Which is likely a factor. People tend to google things from time to time.
New Dodge Hornets reported as selling 33 percent below MSRP- worth consideration??
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They are basically the same car as a Stelvio but they are rebadged as a Dodge. Rented one in Florida and flogged it thoroughly. Fun little runabout. Another example of a nice car hobbled by aggressive pricing and being marketed to the wrong demographic - Dodge buyers don’t want a small sporty crossover SUV.
Forgive me because this is not directed at you personally but rather a common consumer mindset. I do wonder when I see things like this and people contemplating buying something under such conditions, are they motivated by the satisfaction of chasing a "good deal?"
You could buy one of these vehicles and absolutely hate it or buy it and realize that this is not what you wanted in terms of a vehicle BUT in your mind you always fall back on the thought that, "I got a great deal!"
FWIW I have worked at a Dodge dealer that ended up going out of business 6 months after I quit and they notoriously had a massive backlog of new and used vehicles that they could not (and or perhaps would not) sell. From my experience I would avoid this stuff like the plague.
I had this vehicle as a rental, it's not a bad vehicle. Not sure why you came to the conclusion that people would hate it.
It's definitely not worth its original asking price, but now that the price has dropped, people are buying it because it's a pretty decent vehicle and at a decent price. Long term reliability is a big question with this one, but some people don't look this far ahead, nor want to.
I bought my Xterra (first new car, I had previously only bought used) because they were offering below invoice plus $3500 in rebates back in 2008. Otherwise I would likely have bought another used Jeep GC.
Its in my sig. 414K miles later, it wasn't a good deal, it was a great deal.
Total trash
Its your typical GM disposable car, like the Cavalier, or Vega, but now its made by Daewoo.
The problem is the version a lot of people want (plug in hybrid) has a lot of electronic problems that dodge was extremely slow to solve.
The other “normal “ hornet was OK but the bad reliability from the PHEV ruined both’s reputation.
The Hornet could have sold fine if they wouldn’t have released a beta level vehicle to the public and yeah pricing is an issue with Dodge nameplate.
Long term if I were a betting man getting good quality front end parts will probably be the thing that takes these off the road, god only knows but lots of Dodge products always end up with front end or bearing issues down the road
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What you are alluding to is the “megapixel conundrum,” where man wants a single number by which to judge goodness.
We just ordered a car and got 4.8% off list. Sounds pretty bad. 33% is approximately 6.5 times gooder than our deal, and clearly winning to our losing.
Lots of examples around 200,000 miles but few past 250,000
Gotta wonder $$$$$ spent to go that far.
I did not say everyone would but buyers remorse is very common with many vehicles that people buy just because they got this or that deal which they used to justify the purchase in the first place in part or in its entirety.
I'll give you an example, one of the best customers I've ever had traded in an incredibly nice Lexus to me for a new Subaru Outback and I really wondered why he got rid of his Lexus but I'm not going to stop anyone from buying a car from me and collecting a good trade vehicle. He had the Subaru for two or three weeks and while he liked it his wife absolutely hated it so he came back to try to trade that recently purchased car back in for the Lexus. Well the Lexus had souls by then so I ended up setting him up with a Cadillac his wife was happy with.
This may not be apples to apples precisely with what we're talking about with the Dodge hornet but it's an applicable example of buyers remorse both in the acquisition and loss of assets.
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I suspect there are folks who “enjoy” casting the image that they can, and do, switch vehicles every 3-6 mos. It seems “luxurious “ as if they are “affluent.” And they very well may be. My buddy has a friend who gets cars every few months through this rep named “Chief.” Both husband and wife love Chief” where my buddy once went with them and he told me I dunno he seems like a snake to me. I decided to go to the website to see what chief looks like. After I saw him I told my buddy he works out and if you guys weren’t so far away I’d likely buy from Chief too.
I would think those who trade in a vehicle then want it back a few weeks later is very small.
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Yeah, no, that's still absurd for this thing. And it's going to depreciate so hard that the $8k savings is going to be nothing.
This is like the Dart all over again but even worse. Dodge is in such a pickle outside of the Charger/Challenger, and they even botched that too, so now what?
C'mon up to the 'Peg. Here's a loaded leftover 2024 for under C$50K (plus 12% sales tax). The boss wants to move metal, and has a sharp pencil!
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I live 2 miles away from a DJCR dealership and still don't see these around. I see more AR Tonale.
