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Dodge Chargers Now Have Pop-Up Ads at Every Stoplight... Just What Nobody Asked For (fuelarc.com)

submitted 15 hours ago by KayLeadfoot@fedia.io to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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Nothing quite says “high-performance muscle car” like a popup ad for a Mopar Extended Warranty covering your whole center console. That’s right, Dodge Charger owners are now experiencing an exciting new feature: pop-up ads that appear every time the vehicle stops at a light. This absolute garbage feature was spotted in the wild, take a look here.

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[–] SlopppyEngineer@lemmy.world 180 points 14 hours ago (3 children)

Why? Well, probably because Dodge badly needs the money. The brand’s U.S. sales plummeted 29% in 2024

This'll help sales, I'm sure.

[–] madcaesar@lemmy.world 45 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Should we make better cars that don't have the interior of 2002? No. Better add ads!

[–] commander@lemmings.world 11 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

The american dream right here.

It's why american cars suck. Nobody buys dodge overseas.

You have to be stupid enough to buy something just to support your ruling class in order to buy american cars.

[–] ByteJunk@lemmy.world 7 points 6 hours ago

I saw my first one the other day (outside of America).

The guy clearly is an American living here. It's hard to put into words just how out of place it all looked, it's like you picked up a palm tree, cocunuts and all, and plopped it down in the middle of Antarctica.

[–] KayLeadfoot@fedia.io 48 points 14 hours ago

Stellantis looking at all that blank ad space on your infotainment console: "It's free real estate!"

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 25 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

Capitalism is an ouroborus

[–] drzoidberg@lemmy.world 1 points 3 hours ago

They're solid vehicles. My 08 caliber died last year with nearly 300k miles. Their interiors are just so old looking. I had an 97 Contour that doesn't look much different than their current interiors.