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March 27, 2023
Dodge is facing a lawsuit by the owners of the 2021 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat because the brand has decided to return to production.
Dodge executives have encountered a problem no one saw coming … and that can be expensive. The most curious thing about the matter is that it is because of the success of one of her models.
The story begins in 2021, when the American brand belonging to Stellantis decided to launch a limited edition of 3,000 copies of your Durango model. Known as the 2021 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat, it was a crazy SUV that declared more than 700 horsepower thanks to its supercharged V8 6.2 HEMI engine.
It was promised that there would be no more
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It was a special farewell edition that was sold at a high price (was around $80,000) and that it counted on its exclusivity (no more than the 3,000 units mentioned would be produced) as one of its strong points.
Seeing the good reception of the model, behold, Dodge decided to “stretch the gum” this 2023 with the launch of a new batch of copies of the Durango SRT Hellcat and here it began to mess.
The owners of the first 3,000 Durango thought their car was no longer as exclusive as they were promised and a group of them have come together to file a class action lawsuit against Dodgeand.
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Accusing Stellantis, Dodge’s parent company, of false advertising, the plaintiffs Complain that Dodge repeatedly claimed the car would be gone forever After the 2021 model year with no chance to buy one again, and yet it’s back for 2023, which will devalue that original Durango Hellcat run.
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The lawsuit claims that if the buyers had known the car would be back in production, they might not have paid as much, some shelled out nearly $115,000or that they had not bought it.
The plaintiffs request compensation from the brand and They have also demanded that production be stopped. of these new Durango Hellcats to maintain the value of their own.
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