We have not had the same experience, I think the general public is catching on, on the way to work yesterday, I passed 3 dealerships with crossfires on the front of the lot, (non SRTs) all priced for under $17,500 in big #s on the windshield. The average person will not differentiate between a base and SRT model. Nevertheless, My wife loves driving hers. I really wish they would have offered a SRT-6 with a manual trans. I think that was one of the reasons it flopped.