Dodge Hornet....Sales Flop?
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Dodge Hornet....Sales Flop?
Has anyone on CL actually SEEN a Dodge Hornet on the road? I live in one of the top markets in the country for new vehicles, and I cannot remember the last time I saw one....if ever.
On paper, it competes with a number of other small compact and subcompact crossovers...(probably most closely with the ones from Chevy, Buick, GMC, and Ford)......but, in contrast to the relative success of the others, the Hornet does not seem to be selling at all. I'm guessing (but don't know this for a fact) that it is primarily two main factors.. One, a relatively high price for a mainstream-nameplate vehicle that size. Two, a relatively common concern about the build-quality and reliability of Stellantis products. The reliability of Dodge Chargers and Challengers got a lot better towards the end of their run as the problems were worked out over years of production..but that is not the case with the relatively new Hornet and its numerous Italian-sourced components.
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Are they still recalled/stop sale?
As @AJT123 has said, it probably would sell better with a hemi in it?
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Saw one on the freeway today. I didn’t notice them before in the stream of CUVs it didn’t stand out.
Then I saw your thread and wanted to look for one and sure enough, saw one that looked greenish gray on the freeway as we passed it so wasn’t able to get a good pic.
Then I saw your thread and wanted to look for one and sure enough, saw one that looked greenish gray on the freeway as we passed it so wasn’t able to get a good pic.
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It is still on the Dodge website.....at least in the American market.
https://www.dodge.com/hornet.html