Dodge Journey: Why are so many used ones available for sale?

[easy62]

Originally Posted by Qwh

At the Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram dealership in Saco Maine all dodge journeys except for 1 was a rental or commercial vehicle

So you think every dealership in the country only has older Journeys from rental companies. How big was that dealership bet it’s not as big as the ones around major cities. Do you think Chrysler only is selling them to rental companies. Maybe you don’t see allot of private owners trades is because people are not trading them in. I also bet that dealership also had other vehicles from rental companies also on their lot also.

[goldenlove]

Originally Posted by easy62

Maybe we’re you live but not the rest of the country there’s no way that Chrysler will only sell them to rental companies. Check out the numbers of these other SUV March sales year to date there is no way that the Journey is a rental car only. Clearly you do not understand the automotive business i live in metro Detroit and see lots of new Dodge Journey’s on the road that are not rentals. So by your theory these other low volume SUV are also rentals.

March 2018 YTD U.S. SUV And Crossover Sales Rankings

How do you know they aren't rental vehicles? The person you quoted never said they were rental cars only, just that the majority of them are. I just did a sampling on cargurus of Dodge Journeys in my area (there are very few), the vast majority were fleet or rental vehicles. I only saw two out of 12-14 that were not.

[joepierson]

They are tailor made to get people who are underwater on safe ground again (with very large rebates which pay off the debt owned on their previous cars). So dealers like to push them on poor credit customers (because they can't get a loan for anything else).