The new Charger hasn’t exactly been the hit Dodge wanted it to be. Through October, it’s sold just over 7,000 of the all-electric coupes—a far cry from the nearly 32,000 gas-powered Chargers sold in the same period last year. No one expected sales of the EV to match the ICE Charger, obviously, but still, that’s a big drop in volume.
The lack of demand has led to several big discounts on the national and dealer levels. The biggest I’ve seen is from earlier this year, when a Scat Pack got a total discount of $32,000 off of MSRP, for a real price of $43,000.
As the end of the year approaches, these types of deals are starting to appear more and more, as dealers try to move old inventory and reach month- and quarter-end sales goals. The result, at least in one instance, is a brand-new Charger EV you can buy for the price of a Honda Civic.
Under $30,000? Now We’re Talking
The electric Charger is a perfectly fine vehicle, and in some respects, it’s actually pretty nice. It drives well, it’s quick, and it looks great. Would I pay $61,590 for a base Dodge Charger Daytona R/T? Absolutely not. I can name numerous cars that are cheaper, practical, and more fun to drive.
The Dodge Charger Daytona R/T was discontinued for 2026—a move Stellantis blamed on tariffs, not demand. But there are still hundreds of 2025 models for sale right now on dealer lots (including over 30 examples discounted to under $40,000, according to Cars.com).
The mid-$30,000 range feels a lot more palatable for a car like this, considering its 496 horsepower and 308 miles of range. But where it starts to get really interesting is under $30,000. One dealer has slapped on a total of $33,750 worth of discounts to a ’25 Charger R/T sitting on its lot, for an asking price of just $28,935. Now you’ve got my undivided attention.
At under 30 grand, I’d argue the Charger Daytona R/T is an outright deal. Nearly 500 horses and over 300 miles of range is a solid combination if you’re paying the equivalent of Hyundai Sonata pricing. Sure, you might have to deal with some unintended acceleration and get clowned on by your friends for the Fratzonic Chambered Exhaust system, but in this case, I think it’s worth the teasing.
How Is It So Cheap?
The car in question, first highlighted by Electrek, is currently for sale at Fowler Dodge in Oklahoma City. It’s pretty basic, but I can spot a set of optional 20-inch wheels, so at least it doesn’t look as goofy as it would’ve with the base alloys.
Onto the discounts. The largest is a $20,250 “2025 National EV Credit Bonus Cash” incentive that Stellantis has been offering across its lineup since the federal EV tax incentives were eliminated this year. That alone is enough savings to buy you an entire Nissan Versa to go alongside your Charger (if you can find one on a dealer lot before they’re all gone, of course).
The other $13,5000 comes from a simple “dealer discount,” bringing the total to just $28,935. Depending on how much tax you pay in your home state, you might be able to walk away with this car for under $30,000, which, as Electrek points out, is far below America’s average transaction price, which is hovering at just over $50,000 right now.
And again, it’s not like you’re getting a stripped-out beater. The base Charger Daytona R/T is fairly well-equipped, with stuff like a 12.3-inch infotainment screen, wireless phone charging, a nine-speaker stereo system, and a suite of active safety tech. If I have to choose between this and the next cheapest EV, which is the Nissan Leaf, I’m definitely going for the Dodge.
Top graphic image: Fowler Dodge
I live in San Jose, probably the EV capitol of the US. You can’t go 10 feet without tripping over a Tesla. I’ve seen 2 of these. Not even here do people want them.
Well Stellantis is currently suffering from brain drain due to that idiot Carlos Tavares firing/laying off the engineering staff in Michigan and replacing them with Indians working for ten cents on the dollar.
All their recent product launches have been absolute hot garbage. The Hornet, the 4xe plug in Jeeps, the hurricane inline six, the Wagoneer, the new Grand Cherokee. All have been plagued with problems, serious time at the dealership and lots of recalls
I would not roll the dice on a Charger EV. The dealer network has a reputation of incompetence in fixing the issues as well. Its a shame cause some of their older stuff(Pentastar v6 vans, hemi and cummins trucks, the old 300/Charger/Challenger) are pretty solid
As much as I’m not a fan of Stellantis (My GC is going back again this week to see if their techs decide the ticking is bad enough for a warranty claim at 50k…) I’d probably give this a shot at that price if it were a 4 door. Ive been eyeing up used EQSs and really liking the idea of a 4dr EV sedan. I’ve only seen one charger in person and it’s huge…and striking…not in a bad way, but its noticeably larger than the old one (and for 2 doors its oddly large). The fratzonic fake v8 exhaust is so obnoxious, and actually quite loud. It sounds real…but cringey AF
Last week I spent almost that much on a used car. I would have taken this in a heartbeat. See how easy it is to persuade someone to go electric? Price.
For under $30K, I’d say it’s an awesome deal. If I was in the market for a large coupe with a practical hatch, I would totally go for this.
My partner lives almost 2 hours away, and sometimes has me pick up parts for his 2022 RHD Wrangler at Fowler CJDR on the way to see him, because they can get stuff quicker than his rural dealership.
The sales staff at Fowler CJDR seem to lack the sleaziness of your usual CJDR store, and I’ve had good experiences with Fowler’s Volkswagen and Toyota stores. I wouldn’t be surprised if the pricing is honest and they’re just trying to move a slow unit. Hell, it’s probably the same one I saw on the showroom there back in July, when one salesman was bewildered at the car I’d rolled up in (a 2005 Phaeton).
No way you’re actually getting it for that price. When mentioning the 20k bonus cash you forgot one word – LEASE bonus cash, not purchase. Being a Dodge dealer they’ll probably twist the numbers somehow to get you a decent payment but only for a super low mileage lease and then with the buyout your total outlay will probably be closer to 40k.
“If I have to choose between this and the next cheapest EV, which is the Nissan Leaf, I’m definitely going for the Dodge.”
I agree, I guess. If you buy this car for $30K (plus t/t/r of course) I wonder what it will be worth (in terms of resale) one year from now. Not that that’s the only thing to consider of course: if you’re just going to drive it and own it for a while who cares how fast it depreciates?
Of course, I don’t know how long this car is likely to last. I don’t mean exist, but rather: how long can it be driven before ownership costs/headaches/etc… become such that the urge to move on to something else becomes too great to ignore.
Still… $30K tempts. What is the MSRP of the V6 gas version? That seems like it’d be a perfectly cromulent car too, and probably be less trouble than the EV version in the long run. As long as you don’t mind the Charger/Challenger stigma of course.
These new Chargers are really going to test the waters for depreciation. Conventional wisdom would suggest that if you could buy it new for $28K, trade in a year later would be something like $20K. But, at some point, it will hit a floor because a nearly-new, usable, well-styled, powerful EV is worth *something*.
Might be that, at that price, you could drive it for a year and sell it for what you paid, or close to it.
That’s a bet I would not take.
If the deal is real, this one is just the first. If this dealer is desperate, the rest probably aren’t far off.
Dealer could be doing it just to make a point to FCA, “I marked it down to $30k and it still took me x days to move this thing!”
“Might be that, at that price, you could drive it for a year and sell it for what you paid, or close to it.”
At that price, I would drive it and keep driving it and see how much use I could get out of it… and I’d only dump it if it was an unreliable basketcase.
Probably a 50/50 chance of being an unreliable basketcase, but at least you’d be covered by warrantee.
As you point out, there is a bottom when it comes to a depreciated, but running/usable car. And average resale values are related to the average price of the car new, not the best-case-scenario, once-in-a-lifetime-deal price. Thus, even if someone buys a new Charger EV for $28K, its resale value at one year old will likely be roughly the same as it would for comparable cars (ones purchased for the average going price and not a crazy deal).
“if you’re just going to drive it and own it for a while who cares how fast it depreciates?”
Exactly.
What it’s worth in a year from now is only an issue for those people who stupidly feel the need to constantly switch from one vehicle to another.
If I was buying this, I’d be more concerned about service, support and long term warranty coverage on the critical components.
“As long as you don’t mind the Charger/Challenger stigma of course.”
In my view, there is no stigma. But there is also no snob appeal… which I’m fine with.
By ‘stigma’ I was referring to the reputation that pair of cars have earned (along with the Chrysler 300 to a lesser, older extent) as ‘gangsta’ rides. I’ve got no way to do any sort of statistically valid survey, but currently, there have got to be the better part of 1,000 police dashcam videos of Challengers, Chargers, and 300s being chased by police and state troopers on Youtube. That’s in addition to the almost uncountable number of police bodycam vids in which these cars are captured in the process of being used for various crimes, ranging from drive-by shootings, to road rage, to street takeovers, to DUI stops, to the ever-popular shoplifting/retail theft.
Whether this association is a negative, positive, or a non-issue depends on the owner of the car I suppose. In and of itself, it would NOT keep me from considering one of these cars were in the market for that sort of ride, despite me being reminded almost daily that bad guys like ’em too. 😉
“ better part of 1,000 videos of Challengers, Chargers, and 300s being chased by police “
Yeah but WHAT are police chasing them in? Often it’s Dodge Chargers!
So that should even things out, right? RIGHT??
LOL.
You have a point… karma-wise, there’s some reputational offset happening. But so many departments run SUVs now, with Ford police interceptors seeming the most common. In all but the highest-speed fleeing-and-eludings (say, those reaching speeds in excess of 140 MPH) various cop SUVs genearlly seem to keep up with Stellantis products. In real life, whatever basic pursuit training that cops and troopers get seems to serve them well despite their rides having higher centers of gravity and slightly more modest performance.
Citation needed.
https://www.carsforsale.com/chevrolet-citation-for-sale-C998988
If you really need one…
Well, perhaps ‘great’ is a bit hyperbolic, but it’s got decent proportions and the lower trim cars seem less visually off-putting than the more extreme top trim versions (as with Chargers and Challengers of the past too IMO). Plus: two doors, if you like that sort of thing. A bit of a shame this one’s black (Diamond Black, which maybe is the only no-upcharge color?) since pretty much any other color they have for it looks better (some probably $$, or tied to upper trims):
https://www.autonationchryslerdodgejeepramsouthwest.com/research/charger/colors.htm
Citation needed.”
The Citation is me… “Manwich, who tested and saw this car at the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto last year, says it looks great!”
There’s your citation. I’m all the citation you need. Now go buy that heavily marked down Charger, drive it and enjoy it.
I leased an Ioniq 5 about 18 months ago ($53k, with $7500 fed + $3000 state incentives).
A year later, I got a letter from the dealer with a trade-in offer: $24,800
I just received another letter / offer: $18,800
To be honest, if I were going to buy an EV I’d probably pick up an off-lease version of my current car for under $20k. By the time I have to make that choice, they may be on dealer lots for $15k.
I’m pretty sure the residual on the lease is $30k, so somebody (Hyundai? Insurance company?) is going to be eating a Mitsubishi 0/0/0 sized bowl of depreciation when these get turned in.
Kudos on getting both the federal and state incentives… with those, some EVs seem almost competitively priced. 🙂
With aggressive lease deals, yes.
But that depreciation hit is too violent to consider buying one.
I am really surprised how the Ioniq 5 depreciation curve has suddenly hit. When I was shopping for my EV, 2 year old used ones with 20k miles were still $35-40k, which meant that a 3k mile, $19k Chevy bolt was my ticket in (as much as I would have preferred an Ioniq).
They produced a ton of them, but couldn’t apply the federal rebate to purchases because the batteries weren’t American enough. The credit still applied to leases and Hyundai got real aggressive on those (mine is $299/month) to move inventory.
All of those lease cars are going to come back to Hyundai. I’ll have the option to buy out my lease at the end for ~$30k, but I would have to really love my particular one to do that since I bet I could get a fancier trim in similar condition for less than $20k.
Not even for free. I would still have to insure and register the thing.
If you get offered one for free, can you pass the freebee offer to me? I’ll HAPPILY take one for free.
Absolutely. I freely give away liabilities – and this is one big liability.
$60k vehicle and they can’t spring for a set of Michelins?
These were being leased for as low as $200/month earlier in the year. One of the threads on Lease Hackr has since turned into stories about problems people are having.
This journalist leased one for $135/month and it seemingly broke during delivery prep and has been in the shop for 79 days since.
https://insideevs.com/reviews/778265/i-bought-a-dodge-charger-ev/
“Priced Exactly how It Should Be: Under $30,000”
Should it though? Put aside the current anti-EV rhetoric, and the somewhat overwrought anti-FCA rhetoric prevalent here, what do we think SHOULD be the correct price for a basically 500hp, 300mile range somewhat stylish large coupe with a few options and in ever-fashionable black be? Under $30k? No, come on, what’s the competition for it at that price? Base Civic Hatchback at 28k? Base Camry Hybrid at 30k? Nissan Leaf?
The cheapest Mustang with the turbo 4 starts at just under $33k, with the V8 it’s over $46k.
There’s still plenty of EVs selling no matter what the media seems to say, and there are also plenty of FCA products selling no matter what the readership here sometimes seems to wish. So what really SHOULD be the correct competitive sticker price for this car as it sits?
I’m going with about $40k…
I agree, 30k, even pre-pandemic, would be sort of nuts. The V6 Charger sedan with AWD was incentivized down to around 30k back in like, 2018. Why a massive EV coupe with 500hp would be 30k today, well, it shouldn’t be.
40k would honestly be a pretty amazing deal. This is a huge, fast EV. You can’t buy a base model minivan for that sort of money anymore.
They have made this a disposable rental-spec model through its lifespan.
The fact that they now want it to be a more expensive EV doesn’t really change what shoppers expect to pay for a Charger.
Making a big deal about the butt-shakers and fake exhaust was a bad play. Those things don’t matter at all to the bulk of Charger buyers who are just looking for something big and cheap.
Oh don’t get me wrong, they’re listing these at 60k, which is straight up idiotic. Nobody was ever going to want to pay that. Not to mention the dozens of other reasons why it’s hard to sell an EV Charger.
Bringing the EV to market first was also very, very stupid.
Just searched local dealers in 100 mile area.
Zero new Chargers for sale.
7 used for sale by dealers for prices above 35K, plus mandatory dealer bull shit fees.
On the other hand, I have yet to see a single one on the road in my area since introduction.
Interesting.
I think the point was that it’s a fair price for a complicated car assembled by indifferent workers that will only work for half of the time you’re making payments
Isn’t this applicable to many vehicles sold today?
Ok, so just as an exercise, what would it be worth or should it be priced at if this exact car (but assembled by Honda) was the new Prelude without any of the “baggage” in regard to the manufacturer?
I understand that $60k for the Dodge is a non starter, but to claim under $30k as being “correct” strikes me as more than a little unrealistic, or at least soemone throwing words around that doesn’t actually ever buy new cars. Those same workers do assemble plenty of other cars that while not selling in as big a numbers as maybe their dealers would currently like, still add up to a huge overall number and while some cars have issues there do seem to be plenty of FCA cars driving around the roads today.
I think it’d be more realistic if they topped out at $62-65k as if it’s a ~$10K step up in size and style from its most obvious competitor the Ionic 6/6N and a value play with competitive performance against something like a Lucid or Model S. This would also leave a neat niche for a near six-figure 1000+hp Demon model that would be in any discussion of “quickest four door on the planet”
Beyond the pricing, marketing the silly fake exhaust as the selling point of the car has to be one of the worst own-goals in modern marketing history. It should have been billed as the first electric car that has bravado about its character and just happens to be electric; not to mention it seems those marketing budgets could have been better spent in electrical engineering/quality based on numerous outlets with reliability issues driving press cars.
It’s not even an easy play for the quickest four door.
Teslas and Lucids aren’t that easy a target. Some Rivians even break 3 seconds 0-60.
FCA’s expected volume seller, the Hornet, still has like 70% of 2024 models sitting on dealer lots. Their products are still selling, but not in numbers that make their dealers happy.
And that’s because all those 2024 models are all loaded with a bunch of shit people don’t want and aren’t willing to pay extra for.
Those Hornets are in trims described as “loaded” and “more loaded”
It’s like if the old Chrysler had only sold the Neon in SRT Turbo trims. Sure the SRT Neons were great. But the vast majority of Neons were not SRT versions.
But selling the expensive top high-performance trim and trying to sell that in volume with a bunch of shit most people don’t want is exactly what the idiots at Stellantis are doing.
If you want just a basic FWD, non-turbo Hornet with a much lower price, that version doesn’t exist. But they COULD offer it if they chose to.
If they offered a FWD, non-turbo hybrid with a Toyota style ‘eCVT’ that has performance similar to the Ford Escape/Maverick hybrid, I personally would be all over a Dodge Hornet spec’d like that.
They do offer a hybrid… but again, it’s a loaded model with AWD with a turbocharged engine.
Their handling of the Hornet baffled me.
They seemed to focus on it being the most powerful version of a vehicle that people don’t shop for power. In the small / mid crossover space, any power over ‘it can safely merge on the highway’ is not going to open wallets.
Add a Stellantis / Italian build on top of that and you’re just going to lose out to whatever Honda and Toyota put on their lots.
It’s a Tonale in a cheaper suit. The Alfas for the U.S. market have to carry some performance cred and at the time of its development the demand for plug-in hybrids was at an all-time high.
They might have done better with the 1.5-liter mild hybrid setup that is offered elsewhere but I’ll bet that’s the one drivetrain that wasn’t federalized.
Unfortunately they priced everything super high (so slow out of the gate), then once they started piling on incentives to get things moving, and dealers are getting antsy, the reliability reports came in. The Hornet has not been particularly reliable, nor has much of the rest of their modern lineup. I’ve actually seen more hornets dead on the side of the road than I’ve seen out and about — I assume they must be driving from somewhere, but for such a new model, I’ve found it alarming. For my family travels on Thanksgiving I counted 3 Hornets pulled off 95 from DE/MD through CT.
Let’s not get to the 4xes either…
Do they just make these decisions in a vacuum? Why would they think what the segment really needed was a $45k option?
That price gets you a RAV4 Prime, which everyone raves about (and has 12 more horsepower).
They wrapped Italian reliability in Dodge styling and wonder where the customers are.
Not an apples-to-apples comparison, but if I were spending my own money and had to keep/drive/use the car for years, I’d rather have a base Camry.
I don’t personally disagree at all (the Camry is probably the single best value out there today), but you’d probably say that even if the price were $15k, right? It’s just not your thing, I get that, me too. My question was more to do with what is the REAL market value of this car given that you personally probably wouldn’t buy a new Jeep, Chrysler, or RAM either but of course plenty of people do and seem happy enough with them. Do you think under $30k is what the correct sticker price for this 500hp, 300 mile brand new EV with a long warranty should be?
$30k is a fantastic value for the car you describe.
Most buyers would gladly give away 200 of those HP for rear doors. On an electric car ~300hp will still scoot you to sixty in under 5 seconds.
I could live with a coupe and limited space, but I wouldn’t shop one of these against a GR86 even at the same price. It’s not an anti-stellantis thing, I would just want something small and nimble with a manual transmission.
SO priced what is should be from the factory.
Also I was a bit shocked there there are still new 2 door cars with a trunk in 2026. I know they are out there if I looked but just to see one all of the sudden is a bit of a double take moment.
It’s a 3dr with a very usable hatch
That makes it even better IMO. 🙂
thanks that was not obvious.
this car doesn’t have real door handles, given the other electrical bugs folks are experiencing i’ll pass on this alone
https://imgur.com/a/TnNVhb0
bonus points for being unable to close the door after manually opening it in true chrysler fashion
Gross, I did not know about this. Also, I initially read “rear” door handles, and I thought it was a strange joke about it being a coupe until I read slightly further.
Wow that’s a frustrating read. All that text to explain your bullshit electronic door handles and potential issues that were solved 100+ years ago with normal mechanical handles.
I see more of these in my local buy-here-pay-here lots than on the road. Or at actual Dodge dealer lots.
I’d still pass based on my experience with Stellantis electrification. You’ll end up $10k under water when (not if, when) you try to get out of it no matter what.
Nexen tires coming as OEM. Interesting. I had some Nexen High Performance Winter tires in 2012 and they were decent.
Still waiting to see my first one, and I don’t exactly live in the boonies. I did see my 2nd VW van-thing the other day though. Which equals the amount of Nissan Z-things I’ve seen.
Yeah, I haven’t seen one yet, but I did see my first ID Buzz the other day! I think I’ve seen a Z, but I’m not sure
I’ve seen one ID.buzz and one Z thing. Still haven’t run across a Charger in the wild.
This seems like a solid deal, assuming the dealer actually intends to sell it for a price close to $28k (I’ve had some bad experiences shopping for EVs – the worst was a Leaf advertised for $17k with an out the door price of $31k after fees and mandatory dealer-installed bullshit). I think these are very nice looking cars and they are a great alternative to Tesla products for those that want an EV that looks like a normal car.
I don’t think I would be interested in one of these for $28k, but if they really are selling this cheap, I could see these used for $15k in the near future. I might be a buyer at that point.
You may have missed a word that may change the “deal”. I saw this story on Electrek yesterday and clicking through your link to the dealer’s site shows the big $20k credit is for “NATIONAL EV CREDIT LEASE BONUS CASH R/T” Autopian seems to have left out the word “LEASE”.
Note the word LEASE in there. So this may only apply to buy down a lease and the cash price to just buy it may well be very different.
Came here to say this. More details on the use of “Lease” are needed. I suspect if you wish to buy it you don’t get the $20k off which brings the sales transaction up to $48k or right about where these are selling nationally.
I haven’t leased from Stellantis, but as long as the lease doesn’t penalize early buyout, it’s still a good deal. I used the lease loophole to get my RAV4 Prime and it was pretty easy to immediately turn around and buy it out without paying the money factor on the lease (smaller discount than this, but I don’t know of many leases that don’t allow early buyout).
Of course, look at all the terms of the lease before signing, but I wouldn’t write this off because it’s lease cash.
I’m going to say something a bit controversial-I think if the ICE Charger came first and Stellantis left their EV technology in the oven a little longer while they sold the gasser this car might’ve found some success. Don’t get me wrong-it was never going to win over the BUT MUHHHH V888888888888888 crowd, but I think enthusiasts under 40 might’ve been intrigued enough to buy them.
A lot of younger folks want nothing to do with ICE and will only shop for EVs…not to mention this is literally a class of 1. There is no other BEV sporty coupes for under 100 grand new. These also look good, have adequate power, and in RT form have adequate range as well. It’s a shame that they were so overpriced to start out with and that Stellantis basically decided to have us all be beta testers for their half baked EV architecture.
But Stellantis uh…finds a way. Anyway I think these will have a redemption arc over the next few years as they become affordable. While I haven’t driven one personally I don’t get the sense that they’re BAD cars, people just happen to be giant pissbabies about EVs and then the enthusiast groupthink takes over….
This is a good take, but I don’t know if I see the affordable redemption arc over the next few years as they’re probably taking losses selling these below $40k. Stellantis will probably send this the way of the Lightning unless they can figure out how to lower their EV production costs. So far I’m not sure anyone selling in the US has figured out how to do a $30k EV of this size/performance and still turn a reasonable profit, though I think that day is coming soon (just can’t imagine Stellantis being the one to get it right!)
Reminds me of the Livewire. Priced so insanely high that it becomes a meme.
I’ve got to agree. Sure, it’s not the worlds coolest Dodge and doesn’t do the macho V8, melt tires, pound chest thing Dodge was really good at doing; but it seems like a solid commuter. I live in a small city and commute to a rural suburb, this thing seems like it would be an awesome cruiser to get to the office every day. It’s basically a giant GT car and outside of the lackluster EV components, the rest of the car gets reviewed fairly well. Plus, it looks really good. At this price, you’d be dumb not to consider it, right?
Can confirm, it is an excellent commuter and city car. I love it for driving to work, and all the parking sensors make it easy to fit into a tight garage. The fake exhaust noise is easy to turn off.
Yes, I think this is the right take… and I kind of like it to be a decent looking EV that doesn’t cost too much (at least in this limited example probably full of caveats). The interior is a bit off-putting, but at $30K it could totally be forgiven.
If I paid $60K for it, I’d probably upchuck in my mouth just a little bit every time I opened the door though.
I really like the looks of the Charger Daytona and I’ve always wanted to drive a sizable American coupe, but…the thing is just too freakin’ HUGE. I would have to choose parking spaces in between two empty spaces to feel comfortable opening the doors/not scratching the car on the right pulling in.
And call me insensitive, but frankly I think EVs should cost the same as the their ICE counterparts, with the manufacturers eating the difference in development costs as penance for towing the fossil fuel industry line for so long that we are in crunch time with climate change. Oh, they can’t lay off regular employees to soften the blow, either; it has to come straight out of the C-suite execs’ salaries.
I like how you think!
They should have started with a gas version.
The Charger was big and cheap. They missed one of those marks entirely, and kind of missed the second one by not having rear doors. It really doesn’t matter how roomy the rear seast are if you have to crawl over the front seats to access them.
I recently took a look at a Palisade while my Kona was being serviced and I brutally crunched my nuts trying to wiggle out of the third row. No one wants to deal with that crap, give us 4 doors.
Wanted to make a smart ass comment, but should probably just wish you a Happy New Year.
I wonder if this dealer is also adding on all those extra charges beyond the listed price? We recently walked away from a deal on a new car where the dealer added over $2000 in extras like a LoJack, paint and dent protection, nitrogen in the tires. All of this was above and beyond the advertised price. It was an entire suite of rip off BS that only showed up when I insisted they provide the out-the-door-price in writing.
At first they claimed they couldn’t email or text a written quote! I’d have to come by to see it. I said hell no, and they finally emailed it to me and that’s when it showed up. They refused to remove the BS or discount it. They even claimed that there was no way to physically remove the LoJack (it would have been a cash sale).
We were ready to buy but instead decided never to deal with that dealer again.
Top Tip: Don’t believe ANY advertised price until you see the complete “out-the-door” quote.
F&@k dealers that play bait/switch and routinely screw over anyone they can.
They currently have their nitrogen, door edge protectors, etc. listed as included for $0 as part of a Black Friday deal. If they’re still honoring that, this might not be a scam.
Good to know, though not even worth $0!
Absolutely not worth it, but it’s nice to know they shouldn’t be pushing any charges for that crap. That’s worth a little something in my mind.
I see the addendum sticker in the windshield too on the Charger in question, but one of the website popups also says they don’t do add-ons or market adjustments. I imagine it all allows them to show a bigger value like an infomercial, “$1995 value at NO extra charge!” If that’s what they want to do to advertise a bigger discount in front of the customer, sure whatever, just as long as it actually ends up the same sale price as if the add-ons didn’t exist.
I saw a piece about this on my feed and did an Autotrader search, yup there are quite a few out there for under 40k. I’ll take the B5 Blue one. This is where the price should’ve been to begin with.
Watch out, though- some of these deals have fine print, “price is for a lease agreement only”.
As long as the contract allows early buyout without charging all the money factor, it’s alright to go for the lease. You start the lease, turn around and call the leasing company to start the buyout, write them a check, and get your title in the mail. It’s a little annoying, but in cases where there is a lease incentive, it’s worth it.
That is cheap enough that I’d probably roll the dice on it if I were in the market. I wish it were in a fun color, but beggars can’t be choosers. Don’t like the money factor on that lease (comes out to just over 12% interest), but you could just buy it out immediately if the contract allows.
They show some finance options, but they seem suspect, given the biggest discount is a lease cash discount. If they’d let a person just buy it in cash with the lease discount, that’d be the most tempting option.
“fun color”
For whatever reason, it seems like the only colors the dealers ever ordered this car in were “boring”, “dull” and “bland”. I would NOT buy this car in any of those colors.
I’ve seen maybe 1 orange one on the lots out here, but we did have one dealer who took a white one and gave it a baby-blue vinyl wrap with a white roof and it looked AMAZING and eye catching as you drove past it on the highway.
It’s wild to me that Stellantis offers more colors than most automakers and yet you see black and grey everywhere. I know that a lot of people playing at being badass like everything to be black, but what happened to having a cool color so that your fast car stands out?
That vinyl wrap does sound pretty awesome.