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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    6 hours ago

    Welp every manufacturer that shows this should go down immediately upon first offense.

    Not even kidding, this should be corporate suicide.

    Dodge and Jeep are (well Jeep already was tbh) both firmly on the “actively speak out against” list. If I was in a place of hugely inflated power, I would dismantle the entire company, and sell it to whoever that company likes the least.

    This should honestly be a brand ending scenario in less than 5 seconds after the first ad. CEO should be in the bread line TODAY from getting hit with this.

    ABSOLUTE zero tolerance. There are no valid arguments against this and I will die on this hill.

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      3 hours ago

      Jeep and Dodge are both owned by Stellantis :) It’s one shit-circus out of France.

      On the good news front, the market is beating them like a rented mule. Dodge alone is down 29% in sales year-over-year.

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        I had never heard of Stellantis until the comments on this post.

        That’s at least a little good news, but I want day-after total zero existence for stunts like this.

        As in executed the day after murder kind of immediate punishment. In this case, total, irrevocable punishment.

        C suite people literally living in shelters fighting for leftovers at a food bank after paying out years of employee salaries and benefits kind of punishment.

        You can’t just fine people like this for crimes. You have to actually take away money and the ability to accrue more than enough to live on.

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        Dodge alone is down 29% in sales year-over-year.

        “Clearly we need to add more AI, internet of shit, microtransactions and advertising on the cars to compensate!” - Stellantis CEO