So you placed a deposit on a Challenger SRT8 last year. Three weeks ago a phone call comes in from the local dealership, "Your Challenger is on it's way". You call up everyone in your phone, even the people that you haven't spoke with in years to gloat about your birthday-come-early package. A week later and another phone call, "Your Challenger was damaged in a hail storm". Don't kill yourself, it's just a car.
This was the likely situation for 35 unsuspecting, future Challenger owners.
1320 Video reported the following:
My Boss told me his is on the transporter, and will be there Saturday, but the ones hit by hail were hit so badly that chrysler couldnt re sell them, there was 90+ mph winds with golf ball to tennis ball hail, and they litterally shredded the cars like swiss cheese. Tore through the interior, the seats, dashes, and the door pannels were torn off one of them, thats how severe the damage was. They are gonna get the guts stripped outa them, and crushed. Im gonna talk with the transporter driver saturday, and check out his cell phone camera pixs."
The very unfortunate news is that every vehicle sitting in bay at Council Bluffs received significant damage and will likely be bought back and sent to auction. The vehicle list includes (35) Dodge Challenger SRT8s. The damage to these vehicles is not dentless paint repair. The damage is significant and includes broken windshields and headlights. Most body panels will have to be replaced. Therefore these units will be re-classified as "Act of God, major transportation damage" and will be sold at auction.
There is nothing that can be done to recover a unit bought back. The vehicles are now on "Hail Storm" hold and awaiting Insurance Inspection and buy back. Obviously this is devastating news to those people waiting for one of the 35 Dodge Challengers that were effected. There is no avenue to replace these units as the production has been filled for the 2008 model year.
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