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Why was this car a failure?

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Old Jul 23, 2022 | 01:44 PM
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nickwe21 is spot on. I had 2 Xfires and loved them both, but only got them due to the steep discounts. I would never have paid the full price for the car. Nick is also correct that the car was a sales & marketing debacle and overall money loser for DC.
Nonetheless, FCA tried the almost exact same thing with the recent FIAT 124 (Fiata) with equally disastrous results.
 
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Old Jul 29, 2022 | 10:42 PM
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Even in this market the value of these cars keeps going down. A year ago I sold my wife's SUV for the same amount we paid two years prior. I checked with the vendor on my 100k mile SRT6 and they boldly offered 6000 site unseen which I refused. I checked yesterday with the same buyers and a 100k mile SRT6 is worth 2000. These cars are a great value for someone that is savvy enough to do basic work on the cars they drive. On my SLK I saw where a shop charged the previous owner 495.00 to replace a Crank Position Sensor, now that is insane. Sad part is she had been taking the car to them for years. The shops name was EuroTrash something in south Nashville. Sadly, the SRT6 I was chasing got gone today. A Non-Running 115k Mile GG SRT6 was snagged for 4000. I am a huge fan of the Crossfires but I don't miss the crayon smell from the headliner!
 
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Old Jul 31, 2022 | 01:07 AM
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Originally Posted by VintageBikesUSA
Even in this market the value of these cars keeps going down. A year ago I sold my wife's SUV for the same amount we paid two years prior. I checked with the vendor on my 100k mile SRT6 and they boldly offered 6000 site unseen which I refused. I checked yesterday with the same buyers and a 100k mile SRT6 is worth 2000. These cars are a great value for someone that is savvy enough to do basic work on the cars they drive. On my SLK I saw where a shop charged the previous owner 495.00 to replace a Crank Position Sensor, now that is insane. Sad part is she had been taking the car to them for years. The shops name was EuroTrash something in south Nashville. Sadly, the SRT6 I was chasing got gone today. A Non-Running 115k Mile GG SRT6 was snagged for 4000. I am a huge fan of the Crossfires but I don't miss the crayon smell from the headliner!
100K mile SRT for $2000 is ridiculous. I actually have had the impression that prices for SRTs have gone up recently. I see lots of the. For sale with fairly low to mid range mileage from 20K upwards.

I remember a few years ago a friend of mine was looking for a car for his son who had just had his driver's license for two years and turned 19. He had looked at a 2007 Scion XD for $6,500. I told him about the Crossfire and he went to look and found one with 72,000 miles for $6,000 in great shape. Now, that's a few years ago but if I was 19 and I'd have to pick between those two cars, it would be an easy easy choice lol.
 
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Old Jul 31, 2022 | 05:18 AM
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Originally Posted by nickwe21
100K mile SRT for $2000 is ridiculous. I actually have had the impression that prices for SRTs have gone up recently. I see lots of the. For sale with fairly low to mid range mileage from 20K upwards.

I remember a few years ago a friend of mine was looking for a car for his son who had just had his driver's license for two years and turned 19. He had looked at a 2007 Scion XD for $6,500. I told him about the Crossfire and he went to look and found one with 72,000 miles for $6,000 in great shape. Now, that's a few years ago but if I was 19 and I'd have to pick between those two cars, it would be an easy easy choice lol.
Based on his comment and the other prices he quotes, I think the 2,000 was a typo.

Even in this softening market, you can barely get a running car for $2,000.
 
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