Any word on what will happen to ordered cars that aren’t made by 12/31? Contract ends in a couple weeks and looks like a lengthy strike is on the horizon.

They do not get built. Simple. Dodge cannot extend into the next model year.

Are they not building 2024 model year vehicles now?

If the 2024 model year has to end by 12/31/2024, that would be a pretty lengthy strike. The only time I ever heard of a model year being extended past September was the year the government required the next model year trucks to have tougher emission standards, and then the extended model year only applied to trucks. The model year that was extended to the end of the calendar year was 1977. The 1978 model truck production didn't start until Jan 1st, It was a very short production model year, and I believe the EPA was who enforced that. The EPA emission standards may now well determine the end date of the model year.

Past history shows that the model year typically ends on (or before) September 1st of the model year and just prior to that is when the production run would end, I'm not sure who determines the model year start and end these days. The production missed for any strike year has generally been shown as a reduction of the number of cars produced that model year.

They are building 2023 model year cars now. The only 2024 is the Hornet...which is just a re-badged foreign car. All production of the 2023 cars has to be done by 12/31/2023...the end of the Charger and Challenger in its current form.

just ask for more money and more jobs leave the us

They arent built by UAW workers. Built in Brampton Ontario and the next gens will be built in Windsor, and if they plan on keeping them rolling without any gaps Windsor must be under construction to build the new ones by now. Typically next model years start rolling in September

This says they are on same timeline of this week

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/detroit-3-auto-talks-1.6932181

Glad I decided against ordering a challenger. Lots of cool cars will be lost if they stop. This model year started late too.