This thread brings back some fun memories of 2023. I ordered my 2022 797 hp Triple RedEYE Challenger (Octane Red, Demonic Red interior, standard body Redeye) on Valentines Day of 2022, back when the way-below-invoice deals were going on at that DC dealer. I love the car!
When 2023 came around and Dodge's crappy allocation website said they were going to build 29 standard body Redeyes I immediately placed an order at Steve White Motors for a Plum Crazy with Demonic red interior, Redeye Challenger at MSRP, figuring I would get the rarest and highest HP standard body they were going to build. That was when Dodge was advertising the horsepower rating at 807 for the standard body Redeye. Well, after a few of them started getting delivered and it turned out that they were 797 tunes and not built with the 807 HP engine tuned controller, I reached out to Tim K at Dodge and asked what was up with the rating on the allocations site? He never answered my email but within three hours of me sending that email, the website's power ratings were revised downward from 807 to 797 for the standard body Redeye and then I got an email from Jen at Customer Service. Hmmmm.
As a result I contacted Steve White Motors and declined my order and got my $1k deposit back under the reasoning that I wasn't going to pay 15 grand more (at msrp) for the same exact car I already have, in a different color. I connected my salesman with a friend who ended up taking over my order (which was in production at that point) and was he more than happy to get the car because it was one of the few Plum Crazy Redeyes that survived that big "Plum Crazy Purge" of spring 2023 when Dodge cancelled tons of order and made people choose another color for their order or lose it entirely.
So, in the end they did make 175 standard body 797 HP 27M Redeye Jailbreaks and 3 early production pilot cars with the previous year's 797 HP 27Z engine designation code.
And I am still happy with my Triple Redeye retirement gift that I ordered for myself back in the old days of actual deals. (Though I will give a shout out to Steve White Motors for being a stand-up dealership and refunding my deposit no questions asked. I have bought cars from them previously and it was always a good experience).