Originally Posted by Rob M
right now there are about 31 crossfire's on eBay. and approximately 16 srt-4s. your argument almost makes sense, except that the crossfire (all varieties) is produced in much higher numbers than the srt-4. (25K vs. maybe 9K a year). so, one might conclude that any given srt-4 is slightly more likely to be auctioned than any given crossfire. another thing that is somewhat interesting is that 10-15% of the srt-4s on eBay are sporting a salvage title.
Out of the 16 srt-4's that means 2 have a savage title? Big deal. Check any car with power, and you will find savaged titles. WRX, EVO, Mustang, etc. Don't forget the srt-4 has been out since 03. And original plans were to build 3000 a year, but they actually produced 13,000 a year due to the car selling so well. And any car being on Ebay doesnt really prove anything, I put my M3 on ebay because I was hoping to get more money for it.
Best way to compare, go to autotrader, there is only 5 SRT-4's in a 100 mile radius of me. There are over 20 crossfires. My srt-4 still has a trade in value of over 16k. 20k new. Probably get 18k for it selling it out right. 10 percent in 1 year? Not bad and Hmmmm 2k away from what my crossfire is worth. Losing 43 percent in about a half a year is crap.
Oh to the guy talking about the handling, sport compact got the srt-4 to slalom at 69mph.
And dan what does a mini have to do with anything? They still have waiting lists for them new here for the S. The 06 Mini cooper S is going to be turbocharged. And the jcw is going to 225hp or more. And awd will be an option next year. Kind of stupid to make of a car with the best resale value out there right now.