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Originally Posted by justa25thTA
I like it and would gladely own one, except for the higher cost.
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Cost....that's pretty much the issue.
The ride on them is more "comfortable" than the Camaro. My wife has an R/T Challenger in the Deep Water Blue.
I picked up a 2SS/RS for what they want for a Challenger R/T now.
Almost a year ago, we bought my wife's R/T for $27,000 with leather interior (28j package?) and standard 18 wheels. When I went looking for either an R/T or SRT8, very little discounts offered even after days of haggling /walking away ... so I started looking at the Camaro... Found one and picked it up used @ $32K for a 2SS/RS with 4,200 miles on it.
Hell, the Dodge dealers around here didn't even want to go to $30K on an R/T leftover equipped like my wife's that we paid $27,000 for only months ago brand new off the lot with 4 miles on it.
Couple that with the trade option... Dodge wanted to hose me on my trade... all dealers around here... We spent weeks negotiating different dealers and cars... I ended up at the table at a Chevy dealer and got $5,000 more for my trade! The Dodge dealers just seemed to want to hit a home run on the new car and a home run on the trade ... and I was not going to go along for the ride.
I let everyone know up front I did finance for a living and I knew what the cars were worth...did my homework... yada yada... but Dodge dealers were only interested in a "baby seal" deal in my opinion.
The 392 is a nice car, and wasn't available when I was shopping... I considered a Mopar 10 edition, but even those were offered in the 35K range at best and given what was available in the Camaro, it was a lot more "car" at less money. The SRT8 is comparable HP, but heavier and about 7-10K more expensive than the Camaro. The 392 is about $15K-18K more than a Camaro 2SS... and is it really all that much more car?
I think when you start getting into 392 price range, there's a host of European model sports cars that fall into play that are nimbler, faster, and can run circles around the 392 in performance..