If there were truly only 2016 coupes produced, how many have died in the 5-6 years? How many are still on the road? How many are in the United States?

I ask this because I got mine July 25, 2010 and I have only seen one other SRT since then.

 

good question...could be as high as a 10% attrition rate. i live next to a 450k+ population center and have never seen another 6. i average 3-5 crossfire ltd. sightings a month, even saw an oyster gold recently.

 

I haven't seen an SRT6 in a really long time outside of the XF GTGs.

 

Same here.

 

I haven't either but being winter and all not surprised, I've taken mine out twice since end of november.

 

That's a shame, cause yours is probably so much fun. It's fun to look at, I know that for sure.

 

I live in a very small town and there's one identical to mine. There's also a black coupe in a city about 15 miles from me and a few weeks ago saw an AB roadster at a dealership just outside of Toronto.

 

well mine is still alive

 

I think the 10% attrition rate is way low.
Over the years I have seen so many totaled.
The more affordable they become the more they seem to be finding their way to junk yards.
Not only does it take mearly the thought of the hat dropping for an insurance agent to total them it seems more and more find their way into the hands of less qualified car owners rather than enthusiests that were willing to spend higher dollar amounts for performance sports cars.
This is a generalised opinion I know there are owners very qualified so you needn't jump me for this statement.

 

IMHO Montana hit it right on the head. I have watched this forum, news, etc trying to get an idea for about a year. I would not be surprise if 400 out of the 2000 were totaled or parted out.

 

I think the winter weather is why you don't see a lot. I have not seen many Crossfires of any type since Oct-Nov and I have driven from MI to NY/CT three times since then. I live in a town of 30k and there is an identical graphite in the next development and one more occasionally spotted around town...in the summer. There were Crossies shipped overseas, not just to the US. But of 3000 coupes and roadsters, I would not be surpised if 10% are wrecked. That still leaves a lot out there. I'm thinking that our forum membership of enthusiasts is the minority. There are a lot of owners out there who either don't bother with the internet, or don't know/care about our forum.

 

There are crashed SRT-6 Coupe and Roadster on ebay today that are both being sold for parts.

 

Anyone know someone who works for an insurance company? They keep that kind of data to make their actuary tables.

 

I never see another SRT-6 here in a city of 250K. Myabe that is why everyoe stares at mine.

 

I posted this thread a couple of years ago, when there seemed to be an unusualy high number of SRT's being crashed.
https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...6s-jinxed.html
With fewer than 3000 SRT's built, and going with just a 10% attrition rate, that would mean 300 are already gone.
I hope these special cars don't turn out being like the late 60's Charger.
In 1969 I was trying to find a nice "used" 68 or 69 Charger to buy. After looking at over 16 different cars, I finally gave up trying to find one that hadn't been involved in some kind of accident.
At 19, I came to the conclusion that they must have been undriveable, or something.

 

Hmmm, I just bought a SRT6 SSB coupe yesterday and was wondering about the death rate of this car. I'm coming from an S2000 and living on the S2Ki forum for the past three years, there was at least one post per week along the lines of.....

"The stupid car jumped off the road and attacked a tree for no reason whatsoever"

These posts invariably were coming from young drivers who were experiencing rear wheel drive for the first time. The S2000 doesn't have a lot of torque but it does have an inherent tendency toward oversteer and a very low polar moment of inertia. It likes to rotate. I find it fun and very controllable but then, I grew up on rear wheel drive cars. I think the reason for all the S2000 deaths is that the car has been around for a decade and there are some very cheap high mileage cars falling into the hands of kids with little experience or money to maintain the cars.

So, what's the impression with the SRT6's? I'd think that the young / inexperienced / poor crowd may be just now getting their hands on these vehicles as even a few years ago their value still put them out of reach. I get the impression that this forum is a bit of an older crowd. On S2Ki you hear a lot complaints from long time members that the forum has changed a lot from the early days and is now overrun with the younger inexperienced drivers.

At any rate, every dead SRT6 makes mine a little more rare and exclusive.

 

I have seen two SRT6's in the Roanoke/Southlake area north of Fort Worth. I also drive a 30+ mile trek into Dallas everyday during the week and have yet to see one during that drive,

With the population that the Dallas/Fort Worth area has, I would say the attrition factor may be higher then 10%! Just look at the limited number of srt's even for sale across the nation, it is just a hand full.

Your sitting on a soon to be gold mine!

 

Well, I live in Des Moines, IA and i've seen 3+. Another black one like mine, a blue and a graphite one. And i've seen these multiple times all within the last 6 months, so it is possible i've actually seen more. I even talked to a guy last week in a SLK AMG that claims to also have two. I don't know what is with my city, maybe its the water here...

 

As a forum member for 5+ years, most Crossfire deaths seem to come from hitting deer, being t-boned or rear ended at a light, or being side-swiped and knocked off the road. Either drivers don't "just lose control" or they don't admit it. I also think that since many (most?) Crossfires are off the road in the winter or are "fair weather queens", they are not on the road during weather conditions which are most conducive to accidents. I also suspect that the owners generally tend to be older and in many cases the car is not a DD.

 

As the price continues to depreciate, you will find that more and more of them will be bought by young inexperienced drivers. As such, it will become increasingly difficult to find pristine examples of these fine cars, and yes....... many more of them will be showing up at the junk heap.