This is good news for those of us trying to sell our cars, thanks Chrysler.

 

I saw a truckload of new Crossfires go under the I-10 overpass last weekend here is Houston. They were plastic wrapped.

 

What does that mean?

BTW I sure hope that no more crossfires are produced and sold...gives us even more rarity and about the parts as long as they have parts for the r170 they will have replacement parts for us as well.

 

Last Saturday I was on I20 east of Abilene TX and I saw a car carrier with a load of crossfires on it. I thought this was strange but there you go. They are out there, we just don't know where.

 

Here is a close estimate of the VIN ranges for each model year. These numbers are very close to the actual number of Crossfires produced since there are very few gaps in the sequence. Note that the earliest assigned number is 14.

2004 4X000014 - 4X025452
2005 5X025453 - 5X061056
2006 6X061057 - 6X069949
2007 7X069950 - 7X070560 (to date)

It was the 05 model year with 35K units produced that makes you wonder what DCX was thinking.

I would bet that the assembly line stops somewhere around 75K units.

 

Wow Rob, that's pretty harsh. I mean the Pontiac Aztec even sold over 100k units in its first 4 years of production. And that vehicle was considered by most as being the most "butt ugly" production car ever. "Pacer" owners everywhere rejoiced when they saw it, because finally there was a car that "out uglied" theirs.
Personally, I wouldn't be surprised if there is a 2008 Crossfire. After all, I understand China has a burgeon car market.

 

Obviously production for ‘07’ models will be low, and dealers will only get a few to sell. What does this mean in terms of pricing? If dealers are knocking off 8k – 10K off sticker for brand new ‘05’ models (though, there are very few new ones around), they can’t possibly knock this much off an ‘07’. If DC changed their strategy and expectation to sell the ‘07’ XF as a low production/low volume car i.e. the Thunderbird, will they keep discounts to a minimum? If so, what does that mean for the used market pricing?

 

Logically wouldn't it increase the value because the car is now priced higher new?

Or... logically decrease the price as our car looses exclusivity...

Another reason the SRT was so worth the purchase...only 1 single production year...yay!

 

I doubt very seriously "exclusivity" has any bearing on the resale value of the Crossfire...

 

Used car value is only going to get worse as more off lease Chrysler employee cars flood the market...

 

From the June 03 inception through September 06 there have been 41,036 Crossfire sales in the U.S. Roughly another 20K Crossfires have sold outside the U.S. That leaves current worldwide inventories of Crossfires at around 10K units. Therefore, the inventory of new Crossfires in the U.S. is significantly lower than during 2004 or 2005. Since fewer 07 Crossfires will be produced than during earlier model years, the inventories of new cars should remain modest.

A bigger supply concern relates to what JM Piquet alludes to above - off lease cars. But it's not just the employee leases. During the Spring through Fall of 2004, when monthly "sales" peaked, the majority of Crossfires sold were through a special $299/mo., 39 mo. lease program. Many of those cars will be arriving back on the sales lots starting next summer.

 

hmm...maybe i'll buy myself another srt-6... a roadster this time...