The Dodge Challenger SRT Demon 170 will go down in historical past as some of the outrageous and superior manufacturing vehicles ever made. What’s wild is that Dodge priced this factor at a comparatively accessible (by way of it’s efficiency) value. Of course, you’ll by no means pay that on the supplier. And one supplier is taking the cake with what is probably going the costliest Dodge Challenger ever listed on the market.
On paper, the efficiency of the Challenger Demon 170 may make you suppose it ought to command supercar pricing. A 1,025-horsepower muscle automotive that runs on E85, has drag radial tires, can hit 60 mph in 1.6 seconds and is able to placing down 1 / 4 mile time of lower than 9 seconds is lunacy. Dodge pricing this factor underneath $100,000 ($96,666) is sort of unbelievable. And the corporate did briefly point out trying to deal with markups on the Demon 170. But after all that MSRP means nothing to at least one Dodge supplier in Maryland.
Ourisman Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep Ram in Bowie, Maryland, has just a few SRT fashions in inventory though they’re not in manufacturing anymore. If you’re nonetheless in search of a Jailbreak or one of many Last Call particular editions, that is your supplier. But the crown jewel of their stock is a white Challenger SRT Demon 170. I stumbled upon this randomly one evening watching YouTube. The host of the channel HemiMuscle apparently purchased his 300C from this supplier.
One day — simply over every week in the past now as of this writing — he went into the supplier to take a look at what they’ve. A gross sales man he has an excellent relationship with by the title of Tony confirmed him round. He mentions they’ve a Demon 170 in inventory and HemiMuscle needed to see it. Tony proceeds to point out him the automotive and within the video, you’ll be able to overhear HemiMuscle asking what Ourisman is asking over sticker; Tony says $200,000.
He mentions this markup once more as he’s exhibiting the Demon 170, which is actually in a glass-enclosed room on the gross sales ground, nearly like a show case. Thinking I could have misheard him, I did some digging, discovered the supplier and positive sufficient, the Demon 170 is listed of their stock and it’s marked as much as the stratosphere. Let’s break down the insane pricing.
So the Challenger SRT Demon 170 has the aforementioned MSRP of $96,666. According to the monroney, this explicit Demon 170 has $16,605 in choices. They’re choices that flip it into much less of a drag racer and extra of a drag racer you’ll be able to stay with, like heated and ventilated Laguna leather-based seats, Harmon Kardon audio system and a sunroof for a complete value of $135,036. Ourisman is tacking on one other $200,000 to the worth for a grand whole of $334,036. There’s no approach in hell.
Could you get them to come back down on this value? Probably, however more than likely no. Tony mentions within the video for different vehicles on the showroom (like a $20,000 markup on what seems to be a Charger Scatpack Widebody) ground that if the client is critical, they will work one thing out. “Your presence is your best leverage,” he might be heard saying. Sure, however what sort of leverage can you actually have negotiating towards a markup of that dimension? If you’ve this type of cash, don’t purchase a Challenger. I don’t care what its efficiency is. With a value like this, right here’s to hoping this factor sits on their lot till the tires deflate.
Source: jalopnik.com