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Originally Posted by silversleeper

I'll just drop this here for the people who wrongly think people are actually putting their money where their mouth is. The damn gubmen won't let us buy what we all want.

Jeep Grand Cherokee L Loses Its V8 Because Less Than 4 Percent Of Customers Wanted It

https://autos.yahoo.com/jeep-grand-c...143009066.html

Originally Posted by FarmerFran

Yeah, but they had it for those 4%, and it wasn't like it was just in that vehicle. It was in all their vehicles. You look at the JGC crowd and you see they want luxury over speed, and that thing is super luxurious, especially at the price point. Now what was the Durango %? Probably not much more but that crowd would buy all of them in the V8 if they were not priced out.

So it wasn't like they made this special V8 for a V8 vehicle, it was a cookie cutter V8 that they put in everything, but the buyer of that particular vehicle did not care or did not want to spend the extra $ on it. But goes back to win a race on Sunday and sell a car on Monday mentality. And damn it worked.

Would the CT5-V exist with out the CT5? Would the CT4-V exist without the CT4? ZL1 without a V6 LT1?

This game has been played for decades and the electrification is making it harder. Is what it is

Originally Posted by Capricio

How much was the upcharge to get the V8? And how much of that amount had to go to buy carbon offsets/credits? If we're in the cost manipulation game, what would be the take rate on the V8 if it cost the same as the V6 option? Yes, surprise, the regulatory state is affecting/limiting consumer choices. Hooray.

All of this is hypothetical and moot. Basically it’s bad reporting in the original article. Dodge /Ram / Stellantis announced over a year ago that they were shutting down Hemi and replacing it with the 3.0L Inline 6. This article is from May 2023. https://www.carexpert.com.au/car-new...ane-six-report

The 5.7L and the 6.4L were the first to go. They kept a few Hellcat applications around (TRX, the Last Call cars) but eventually that shuts down too. So it has nothing to do with take rates or option pricing. It has totally to do with they’ve decided to go a different way with their engine power technology. Instead of a big displacement OHV they’ve moved on to a consolidated 0.5L per cylinder DOHC design with and without boosting.