Got a Hellcat on order? Well, maybe you don't....

[Sixpaksteve]

For those of you who have a Hellcat on order at your local Dodge dealership, you might want to pick up a copy of todays (3/3/15) USA TODAY newspaper and take a look at Section B. A front page article there starts out..... "FCA is warning potential buyers that some of it's Dodge dealers are cheating them - accepting deposits for more of the high-performance Hellcat models than they are likely to be able to deliver."

Sorry to be the bearer of (potentially)bad news.

 

[bee71]

I don't know who that person got the information from. However, I did read that the president of Dodge earlier this year was dispelling the rumor of Dodge only building a certain number of Hellcats. He said as long as they were getting orders for them they would be met.

 

[Rocketman]

I would be more worried about the shear number of them being wrecked and what that does to insurance just to have one.

 

[themechanic]

They are recalling vehicles with Hellcat engines for a fuel issue IIRC.

 

[69redrunner]

There are people that put money down and ordered Challengers back in September that still don't even have a build date yet.
FCA now says a limit of 1 Hellcat powered vehicle per month for dealers that meet qualifying criteria. If you have one ordered with a dealer that has more than a couple ordered ahead of you....your screwed. ..even if they qualify. If they don't qualify. ...your screwed!

 

[SUPERSTOCKRACER]

There are people that put money down and ordered Challengers back in September that still don't even have a build date yet.
FCA now says a limit of 1 Hellcat powered vehicle per month for dealers that meet qualifying criteria. If you have one ordered with a dealer that has more than a couple ordered ahead of you....your screwed. ..even if they qualify. If they don't qualify. ...your screwed!

You are correct. I ordered a white one and I waited long enough to get my deposit back. 6 months and still no Vin #. I got 4 different answers from 4 different people. Nobody has a clue what really is going on with these cars.

 

[Photon440]

I don't know who that person got the information from. However, I did read that the president of Dodge earlier this year was dispelling the rumor of Dodge only building a certain number of Hellcats. He said as long as they were getting orders for them they would be met.

Apparently the president of Dodge was basing his comments on only a handful of orders coming in. His division is obviously NOT meeting the orders.

 

[Richard Cranium]

What Dodge isn't saying is that they allowed dealers to take many orders from many customers and in turn place these orders with Dodge, who assigned a vehicle order number to each order submitted. A couple months ago, this allocation system became public which was "needed" because they simply cannot produce Hellcats fast enough, so they now have resorted to blaming the dealers.

As a consumer, according to Dodge's chart, we are supposed to find out all sorts of private information about a particular dealership if we want to place an order.

Simply, Dodge f**ked up by not anticipating the demand for these cars.

I am one of the lucky few who placed an order with a dealer who had 50 on order. Where I was in that 50, I have no idea. I found another local dealer who has an allocation available & I ordered a 2nd time with them in late January. I'm hoping that it will be picked up by Dodge soon. As far as the 1st dealer, I just cancelled with them last week.

 

[moparmarks]

Sounds like it could be hell to get a cat.
:rolling:
Sorry couldn't help it.

 

[Richard Cranium]

For some (like me) it is. Others have had no problem. After months of being in limbo, I now understand the system & with luck, my 2nd order will come through, but there is still plenty of doubt.

 

[Rocketman]

I live in a small town and our dealer has already sold at least one because I have seen it, I was told he already sold two but I have not seen the other one. He is agressive, already selling in excess of 40 eco diesel trucks

 

[slepr1]

One wonders why they continue to let this happen. I was all lined up to buy a Challenger in 2008, cash in hand. When I was told it was at least 6-8 months wait I kept my dream alive for about a month and dropped the idea. I wonder how many others have changed their minds because Dodge can't deliver? And most importantly...who's getting fired because of it?

 

[themechanic]

For some (like me) it is. Others have had no problem. After months of being in limbo, I now understand the system & with luck, my 2nd order will come through, but there is still plenty of doubt.

Maybe if you had your own syndicated radio program you'd have a Hellcat by now like Michael Savage.