Automotive News announced today that you can get $9000 off a Chrysler, Dodge or Jeep. Really? According to their daily broadcast, Automotive News Today, beginning this Thursday, July 23, 2009, you can visit any Chrysler, Dodge or Jeep dealership and get a total of $9000 off of certain models. The program runs through August, or is supposed to anyway; at least until the Auto Czar puts a stop to it!
Perhaps corporate Chrysler minds like Lee Iacocca have finally emerged with an idea that may be impressive. Chrysler plans to utilize the Cash for Guzzlers discount of $4500 and add an additional $4500 to qualified vehicles to get car buyers to that $9000.
Be prepared before you shop. Remember that many dealers have problems with the government vouchers because they need the $4500 right away to pay Chrysler. Unless Chrysler plans to extend the time they need to pay the vehicle off. That probably won't happen since most Chrysler dealers don't have their floorplan (what they owe on cars) with Chrysler. Most are with GMAC now. Do you think GMAC will wait on the government? Good luck on that one.
The Cash for Guzzlers program has a few flaws. The junker you think might qualify that has been sitting in your yard for a few years and doesn't run does not qualify. Unless of course you have been smart enough to have that guzzler insured and registered for at least one year. Who has the extra cash to register a car that doesn't start? This was the Auto Czar's idea huh?
While the Auto Czar Obama and his auto task force wannabes keep coming up with ideas that won't work, I think matching their program is a good effort by Chrysler. Kudos to them. The best part was that they were'nt forced to do it, they just did it, the old fashioned way. As Lee Iacocca might have said, according to Automotive News Today, "If you can find a better incentive, take it!"
Keep in mind that you will most likely have to pick from the Chrysler, Dodge or Jeep dealer's inventory and this rebate money won't apply to dealer trades or ordered units. But it's all good folks, except for the dealers who have to wait for the $4500 from the Auto Czar and his flock. It's also not great if you weren't smart enough to keep that old junker registered AND insured. But who cares right? It's a good thing!
On to GM. The Auto Czar's flunkies have said that terminated GM dealers can have first pick of a franchise in their area if GM builds a new store there. What? Why would they put in another franchise after they closed one down in the same area? Is the Auto Czar awake people? This one boggles the mind. I can see it now; Joe GM-Dealer has to close his Cadillac store in Apple, Texas, but he will get first choice if GM wants to put a new franchise in Apple, Texas. I ponder, what was the point of closing down the Cadillac store in Apple, Texas to begin with?
Ask the Auto Czar! Sounds like a good quiz show. Too bad nobody that is knowledgeable about the auto industry will be able to appear on it.
For now, drag in your guzzlers (if they are licensed and insured) and get $9000 off a Chrysler, Dodge, or Jeep! At least for now anyway. At least until the Auto Czar tells Chrysler, "shame on you!" Most likely angry that he didn't think of it himself.
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