So Chrysler has received over 6,000 orders for the car since Monday. Now here's a kicker only you folks south of the 49th can order them. Canadian price has not been set yet. Will not be announced until closer to the spring launch date. Canadian dealers cannot take orders. They are being asked to keep a list of customers names. WTF good is that there won't be any left. By the way they are all built just outside of Toronto.

 

Man, talk about cruel and unusual punishment. Chrysler makes you guys build them, and then doesn't give ya chance to own one. That's just wrong.

 

Random prices of goods in canada...

cigarettes = $10.
1 liter of gas = $4.
6 pack of beer = $12.

Knowing all that,

Challenger = $90,000.

 

some additional info:


"After announcing a base price of $37,995 for the sports car earlier this month, Dodge has released new detail photos of the production Challenger SRT8.

Along with the release of photos, Dodge confirmed that the Challenger SRT8 will hit the auto-show circuit next February 6 in Chicago. Deliveries will happen in spring 2008.

The first Challengers to roll out of Chrysler's Canadian factory will all be SRT8 models, with a 6.1-liter HEMI V-8 pounding out an unnamed level of horsepower (we're betting it's not 200). Each of those first Challengers will get a special plaque to commemorate its status, guaranteeing an eBay auction of epic proportions starting next week.

Three colors will be offered - black, silver, and HEMI orange - all decorated with dual hood stripes.

Dodge promises that the Challenger will have resonant styling, a racing-inspired interior, a world-class ride and handling set, benchmark braking, and a standout powertrain.

Pricing for the rest of the Challenger lineup will be announced later. With gas-guzzler taxes included, the SRT8 Challenger will cost more than $40,000".

 

Don't know where 37k came from ? The Dodge web site lists it at a shade over 40K. I don't know about this one. Its a beautiful car, no question but in this market, at this time I don't get a warm fuzzy feeling. I'll be keeping my Crossfire.

Pat

 

Base price is $37,995 but Dodge includes the $2,000+ gas guzzler tax in the pricing on their website.

 

Demand for Challenger could drive price through the roof.


December 8, 2007
BY TIM HIGGINS
FREE PRESS BUSINESS WRITER
Sure the sticker price for the new 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8 is $37,995, but good luck finding that price on a showroom floor.
Several dealers are saying to expect to pay more - much more - if you want to be taken seriously to purchase the new muscle car that comes out next spring.
Chrysler has said it will sell fewer than 10,000 of the Challenger SRT8s -- the first model in the return of the classic nameplate.
Some dealers are telling customers that only 4,500 will be made; others tell the Free Press they've been told around 5,500. The company isn't saying.
Chrysler LLC says more than 6,000 people have already pre-ordered the vehicle at dealerships across the country.
One Dodge dealer in New York already has bidding up to $50,000 on the online auction site eBay. Other dealerships are simply asking customers: How much are you willing to pay over sticker price?
"Be the first one in your neighborhood to own the all new redesigned 2008 Dodge Challenger SRT8!!" Brian Hopper of Friendly Dodge in Penn Yan, N.Y., wrote in his ad on eBay.
Hopper told the Free Press he was inspired by how prices went sky high when special editions of the Ford Mustang first came out.
"We've had a lot of calls," he said.
Other dealers already have bids or are asking for $15,000 over the MSRP.
"Every dealer in the country is going to get one, and after that we're not sure how many we're going to get. They are basing it on how many cars we've sold in the past," said Darryl Pavlik, co-owner of Colonial Dodge in Eastpointe. "I'd heard they're going to bring $30,000 over sticker."
He added, "We're kind of thinking that we'll see what the market is going to bear."
Car shopper Bob Monaghan, 60, said he was told by a dealer that the cars would be selling for $80,000 to $90,000. "He started chuckling and said, 'It's all for the high rollers,' " he said.
Contact TIM HIGGINS at 313-222-8784 or thiggins@freepress.com.