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Dave M writes:
Hey, Robert, since you’re posting stupid window stickers, here’s one from a Chrysler dearler near me barely on life support (aren’t they all). 3 months ago they had 42 Crossfires with this additional mark up sticker. There are still 39 there.
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Is it the AMG version?
That price should be in Yuan not US Dollars.
-ted
Funny, that’s the price you’d have to pay ME to drive a Crossfire.
Who were the 3 suckers? What does it matter if it was the massaged AMG version? All “new” 2005 Crossfires should be $18k, tops. SRT-6 or not.
The people demand a TTAC Chrysler Crossfire Review!
Well, they politely request the same. You know. When you get a chance. Should be controversial, whatever the verdict.
That sticker looks like it’s been in the window for a loooong time. I’m guessing that it will be in there for a while longer.
Hafta love the dumbass typeface choice.
Nothing. The “Honesty-Integrity”, the “Owner Care 1” (how much for “Owner Care 2”?), the “Stock Adjust” (how many euphemisms can we come up with for MSRP add-ons?), the wrinkled up paper, nothing could make this more funny.
I wonder what this guy’s mark-up is on a Sebring.
The only sad thing is that we are subsidizing this ass-clown’s floor plan.
Who ordered 42 of these?
Did anyone at that douche-bag dealership really think it was cool to substitute a capital I for a 1 in the sticker price?
… and 44 grand for THAT thing? C’mon, get real.
How much you want to bet those three missing crossfires were part of inventory swaps.
I get it:
Joke: Chrsyler
Punchline: Window sticker
Hilarious!
Douchebaggery takes a turn and heads into this moronic Chrysler dealer. I’m a free market guy and the dealer can ask what they want, but I’d just laugh at that.
Actually, I wouldn’t as Chrysler has given most people no reasons to darken the doors of their dealerships.
To blatantly steal from Jalop, nice price or crack pipe? Im gonna hafta…… um, go ahead and say crack pipe. The way the market is you would think these ass hats would stop putting addendum’s as egregious as this on a window. Good luck selling your dealership, er….. I mean these cars.
As weird/rare as a 2008 Crossfire Convertible is, they are listed at under $29K all day (given the MSRP this is not an SRT):
http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/searchresults.jsp?num_records=25&search_lang=en&page_location=findacar%3A%3Aispsearchform&search_type=new&distance=0&address=60606&marketZipError=false&style_flag=1&make=CHRY&model=CROSSFIRE&make2=&start_year=2008&end_year=2010&min_price=10&max_price=30000&seller_type=b&transmission=&engine=&drive=&doors=&fuel=&max_mileage=&color=&keywordsrep=099111110118101114116105098108101&keywordsfyc=__Y29udmVydGlibGU%2C__&keywords_display=convertible&sort_type=priceASC&body_code=0&certified=&advanced=y&highlightFirstMakeModel=&showZipError=n&default_sort=priceASC&awsp=false&keywordsrep=&keywordsfyc=&systime=&rdm=1234557144018
From the MSRP this is not an SRT, as wierd/rare as a new 2008 Crossfire convertible is they are listed at under $29K. This dealer has a good sense of humor since a very low mileage used Crossfire convertible can be had in the low teens.
In 3 more months they’ll offer them as Buy One, Get One Free… before rebates.
Or simply 1/2 price.
Maybe they can donate the wretched things to the military for target practice, since the “Crossfire” deserves to be caught in some of its own namesake.
I drove one a mile once and hated every second of it.
I’d say the markup, but if that’s the exact spelling of the e-mail that Farago got…
So this dealer is obviously not selling cars. What do yall think it’s a front for, then? Drug dealers? Money Laundering? Tax shelter?
zerofoo : It should be in Zimbabwe dollars.
Absolute laziness…..absentee dealer with one shitty sales manager
Remember: the dealer doesn’t have to pay off the principle (invoice) on these Crossfires until he/she sells the vehicles.
All he/she’s paying now: interest on the loan.
So let’s say the dealer says, NSFW this NSFW. I want these Crossfires gone, NOW.
Easy enough. Cut the price to, say, $9,995k.
The dealer would then have to pay off the loan– and go out of business.
Goes to show that there’s a sucker born every minute. A divorced, balding 52-year old sucker.
A quick look at the last 50 ebay auctions shows:
43 did not make reserve therefore did not sell. Most bids were in the $10,000 range, not $40,000
5 sold, the highest being a virtually new SRT for $16,600 and a specially painted fully loaded 2005 with 40k miles for $8900
That should be on dong (Vietnam money).
I guess there’s a sucker born every three months in that area – unless the one missing was stolen.
Maybe the “1” key on their keyboard is broken and they cannot afford to buy a replacement.
Robert Farago: “The dealer would then have to pay off the loan– and go out of business.”That’s as good an explanation as I’ve seen for the reason Big 2.8 prices don’t seem to be reflecting the so-called ‘dire’ situation they’re in to unload large inventories of vehicles. They can’t afford to actually sell any cars since the loan principle on them far exceeds what they’re really worth.
The crossfire is a sad commentary of the halo car run amuck. I leased one of these when they came out. It was competent and a good car. If only the rest of chrysler’s line could have said we are also up-scale and worth looking at. By the time I had to turn it in, they were already in the tank. Thankfully, I could give it back. No car company survives with a continual deluge of near worthless used cars populating the used car lots.I have a 300C which has given no trouble and performs well, now with the fuel situation better I would be ready to buy another. However, two things prevent this: First like the crossfire it too has a terrible resale and will probably soon be an orphan. Secondly, going on four years, shouldn’t it be redesigned or upgraded so that I have a reason to buy a new one? In both cases, the answer will send me out of Detroit and into the arms of the foreigners.
A good friend has one of these. He bought it new in ’07 for a stunning discount. It is a cool little car for what it is. He enjoys driving it and the performance is good.
Personally I don’t think Mercedes mechanical reliability and Chrysler interior quality is a great combo but at about half price I can see why he picked it up.