Chrysler to Release a Cheaper SRT8...

[2011G6E]

Originally Posted by Wretched

Value for money, the SRT has it in spades, good performance and the technology to back it up. Some here may consider it "gimmicky" but are those people still listening to cassettes and AM radio?

I'm not sure about now, but until very recently, even the top of the range Lexus still had a cassette player. When we bought our 2004 Landcruiser 100 Series, I was shocked to see a six disc CD stacker, AM/FM radio, and cassette player in the factory double DIN stereo unit in the dash. It also had an "auxiliary" plug inlet in the front.
I commented on this to the Toyota guy, and he showed us a new Lexus, a big one, which also had the cassette, albeit in a much more high-end head unit. He said they did customer focus studies, which showed what the consumer wanted in their next purchase. One of the most popular requests was "a cassette playing capability", so they did it. This was in mid-2008.

Back on topic: "value for money" also means "resale value". From what I've seen, the resale value of a 300C is retained better than a Falcon or Commodore, even higher end ones like FPV's or HSV's...come trade-in time, they're seen as "just another Falcon/Commodore", and nothing special. That's why we'll be selling our G6E privately instead of trading it when we sell next year..as a trade in, even a G6E with all the fruit is not worth much.