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Car Forum / Dodge / Dodge Trucks / May 2008WTH? New Dodge Rams going for 13K below MSRP
A tight credit market, slumping construction, an economy on bed rest an end-of-model year, and high gas prices mean one thing for picku trucks: lots of brand new trucks waiting for buyers. Dealers tryin to shift their 2008 Dodge Rams before the 2009s arrive are taking a much as $13,000 off the bill to try and convince buyers to com forth. That means you can get a Dodge Ram 1500 Quad Cab SLT 4x2 fo $19,995, instead of $32,795 With consumers being more picky about what and when they buy, it als doesn't help that dealers really don't want trade-in trucks either since they can't do anything with them. What Dodge dealers hope fo now is that Chrysler will manage the build-out of the 2009 models t give them a chance to get rid of the 2008s. Chrysler says it has plan that will keep it competitive and keep the changeover orderly For now, the Ram is the most heavily discounted vehicle out there For a dealer in Ohio, the matter of 120-day inventories really come down to gas prices. "Until we get gas under three bucks gallon," he said, "these pickups are not going t move." We're sure that no one wants that to be true, because i it is, there will be brand new 2008 Rams on showroom lots for a lon time View the attachments for this post at: http://www.jlaforums.com/viewtopic.php?p=13775351#1377535 >A tight credit market, slumping construction, an economy on bed rest, > an end-of-model year, and high gas prices mean one thing for pickup [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > forth. That means you can get a Dodge Ram 1500 Quad Cab SLT 4x2 for > $19,995, instead of $32,795. I saw a ad a couple of days ago for a new 1500 for $13,000. I'm sure it is a teaser, but it is a buyers market. > I saw a ad a couple of days ago for a new 1500 for $13,000. I'm sure > it is a teaser, but it is a buyers market. Agree it's a buyers market. Last month I purchased a 2008 Ram 2500, Quad Cab, Long Bed, 4x4 out the door for $10k below MSRP. However it did take 4 days of negotiation. >> I saw a ad a couple of days ago for a new 1500 for $13,000. I'm sure >> it is a teaser, but it is a buyers market. > > Agree it's a buyers market. Last month I purchased a 2008 Ram 2500, Quad > Cab, Long Bed, 4x4 out the door for $10k below MSRP. However it did take > 4 days of negotiation. Good deal, but 4 day's?? The dealer I use is no bs no fuss, it is what it is. I doubt I've spent more than a one hour doing a deal with them. Oh, the dealer is Elmwood Dodge in RI >> Agree it's a buyers market. Last month I purchased a 2008 Ram 2500, Quad >> Cab, Long Bed, 4x4 out the door for $10k below MSRP. However it did [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > is. I doubt I've spent more than a one hour doing a deal with them. Oh, > the dealer is Elmwood Dodge in RI Yea I know. My first choice dealer that I wanted was no B.S. and no fuss. I told him over the phone what I was looking for with all my options, etc. He then sent me an email saying "The cost will be xxxx amount out the door". Exactly what I was looking for, cost and all! However the truck I wanted with options, etc. was very rare in my area for over 300 miles (non Desiel). The only place that was local was this one other dealer. My first choice dealer tried to make a trade but they just wouldn't do it. I almost (I *should* have) ordered from the factory using this dealer. Next time I will. >>> Agree it's a buyers market. Last month I purchased a 2008 Ram 2500, >>> Quad Cab, Long Bed, 4x4 out the door for $10k below MSRP. However it [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > wouldn't do it. I almost (I *should* have) ordered from the factory using > this dealer. Next time I will. Ya gotta do, what ya gotta do, some times. > A tight credit market, slumping construction, an economy on bed rest, > an end-of-model year, and high gas prices mean one thing for pickup [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > forth. That means you can get a Dodge Ram 1500 Quad Cab SLT 4x2 for > $19,995, instead of $32,795. Thats about the same as it's been for the past several years. I bought my 2004 Hemi Durango for 13K under MSRP. Bought my 2001 1500 for 10K under, bought my 2007 CTD 4x4 for 9K under (probably could have done better). >Thats about the same as it's been for the past several years. I bought >my 2004 Hemi Durango for 13K under MSRP. Bought my 2001 1500 for 10K >under, bought my 2007 CTD 4x4 for 9K under (probably could have done >better). Last year when we were just toying with the idea of buying a big 5th wheel & hitting the road, I was looking at getting an '06 (end of model year) 1-ton CTD dually. The truck stickered at $50k and the dealer was ready to let me have it for $36k drive-out. Fortunately we came to our senses and didn't buy anything; no 5th wheel, no truck, nothing and renewed the CDs we were thinking about cashing-in. Today that money sure looks a lot better still in savings than it would parked in the driveway w/diesel $4.28 a gallon. Maybe someday... --- There's a red carnation on the can cause it's the best milk in the land. No tits to twitch, no chips to pitch, just punch two holes in the sonuvabitch. ----== Posted via Pronews.Com - Unlimited-Unrestricted-Secure Usenet News==---- http://www.pronews.com The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! >100,000 Newsgroups ---= - Total Privacy via Encryption =--- >A tight credit market, slumping construction, an economy on bed rest, > an end-of-model year, and high gas prices mean one thing for pickup [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > forth. That means you can get a Dodge Ram 1500 Quad Cab SLT 4x2 for > $19,995, instead of $32,795. LOL, is this a joke? Who in their right mind would pay anything more for a 1500 2WD SLT QC and even there, 20 grand for that is a lot of money and most could do better.  SignatureIf at first you don't succeed, you're not cut out for skydiving > LOL, is this a joke? Who in their right mind would pay anything more for a > 1500 2WD SLT QC and even there, 20 grand for that is a lot of money and most > could do better. If the MSRP is $33K then it must be fully loaded with every option. Better to forgo a few and get a 2500. The problem is that the SLT cannot get every option even in the QC and all 1500 series have a limited selection of power train options, even the Laramine version of it. For $33K, you can get a fully loaded 2500 and with the current price of diesel, even the Cummins version is around that number. SignatureIf at first you don't succeed, you're not cut out for skydiving >> LOL, is this a joke? Who in their right mind would pay anything more for >> a 1500 2WD SLT QC and even there, 20 grand for that is a lot of money and >> most could do better. > > If the MSRP is $33K then it must be fully loaded with every option. Better > to forgo a few and get a 2500.
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