Josh, can you give us an update as to where you are located? PM me if can. Thanks!

 

I'm located in College Station, Texas. I'm about an hour from Houston. Went to the dealership tonight and took some pics. If anyone wants any just shoot me a PM with your email address. There are only two SRT-6's left as of today. Both of these are Aero Blue. One has 174 miles on it and the other 290 miles. They're marked at 35K on the window for an initial "savings" of 10K, but about 4-6 weeks ago I was told that a black SRT-6 coupe was sold for 26K. The person who told me this was the salesman I bought mine through. He said that since it is new ownership he'd have to check what price he could get them down to, but I know that's B.S. and you could get a similar deal. He's supposed to give me a call by the weekend with a roundabout price. I purchased a black SRT-6 roadster for 37K. Now I'm kicking myself b/c I could've gotten it for a lot cheaper. The sad thing is that the salesman also said the same thing about two months after I purchased the car. The dealership has once again changed names and is called Lithia Dodge/Jeep/Chrysler. It is located in Bryan, Texas. If you have any more q's feel free to ask.

-Josh

 

I mean no dis-respect, but you guys seem to be a funny lot. While I might
have paid $41+K for my SRT-6, I've had the pleasure of driving one for more
than twenty months. Yeah, that's a lot of money, but I believe the car
has been worth every penny. You guys are now seeing prices anywhere
from $35K to $26K, and you're still standing on the side lines whining
about the price. I suspect that many of you will still be there, doing the
same thing if the price drops to $20K.

So, there it is. Either go out and get one (any price under current sticker is
a great price for this car) and start having a ball behind the wheel, or just
give it up and quit whining about the price.

Coyote

 

I agree. This car is worth the price. It is just weird to see dealers taking such a loss. Why they would sell a car for almost half price just because it sat on the lot for a while? It is just not good business to take such a loss. The car will sell at MSRP sales have shown that, but it could have been a little less. Selling a car for too much hurts sales and selling it for too low of a price will hurt sales as well as some people will think it is a crappy car. 35K seems possible and a great deal but 25K seems way too cheep as they must have paid more than that in the first place, if they did not then they really look like crooks to me. I could see used ones going for 20K to 25K, but not new. They are just too good of a car.

 

OK, so I haven't bought a Crossfire yet. Big deal. I still have the pleasure of running around in a twin turbocharged fuel injected 440 powered classic Plymouth. I'm also enjoying my little 2.2 turbo Shelby Charger (a bit tweaked) that gets better mileage than the SRT-6. Depending upon my mood, I'll even run around in my BOMBed (Better Off Modified Baby!) Cummins diesel.
You see, I'm not hurting for a car. I'm in the best possible situation. I have multiple means of reliable (and fun!) transportation without having any car payments. While I'd like to have an SRT-6, I'm not nearly gullible enough to be talked into paying more than I care to pay for that car. I'll make an offer to a dealer. If they like it, fine. If not, fine. I'll get one for the price I'm willing to pay and not a penny more. Quite simple.
I spend my professional life surrounded by high end Mercedes (we're a strong AMG dealer) and take a little drive around in one from time to time. We also deal with the Mercedes/McLaren SLR (have a black one now), Porsche (we've had a few Carrera GTs), Maserati, Bentley, Rolls Royce, and run across the occasional Ferrari and Lamborghini.
A Crossfire is a nifty little trinket but that's about it. I think it'd make a fun little runabout.
All that being said, I have a number in mind that I'm willing to pay for a car. One thing I'm NOT willing to do is throw away a full 30% of my money by signing my name. I'll let some other poor schmuck lose $15,000 and benefit from his generosity.
I do realize that some people have no concern over a puny 30% loss and sign away. It's their choice.

As for Lithia C/D/J, their sales manager lied to me three times in one breath. Then, he stated that they were still working at invoice plus on pricing despite the fact that one of the cars had been on the lot for 18 MONTHS. Most reasonable dealers punt after 30 to 45 days.
I'm in the business and therefore know when I'm being given the business.

 

Truly, I'm very happy for you. Looks like life is treating you quite well.
However, you totally missed the point. Obviously you really don't WANT
a Crossfire. All you really want to do is slug the car and whine about a
price (that is already fair) that is more than you are willing to pay. Sheesh!
Really, why are you here? You don't own a Crossfire, and you don't really
want to own a Crossfire. Why don't you go find a forum that covers the
440 powered Plymouth (Coronet?) or the Shelby Charger. At least you
seem to have more than a passing interest in those.

As for the 30% loss you speak of, that is only if you 1) consider your car an
investment, and 2) if you are planning to sell your car. Neither apply to
me.

Coyote

 

Yes but what is a fair price for an SRT-6 Coupe? I think that was the question. We will all have different opinions on what is a fair price. But I think most will agree that 37K is a fair price. Any better than that is a great price. 26K would be a steal. How many cars are there that can go from 0 to 100 mph and back down to 0 in under 16 seconds? Not many. Ones that can cost a lot more than 26K to buy or build.
I too have a lot of cars. Big deal. I can name them too if you like. Some I have sold and then bought them back. Some are a lot faster than the SRT-6. Some are better handling than the SRT-6. Some are better at stopping than the SRT-6. And some turn heads better than the SRT-6. But for the money none can do them all like the SRT-6.

 

Bengel, At least 1/2 a dozen brand new SRT-6 coupes have sold off ebay in the last 6 months for 30k or a few $100 less. In my humble opinion, that's a fantastic deal for what I believe is one of the best performance bargains on the market. At that price, the dealers have to be losing a big chunk of change (no matter how much of a kick back the factory is giving them). I believe there is about 20% mark up at sticker price on a Limited, and probably as much as 25% mark up on the SRT-6. I may be off a little, but I think I'm close. I will be totally amazed if anybody on this site actually buys one from the dealer Josh mentioned for 26k. I believe he is being absolutely honest in relating what the salesman is telling him. But if the dealer has just changed hands, I doubt if the new regime will be willing to take such a catastrophic loss on the cars as the old owner was willing to do. I sincerely hope I am wrong, and somebody actually realizes such a fantastic savings. But if anybody says they are a serious buyer, and not take advantage of this deal, then they are NOT serious buyers. Just tire kickers. As for FEETS, I'm sure if he waits long enough, he may find a dealer to pay him to take the car off the lot. As he pointed out, he has his other toys, so owning a Crossfire (while they are still turning heads) isn't really that important to him.
Coyote bought his when they first came out, and it sounds like he paid less than sticker, so he not only got a good deal on a new car, he got to enjoy celebrity status in the Atlanta area for awhile by having the only one around. When the celebrity wears off, he still has one heck of a car that he's very happy with.
If I could afford it myself, I would gladly pay 30k for an SRT-6. If I could get one for 26K that would be like Christmas July. The only thing stopping me is I am extremely happy with our ‘04, and I do not want to give up the Cedar interior, or the 6 spd. Lastly, the only color the SRT-6 comes in that I would really want is the Aero Blue.

 

Just to throw my .02 in here. Since I work at a Dodge dealer, and used to work at the Chrysler dealer where I did get my SRT roadster. I paid 39k for mine about a month ago. MSRP was 51k, the dealer is getting 5k from Mopar for selling it. Invoice on the car was in the 47k range. They had dealer traded for this car, so there was no holdback (money that DCX sends to the original purchasing dealer, not who sells it.. so another dealer got $$ from DCX when I bought my car at this dealer... typically between $,1000-$1,500) So looking at that,

$5,1000. MSRP (who pays that? hahah)
$47,500 invoice (real starting point IMO)
$-5,000 dealer cash from Mopar (direct to the selling dealer)
$42,500.

Now considering that this dealer had to floor this car for over 14 months, at a roundabout cost of $200-$250 a month, yes they took a loss of $2,500 or so, but they avoided losing even MORE by having it continue to sit on the lot.

That’s why so many dealers are willing to sell them so cheaply. Just to get their flooring costs into something that will turn for them. Not just sit there.

Danno

 

I'm not some rich guy who only dabbles in the finer things in life. Instead, I'm just a regular guy who likes cars.
I like the SRT-6 and have enjoyed driving them. It's a cheaper way to get into the SLK 32 without the girlie looks and floppy top.
I will own one in Aero Blue, but only when I find one at the price I want to pay.

As for the Plymouth, it's a Belvedere and looks like the old Max Wedge cars. It's a car that has seen an extensive amount of rework to the point that only the body and back seat are still 1965 Plymouth parts.
Gotta have toys.

 

Danno
There is an SRT meet in Topeka in July, be a great road trip for the new CF
and there are several hallways just going to waste, so lodging is not a problem.

Glad you jumped in and finally bought something fast to drive.

DB

 

I ain't rich either. I had to adjust my finances, even re-financing my house to be able to afford the car. You see, that's the difference. I WANTED
the car. I thought the price was fair to start with, considering the price of
its more expensive Mercedes cousin, and then worked the best deal I
could. When I go over $5K off sticker, I was, and still am, quite happy. If
you want to be a looker instead of a driver, that's fine with me. But don't
try to jive the rest of us with that balderdash about you "will own one...
when I find one at the price...".

Coyote

 

Hey Dale!

Hahaha the hotels in Topeka will never be the same after I left... hahaha And Topeka just wouldn’t feel right without Barney there.

Lovin the SRT6. It’s a heck of a lot of fun to drive for a daily driver. Ginn and I can now kick back and let the trucks sit, and put the miles on this. Yeah I know kinda backwards... but you have one of them 98 IB RC's too... so you know what I mean.

Danno

 

There ya go. That's the difference between us. You liked what you saw and juggled your finances around until you could afford the car.
Not having car payments in such a long time and spoiled me quite a bit. I think about money and don't like owing cash to anyone for anything. The only thing I owe money on is my house. The credit cards and gas cards are paid to a zero balance at each billing cycle so I can avoid interest charges. It's something that's real easy to do when you start out that way and can avoid large charge card expenses. It's also something that is hard to do if you need to put a big ticket expense on credit.
I want the car but have the patience to play the pricing game. If it takes until December to get what I want, I'm prepared to wait. It's no big deal to me. My money simply earns more interest in the bank.
When I do get the car, I'll compare the finance rates to my savings account interest rate. If there's not more than 4% difference, I'll use the bank's money and leave my money alone. The difference between what I would pay and what the bank pays me would be rather small. I end up keeping more money that way.
That may sound odd, but any financially driven mind will understand the thought process behind it. Tacking $5,000 onto a 15 month amortization (extra cash when refinancing your home) at 7% will cost you $8,089 when you're done. Doing $10,000 will ding you for a total of $16,179 when it's all over. I don't see the reason to pay the mortgage company that much money to get a car for a payment I like. Maybe for something I need but definitely not for something I want.
Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying what you did was wrong in any way. It was what you felt was the best thing to do at the time to get what you wanted. I'm cool with that and hope you still feel it was the correct thing to do. We're obviously different people who think differently.
The reason for me coming to this forum is clear. I wanted to research the vehicle and get feedback from the owners before dropping the cash on the car. Yanno, do that whole educated consumer thing before plopping down a substantial chunk of a year's salary for a car/toy.
I nearly picked up a new red on grey Limited last year for $28,000. I decided to wait a little bit to see what the prices did. I'm glad I did because now I can get an SRT-6 for the same money. I don't flip through cars. I keep them long after most people would get rid of 'em. I kept my first car 13 years and only got rid of my first truck after 6 years when I upgraded to a Cummins. When I buy a car, it becomes a part of the family so to speak. Like a house, it's a fixture for many years to come.
Yeah, I've got to wait a little while longer. Big deal. I had to wait 35 years for them to come out so what's a wee bit longer? No biggie.

It's not balderdash. Its patience and playing the money game.

No hard feelings.

 

But then what is a fair price for a SRT 6 Coupe? That is the question. Not all this fluff. What is your opinion on a fair price. I did a quick search on eBay and found that there have not been any new srt 6 coupes sold for under 36K so waiting until 28K you will wait for a used one. Still a great price for a great car.

 

Fair price is determined by the individual. What is worth $200 to me may be good for less than a buck to you. Kinda funny the way that works.

I'd really like to do one at $25K. I'll fudge to $27K if the car is nice. I've found 4 in the right color that fall into that range. They are a little too far to run out and back on a weekend to see so I'm relying on contacts in those areas to send me pictures and a report on the cars. These are all used cars with less than 1,500 miles on them.
What's 1,500 miles in the life of the car? Merely a drop in the bucket. It doesn't make them any less a Crossfire because someone else took the hit. I can run a VMI on the VIN and get the vehicle history. Carfax is nice too. Luckily, you've got to go through some serious gyrations to get KATRINA VEHICLE off a title (not supposed to happen) so those cars are fairly easy to avoid.
I've got two buyers going to two separate dealer auctions next week and they'll be looking for me as well. Either of them will call if they turn up any leads.
The money is waiting patiently and so am I.
September will be the official release of the '07 model year vehicles and the '05s will drop again.
The used car market is working at lower values due to the flood of cars dumped with all of the employee pricing events. Many more hit with all of the zero percent interest programs.
By this time next year, the market will begin to swing back (I believe) due to the number of cars sold on those programs. However, the chances of finding a new or low mileage SRT will be fairly tough.

 

Bengel, I'm going to cut you some slack here since you've only been on this web site since the 24th of last month. I don't know what kind of ebay search you did, but anybody who's been on this site has seen at least 5 or 6 new SRT-6's posted on ebay for between 29 and 30k. These were buy it now prices. Weather they sold or not, I don't know. I do know a black one sold while on ebay for less than 30k because it was at a dealer near me. It sold before someone had the chance to get the high bid in.
As I said before, I think 30k is an awful good deal on a new SRT-6. If you don't mind buying a used one, I'm sure the price could be beat.
I promote ebay only because that is where I found mine, just a little over a year and 2 months ago. A brand new '04 6 spd. that I won for 13k off sticker, nearly twice the discount the dealers around here were offering me.

 

No dis-respect but my questions and thoughts were to Feets not to Fireamx. Feets replied his thoughts and I now understand were he is coming from. I only joined this forum when I bought a crossfire. I did a search again and it came up the same. All over 34K unless they were used. The rest did not meet the reserved price. Even the buy it now ones are over 34k. There may have been some but they are not there anymore, maybe they were the executive ones I don't know. If there were ones that sold for less than that they did not come up in my search. But I have been wrong before. I just don't know how anyone (dealer or not) can sell this car new for under 26K as someone has posted before. Don't get me wrong I love to see good deals but a new srt 6 for under 26K sounds too good to be true. Once again thanks for the slack, and am sorry if I offended anyone.

 

Bengel, sorry if I came across sounding offended, I didn't mean to. It's just that those under 30k cars did exist, and not that long ago. I guess know one took advantage of their "buy it now price" and that's why they're not showing up on a search of ebay. As I said, the one near me sold off the showroom floor before the auction had a chance to finish. So I guess ebay doesn't list that as a sale either. Those cars were posted during the cold weather months also. Dealers have a way of shoving prices up along with the thermometer, since the warm weather brings out the car buyers, usually.
Here in Akron Ohio, I have a cousin that had a pretty successful used car lot, for about 20 years. Every fall before the leaves were off the trees, he would shut down for the winter months, and fly south. Opened for business by April 1st. That's why I tell everybody to shop in the North East for those Roadsters, and any sports car for that matter, because the "snowed" in dealers are a little more interested in those "low ball" offers when they haven't seen a customer for days on end.

 

No offense taken, thanks for your reply. One more thing all Crossfires are great cars, we just love ours up in Canada.