New Jeep Gladiator looks like a gold mine for dealerships

2020 Jeep® Gladiator Rubicon Jeeps new Gladiator pickup truck, just launched this year, seems like a popular choice for truck-buyers so far, but the heft of some dealers markup on the model is proving it.According to Car and Driver, American dealers are asking as much as US$10,000 to $20,000 more than the vehicles MSRP on new Gladiators.Most Gladiators on dealer lots are the Overland and Rubicon, the top two of the models three trim levels, and dealers are adding extra options such as custom wheels and lift kits to further send the price up.Many of the advertised prices seem reasonable, the magazine said, but there are also some absurd Gladiator listings, with Rubicon models listed for more than US$80,000 although their highest MSRP, with options loaded on, comes in around $62,000.With high demand and high resale value, theres little chance of price negotiation, the magazine said. And if youre a Canadian looking for a Gladiator, it doesnt seem to be a heck of a lot better. According to Jeeps official site, before adding any options, youll pay $46,995 for a Sport S; $50,995 for an Overland; and $53,995 for a Rubicon. If you added every possible option to a Rubicon, right down to a trail camera, extra top, and a cigarette lighter, you could take it as high as $74,745but thats with everything.Meanwhile, weve seen dealer ads on some Canadian sites that are running $9,000 to $15,000 over the base prices, with a Rubicon listing topping out at $69,000. Things will start to level out as more vehicles make their way to dealer lots it only started to trickle into dealer lots in February but if you cant wait until then, be prepared to
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This gold Porsche got pulled over by German police for being way too shiny

A gold foil-wrapped Porsche Panamera stopped in Germany for being too shinyMarius Röer / Morgenpost German authorities have ordered a blinged-out golden Porsche off the road for being too shiny. Hamburg’s Morgenpost reported April 12 that the 31-year-old driver was stopped in the northern city last week and told his Porsche Panamera, sporting a reflective gold foil finish, might blind other drivers and was a danger. He was told to remove the foil and re-register the car, but police say he continued to drive it. The driver was stopped again Wednesday and police took his keys, papers and license plate, before the vehicle was towed to a garage. He was fined an unspecified amount and will have to remove the foil to make the car street-legal again. Morgenpost reports a Lamborghini owner nabbed at the same time with similar gold foil complied and removed
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