Dealer Markup on a HORNET?!

Quick video showing markups on America's worst selling car.

[@madebychikar7651]

I have yet to see anyone driving a hornet

[@izzywhatafack]

I’ve seen one It was an older lady. Poor thing probably went in to look at a Jeep or Durango 😅😢

[@irvingp6859]

I finally seen 2 in 1 week 😂separate days

[@JayCentra]

They had an 11 year old driving one in the ad. Interesting marketing tactic

[@rahsaanthomas7030]

​@JayCentra "What you need is freakin' torque!" You could see the disclaimer saying how everything was done with the green screen.

[@countdankula6740]

I’ve seen like 1 this whole year 😂

[@jasonthamos69]

That dealer can just keep those cars

[@mikeadams1287]

This flop is not selling

[@victorjohnson7512]

Cut prices in half, if they ever want to sell.

[@theometzger2348]

I agree with you 100%. Everybody that I talk to and I know a lot of people all say the same thing. Corporate America has raised prices and things are now out of touch for the working class. But the solution from the CEOs is the cut labor cost. My God will the greed ever stop? Just remember one day they will have to go before God and answer for all their deeds. Just hold onto your vehicles and resist buying anything new or used from a dealership. Let them all go under.

[@milfordcivic6755]

I've never seen one of these on the road. There are so many better choices...like the CRV or Rav4.

[@trevorsutherland5263]

The "Tallahassee Advantage" 😂😂😂

[@johnnybravo5044]

The screw you advantage.

[@darthtater6543]

Do these dealerships not want to sell their vehicles?

[@tbirdboy]

It's like the WANT to go out of business.

[@toodamax12]

I usually see new cars (Cyber Truck Twice already...smh!!!) but i have yet to see these train wrecks yet, maybe its a blessing in disguise I don`t want to spoil my appetite

[@GuytheCarGuy]

This is a quick and raw video I took at the dealership today that is CHARGING ADMs on a HORNET (LOL, seriously). Absolutely zero production value... still delivers all the laughs.

[@hc2777]

I walked away once because of a $250 dealer installed lojack style device. They were saying oh but it'll help lower your insurance. Oh really, you called my insurance and they said ok pay $250 for a dealer LoJack and we'll lower the insurance on the backend...😒😂

[@2steaksandwiches665]

Yeah, my insurance said that they count alarms and keyless entry is the same as lojack there was no discount. They use this to control the inventory and pass the cost onto you. When I’m done with my one-year mandatory contract, I will not renew because if they steal my car, I want it to be totaled. I don’t want it back.

[@jasonthamos69]

They look like a cheap Fiat

[@Pantera-wu9ty]

That's because they are just that!

[@LastoftheMohicans116]

The interior is extremely basic. Literally looks like the glued an iPad on the dash along with generic buttons below it. Definitely not worth $40k

[@7318ify]

They essentially are

[@scrambler69-xk3kv]

Yep, Italian crap, my local dealer was once a Sears dept store and auto center attached to a mall. They ripped out the whole damn front wall and just spent a ton of money remodeling the building. It is now surrounded by an ocean, and I mean an ocean of Dodge Jeeps and Ram pickups. Constant commercials on local TV stations especially during the local news. Bet they are having second thoughts about their decision now.

[@jdev232]

In 2019, i bought one of the last new jeep JKUR on the lot. Couldn't give them away, as the new JL had come out mid year. Sticker was 41730. We bought for 36,200, because i had no idea what "door guards" were. Lol, but they tried 300 for wheel locks..."its on all our cars!" I said, the wheels/tires will be changed by this time tomorrow, dont need, dont want...while he lamented with my wife, i founf the mopar locks on Amazon. 😂😂😂 32.00, slid my phone in his face, and LOUDLY, while 4 other deals were happening said..."I'll eat 200 for your crappy door stickers cuz theyre on, but im not paying 300 for some sh*t i can buy on Amazon for 30!" This dealership is a place that rings a bell, and takes your picture when someone buys a car... they didn't even say goodbye to us. 😂😂😂😂😂 next day, i brought their wheel locks back, told em i hope this helps them make them some more money...

[@user-xk4vt9ye8j]

I wouldn’t let them take a picture of me even if they sold it for half price.

[@Rtu776]

$37,400! MSRP! Before markups. I have yet to see one in the wild. Now I know why. They’re all sitting on the lot with crazy prices.

[@greyfox79007]

It's the Dodge Caliber all over again.

[@CRAPO2011]

Figured they were giving these away like the darts. Might as well get the alfa version

[@iuyozx]

They’ll ultimately have knock 6-8k off the original msrp to move these.

[@esteban1487]

More

[@MilDarty]

They’ll have to be the price of the dart used. Which is around 7ish K, because they’re basically a cross over dart.

[@johnjones393]

Stellantis should be *paying* people to take their junk. Who in their right mind would buy anything from that company? 😂

[@jgboys1]

I wonder why they can’t move any cars? 🤔

[@ksrmk]

I refuse to buy dealer options. Walk out of the dealership that refuses to strike them. There are dealers that will sell wo adding crap options. DO NOT reward the ones that dont.

[@tizodd6]

Basic logic is extremely challenging for dealerships.

[@thanosianthemadtitanic]

if you cant sell something the immediate and most effective solution is to lower the price, but nooooo thats to much for the feeble dodge dealershio brain

[@tizodd6]

@@thanosianthemadtitanic Exactly. They're too stubborn for their own good. I really hope the market goes back to not long ago, when there were levels. You had entry level cars, mid-range cars, luxury, then the super/exotic/hyper cars. It's like all car makers are making mid-range/luxury the lowest tier now. 5 years ago, that crappy little Hornet would have been a ~$20k entry level car.

[@James-vl1xd]

Naw it isn't, that's PURE GREED, they can drive their GOT DAMN SELF, just Price GOUGING

[@mikeicee]

LMAO at "Tallahassee Advantage" $2999 for things like nitrogen filled tires and a $50 coupon to fix a tire!! Scams like this need to be 100% optional! its 1/10 the price of that car for nothing of value.

[@James-vl1xd]

How about the $500 sanitation fee!!😂, just PURE GREED

[@mikeicee]

@@James-vl1xd LOL sanitation of a brand new car! Thats wild!

[@HansBelphegor]

​@@mikeicee right

[@charlesdignam780]

The air we breathe is 70% Nitrogen.

[@user-tl2gx5wk3j]

I have seen these ugly things in the $50 thousand dollar range!I have only seen one on the road!

[@Jarhed1964]

Sells about as well as the 1970-73 AMC Hornet. 😅

[@ericknoblauch9195]

AMC sold a lot of Hornets. I was around back then, and AMC Hornets were everywhere. The Hornet Sportabout was very popular. AMC also got a lot of years out of the Hornet platform. After the AMC Hornet ceased production the platform was used for the AMC Eagle. The Dodge Hornet is a real dud. I have yet to see one on the road. Dodge Hornet is a real failure.

[@Jarhed1964]

@ericknoblauch9195 yeah, I was making a joke. I actually owned a Hornet.

[@erictate8986]

These rebadge Alfa Romeos ,call the Dodge Hornets are the biggest peace of junk !! They are already falling apart !! With major problems, with water leaks, electric problems, and Mechanical problems !! I highly suggest for anyone to stay away from these small SUV'S 🤮🤮🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️👎👎👎👎

[@isaac198428]

I just saw a news report saying Stellantis is knocking off $4-$9,500 off on all of their vehicles to move them because both dealerships and manufacturers lots are overflowing with unused inventory and they’re having to slow down production as their vehicles stay on the lots for over 100 days while all other manufacturers have an average of only 50 days on the lot. Dodge-Chrysler-Jeep is struggling to sell vehicles but had the audacity to mark up inventory.

[@philbenson6041]

That car shouldn't be price no more than 23 24000

[@Wes4304]

Who would want an Alfa Romeo? Much less a rebadged one.

[@jimrusch22]

I’d hate to be paying that dealer’s interest on the floor plan.

[@RaggyRoo456]

I’m more pissed of the unnecessary advantage package than the dealer markup

[@davegrathwohl9]

From what I found out...that $1250 dealer mark up is a "destination" charge...a friggin SHIPPING Fee...from the car being built in Italy and SHIPPED to the USA

[@greyfox79007]

The Hornet is a badge engineered Afla Romeo which is in turn a badge engineered Jeep Compass. Peak Dodge!

[@Jack-Surreal_Panes]

These odd dealer mark ups. Once got a simple GMC Sonoma. It was rubber floor mat flooring, standard, no frills single cab, pewter color, and a 1500 "special appearance package". Nobody could explain what this package was. Maybe they sprayed scotchguard on the cloth bench seat and sprayed Armor All on the tires but for 1500 back in 2000. I walked away. Got a call later that evening it was a mistake and the 1500 was removed. They didn't do anything to these vehicles but simy added a made up fee. If you caught on then it wasn't added on yet but if not you paid for nothing.

[@jamesmyers9285]

My neighbor bought one for his daughter at a discount. They are overpriced, but they are fun to drive and nicely fitted. I believe he got a $7,500.00 discount plus a lower interest rate. This was a major mistake on Stellantis' part for rebadging an Alfa Romeo as a Dodge. Dodge needs to get back to its' roots and build a modern NEON, give the Pacifica Minivan back to Dodge, and build cars people want to buy again.

[@greyfox79007]

It's a Jeep Compass so it is rebaged, rebage.

[@stevegonzales527]

dodge or any dealer in general will complain that consumers arent buying their cars, but the dealers are having mark ups

[@tbirdboy]

Oh well, back to the rental fleets and motor pools with this.

[@hyphydan]

Should have called it the Malcom X edition, would help boost sales to their target demo

[@melvinjacobs2328]

I love your sarcasm

[@Hellcat71782]

There’s a overflow parking lot near me that has probably 300 of these things just sitting

[@j2151law]

Just insane

[@fredkadanejr-fv2te]

These are sought after? I assume it comes with a noisy 4 banger and a cvt.

[@user-sc1es4wz4g]

I didnt know these existed. 24 mpg is garbage

[@nlpnt]

After not having seen any outside a CJDR lot I've seen two Hornets on the street in the past week, both with random way-out-of-state license plates and no dealer stickers on them. I suspect one of the big rental companies got a deal on some unsold stock.

[@karolstopinski8350]

Had a rental Hornet r/t recently and it's a nice car. Definitely better driving experience and interior looks than toyotas. Not sure about reliability or mechanical aspects. I didn't like that you can't get full energy regen before brakes engage and that drive mode always defaults to hybrid between starts. But all manufacturers across the board are making these shitty decisions so i lowered my expectations long ago.

[@22trevorc]

I live in a area where people tend to drive newer cars and I've seen 2 out in the wild

[@DjKamikazee]

I have yet to see one on the road.

[@Cats_Are_Scary]

I never knew Dodge even made a car called the Hornet.

[@peterme7265]

Thank God this sarcasm if you actually thought that I was gonna send you money to see a shrink

[@tiresmoke7229]

I think I’ve seen maybe 4 Hornets, and 2 were on a rental lot

[@poppyneese1811]

I don’t think I’ve seen the first Hornet on the road,,,,,,,,,,, of course it’s probably easily lost in the sea of tiny SUV’s,,,,,,,,,,,, a tiny pickup might have been money more smartly spent, I think Fiat has one of those.

[@Inferno45]

Dodge better be careful. They are already on thin ice after screwing the challenger and charger and TRX. They only have two vehicles right now. The hornet and Durango

[@zephead4835]

If this new hurricane inline 6 is a flop I think stellantis is finished

[@user-xk4vt9ye8j]

They spent all the ADM money from 2022 on crack because that must be what they’re smoking.

[@biggiea1]

You said that they’ll never sell to anyone who has a brain. But that’s the problem. It seems that consumers have lost all of their brains. SMH.

[@moralobjection4836]

The 3000 dollar addon for a list of nothing... That was pretty good. Yep I'd say these stealerships have screwed themselves out of ever seeing my money again. I mean even if they took all the added charges off. That's still more than I paid for my loaded 08 srt8 in late 08. It was a good vehicle too. I paid less for it than they want for a hornet, and the hornet is just Alfa trash.

[@karlosrichardson2128]

Those vehicles have a 630 day shelf life lol

[@TheHagarcobra]

I also, have never seen a Dodge Hornet on the road

[@harryjohnson8605]

Should have been named Dodge Warrior

[@Swagnificent_27]

The prices dropped dramatically, you can a new Hornet for $16k now & can’t sell those cars.

[@darknessislight3689]

I’ve seen one (Gold) on the road in my area (Roanoke Virginia) since they were launched 🫤 no one wants their junk.

[@germanjesus]

I’m a mopar mechanic and I would never buy a hornet so I bought a brand new 2024 Mitsubishi RVR cause dodge didn’t have anything for 25k cdn

[@RobsMusicBox]

im an older guy,when you take a beloved name like an amc honet and then stick it on a disposable pos dodge byproduct you have ruined any chance of a sale to me. why didnt they resurrect the Neon nameplate instead?

[@frisbee544]

You need to turn your phone on its side, Car Guy.

[@tmanch1]

Maybe it will help if you call it the AMC Hornet.

[@ibrahimcehajic]

37k plus for an economy car,insane,crazy,ridiculous,brains have left the building type of stuff

[@erictate8986]

Plus on top of these new Dodge Hornets, with there major problems, they are price way too high !! So this is a failure for Dodge !!! Plus with there, european boss Stellantis now take over ,the whole Chrysler Corporation Company ,they are going right down the drain fast !! And will the CEO of Dodge and SRT Tim Kuniskis stepping down at the company at just 57 years old now ,things are not looking to good for the brotherhood !!🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️👎👎👎👎

[@ciscokidfab7595]

Advantage plan=plan to take advantage of you!

[@frisbee544]

37 Gs' for a Dodge Dart? They're really funny guys!!!!!

[@youtoobe169]

That is hilarious. Very bad management

[@jamesziegler2763]

Interesting

[@Thurmanatr16]

lol these pathetic shit boxes moved a robust 4,300 units in q2. It took incentives and lease deals for that, how embarrassing.

[@electricman523]

"... they can't keep them on the lot..." - what a joke! I have yet to see a single one! This thing is really just a Fiat that's be re-badged to say Dodge - they didn't make any changes!!

[@countdankula6740]

With $37k you can buy a 22 Tacoma and save yourself a headache 😂

[@brandenwaltz9879]

I saw they were marking up 4 runner trd pros like 17k. Market adjustment. Bs.

[@desolategrey]

$19,895

[@andrewtownsend9128]

It is too expensive at MSRP.

[@thanosianthemadtitanic]

if you cant sell something the immediate and most effective solution is to lower the price, but thats to much to for the feeble dodge dealership brain to handle.

[@mikekosar6135]

That’s a $27 thousand dollar car… I’d really have to say..👎

[@brerrabbit9585]

Well, what do you expect wen you see a green hair woman in the commercial and an underage kid driving one??

[@jamesgullo8240]

LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣A MARKUP? I drive for a living, 50K miles per year. I have yet to see a Hornet on the road. Owned or rental fleet car.

[@knuckles1206]

That car is a disgrace to Alfa, Dodge, and the AMCs/Hudsons it was name after

[@JOHNWAYNE1920]

Dealer mark up on something no one is buying, lol.

[@johnnybravo5044]

50 percent off MSRP.

[@scrambler69-xk3kv]

Is this guy delusional or what? He must be a damn salesman for them.

[@scrambler69-xk3kv]

Guess I spoke to soon, he is now telling the truth.

[@JimmyChamberlinIsGod]

I bet they're just as shitty as a dodge intrepid. Buyers will be stung with repairs.

[@joelvargas7287]

Hornet=P. O. S

[@nlm7033]

Dead on arrival car from a brand no one will buy because basketball people steal them

[@PLATINUM2U]

Yall keep saying cut prices... but lets be REAL. the reliability and know issues is why these dont sell. its basically a Alfa Romeo in disguise.. Garbage

[@markrichardson3566]

40% + overpriced ❤

[@esteban1487]

Comical

[@ICantBreve]

*Imagine buying POS Chrysler junk.*

[@bernandoturner4840]

Junk😂

[@iaindyer1629]

Sarcastic, not cynical. Google big words before you use them.

[@it1988a]

What a junk!

[@tannerwall8576]

Nobody buying them shits