New Dodge Hornets selling well below MSRP- worth consideration??

[MCompact]

The question was whether you've driven one. The answer, which we've had to infer, since you were unwilling to answer it directly, was "no".

We all are WELL aware of your position on non-Japanese nameplates and your infatuation with Toyota, the hallmark of your "contributions" on here. Personally, I appreciated the 2-year reprieve we had from your participation, which is generally short on technical content and long on (often unsolicited and irrelevant) opinion.

It was a nice 24 months.

 

[MCompact]

I currently own 3 FCA/Stellantis vehicles. A May '13 build '14 JGC Overland, a '16 Challenger Hellcat, and a '22 JGC Summit. All three had initial minor recalls, but zero fit and finish issues. The '14 GC has been through 12 salty Michigan winters. It has no body rust and underneath just a little surface corrosion. The only mechanical failures in 94,000 miles were an oil pressure sensor and a leaky engine mount.

The Challenger and the Summit are both at about 18K and have been trouble free. Best vehicles I've ever owned in 57 years of car ownership. If these cars are as bad as some people say, I must just be lucky.

I loved my 1999 Wrangler so much that I kept it for 21 years; I replaced it with a 2021 Wrangler 4xe that has been totally problem free over 37k miles.
I guess that I’m just lucky as well…

 

[slacktide_bitog]

still overpriced

 

[Chris142]

A fiat masquerading as a Dodge... What could go wrong?

 

[GSCJR]

Another acronym from a tech at a local Fiat dealer when the little 300's were going thru a massive engine failure glut a few years ago (they had 11 300's on the lot waiting for engines)

F Fits
I inside
A A
T Tashcan

If they are giving them away now, I can only imagine what the 3-year residual value will be.

I'm dying of laughter; he shouldn't quit his day job. It's spelled trashcan, and it's a 500 not a 300.

 

[MCompact]

I'm dying of laughter; he shouldn't quit his day job. It's spelled trashcan, and it's a 500 not a 300.

Don’t you just love alleged “techs” that don’t even know what model they are servicing?

 

[TCL]

I remember when the American Motors Corporation (AMC) made the Hornet.

 

[D60]

If I can get a Hornet for $20k USD out the door before sales tax, I am buying one.

Not every day someone can get a new Alfa Romeo at these prices, especially in the U.S.

Of course risk involved, but as some point, the reward outweighs the risks.

If you're not holding out for one with an engine fire to be repaired by a sketchy meth mechanic....well, I'm just disappointed! Where will the next great BITOG adventure story come from???

 

[JHZR2]

Not at $46k. If it got you a car sub-$20k it would be a screaming deal.

 

[Chris142]

I remember when the American Motors Corporation (AMC) made the Hornet.

We had several brown ones in HS for the driving class.

 

[Pablo]

We had several brown ones in HS for the driving class.

My wife had a brown wagon when we met. V8. I mean it was pretty solid!