Originally Posted by Vinny Fins
This is now a vehicle that is classified in the category of being an "aspiratonal" car. Kids, teens, adults...... They'll aspire to own the top of the line Challenger. There's no arguing that! They will do what they can to afford the car. The people that can already afford the car, and the premium over sticker, will also own the car... Only they'll own it first!
This is not a vehicle that will follow the rule of "planned obsolescence". It will not be rebodied or freshened before it's useful life expectancy is over. It will remain the same until it's gets some wildly outlandish future-modern interpretation of what a Challenger is or the "green-machine", as I like to call the green lobbyists, destroy the muscle car market altogether! And unfortunately for all of us that love brute, gut-wrenching, foot in the ass speed, that day is coming.
This car is going to be a last hoorah of sorts. Count on that! Aspire to own it in the mean time and don't worry... In the next 2-3 years, or maybe sooner, Challenger's strangle-hold on the modern vision of greatness past will fade and the prices will drop.
I have my own theory as to how things are being drawn out , similar to yours .....
- Prices are high now and it's all the rage ..... surely like in 1970 (minus the price gouging ?)
- Everyone that wants one will get one either in the beginning or afterwards when possible .
- The rage will pass people will get used to it , some will sell and move on .
- Dealers will sell at very attractive prices / Dodge will bring out all its tricks to keep sales afloat and interest anew .
- Gas prices will continue to escalate , the rich richer , the poor poorer
- Lots of people , just like in 1974 when the gaz crisis hit - sold their Muscle Cars dirt cheap , so it will happen too again in a few years - some earnestly wanting to get rid and some others crying separation from it , and some will hang on and use it sparingly (those that can afford to)
- Then perhaps 10-20-30 years will pass and these very same Challengers we're waiting on today - will fetch high desireability once more !
Perhaps I should become a Reggie Jackson who was buying all them rare Camaros when everyone was telling him he was crazy to do so back in the mid-'70's , if only I could have a big storage space for them - I would !
It's a cycle that keeps coming back every 10 years - cars go high popularity then go down , then go back up , then go back down - one only has to look back at each decades past . The future looks very uncertain and scary , with many's opinion at the extreme not unlike Vinny's when compared to the '74 crisis and how people saw the future - it's a same paralel at the core just with different crust . Things that make you go hmmmm
I personally want to hang on to my Challenger and will do so , set myself up to keep it by paying dirt cheap from a dealer new with no purchase financing interest at all (0% just like my Mazda6) and I will pay it in 5 years (a drop of water in a lifetime) ,then I will be on the lookout for special very special Chally selling at bargain basement pricing from owners and probably start collecting them heheheh .... and I'm sure I can almost guarantee it - I'm not the only one thinking and foreseeing like so