 6 (one of our forum members bought it, I think his name is McCombcliff?). Anyway, I sent another scathing email through Chrysler.com about being told there were no 2006 SRT6s and how there is one for sale on ebay. By the time I got a call back from Chrysler, there had been 3 2006 SRT6s on ebay, all from the same dealer in PA (I think). When I got the call back, it was Mike again. I went on and on about how it was supposed to be a 2005 model year car only, etc. He said that they were never going to sell the 2006s that they had since they were test mules of some sort (Not sure what he meant by test cars or test mules), but someone decided to sell them. He did tell me that there were very few of them.
I would bet that the 2006 SRT6s were not built in 2006, but late in 2005. Not for sure though.
I have a large database of SRT6s that I have been collecting over the past couple of months. I'm up to ~340 now. I track the last 6 digits of the VIN, color, model year, and whether it is a coupe or roadster. So far myself, and anyone else I know who is looking, has only seen the 3 2006 SRT6s listed above.
That's all I know so far.
Mine was made in 9/05 (roadster 171 (the old one) according to the door plate (Karmann), don't know when AMG finished with it. I assume Cliff's and the coupe were made around the same time. Which makes sense, since "Chrysler" (Karmann) finished the car in 2005 they can say there were no 2006 models made, but it may not have been finished by AMG until the 2006 model year.
Cliff is trying to get the "story" on the three cars. They came from the marketing/
PR department as I understand it, probably ordered for auto shows and marketing brochures before decision to stop production was made. We are having problems insuring them, since the insurance computers don't recognize a 2006 SRT-6 as a "real" model.
Sort of "the left hand doesn't know what the right hand is doing" thing. We will probably have to persuade chrysler to make them "real" (which is why they originally weren't going to "sell them" - but somebody probably wanted to reduce their budget/inventory). Just my guesses but I think this story is going to get more interesting as time goes on.
Stay tuned for the continued adventures.