Posted on 03/17/2015 3:26:56 PM PDT by rickmichaels
Dodge is experiencing the cliché “too much of a good thing,” and has stopped production of its 707 horsepower halo cars, the Challenger SRT Hellcat and Charger SRT Hellcat, to allow the Brampton, Ontario plant to catch up on existing orders.
The official statement released by FCA U.S. says, “Due to unprecedented demand for the 2015 Dodge Charger and Challenger SRT Hellcats, we are temporarily restricting orders while we validate current orders that are in the system."
While there's been no official word from the automaker regarding when it will resume selling the SRTs, some reports say it could be August before Dodge begins to accept orders again.
Dodge received more than 4,500 orders in the first five minutes of sales back in September 2014, for a car they'd planned to build just 5,000 of in total.
In February, the automaker announced on its blog that dealers were accepting more orders than the company could actually build.
Apparently each of the 2,300 American dealerships were informed they will get just one Hellcat per month, yet many reportedly accepted orders - and non-refundable deposits - for dozens or even hundreds more.
The situation was so bad that the automaker's blog post included a list of five questions a potential buyer should first ask a dealer before ordering and placing a deposit, including if that deposit is refundable should the order go unfilled.
Good problem to have.
“Unprecedented Demand” = People want to buy these automobiles but we can’t sell enough hybrid smartcar Fiats to balance out the metrics for CAFE standards.
‘Dodge is experiencing the cliché “too much of a good thing,” and has stopped production of its 707 horsepower halo cars, the Challenger SRT Hellcat and Charger SRT Hellcat, to allow the Brampton, Ontario plant to catch up on existing orders.”
That makes no sense what so ever. You do not stop production to catch up on existing orders. You stop taking new orders. (Which is what they say in the next sentence.)
How much is the deposit? How many people have ordered more than one?
Another idiot “jurnolist”. They have not stopped production. Rather, they have stopped taking orders.
...and these 'professional writers' are allowed to vote!
A guy I work with just bought one last week. He brought it from the lot to work to show us. He had put about 6 miles on it. The dealer had a red one on his lot, just like the picture in the article. $65,000 nice.
Love the oldschool look.
I’d gladly pay retail plus 10 percent to buy one.
Then sell it on Ebay or Auto Trader for retail plus 50 percent.
Or, if I really wanted to keep one, I’d wait a year and buy at retail minus 30 percent.
I am glad I did not have one of those at age 18.
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. I mean, I was first in my class in Driver's Training and I had literally dozens of hours of driving under my belt, so I should be able to handle 700 hp, right? Hooboy...
A few people wrecked theirs soon after leaving dealer lots because they were boneheads.
Use the black key until you understand the handling of the car....then try the red key.
707 horsepower? That’s INSANE! I do like the retro look of the Challenger.. Reminds me of the 6-pack grabber green Cudas I used to gawk at in the 60’s (or was that 70’s?).
You youngsters and your toys. Not sure why this is so important, especially since the new Government Motors Corvette is so much faster.
http://autoweek.com/article/car-news/corvette-z06-faster-hellcat-ferrari-mclaren
I’ll stick with my slow but classy ‘67 Comet.
I can say I’ve seen one of these out in the wild. Couldn’t believe my eyes.. Driving through a parking lot at Zody’s. LOL
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