Bring a Trailer Won't Explain Why It Listed a 2008 Dodge Avenger SE

Bring a Trailer has standards that serve its buyers. Sure the paint thickness gauge antics can get a little off the deep end sometimes, but if you want to put a bid down for a desirable, albeit often-expensive enthusiast car that's been meticulously documented, the site is the place to go. We were curious, then, why a 2008 Dodge Avenger ended up listed there.

Not a typo. 2008 Dodge Avenger.

Sure it has just 17,000 miles, but I mean, come on. It's a four-speed auto Avenger. This was all unusual enough, so we asked Bring a Trailer about it. However, the auction site doesn't seem interested in chatting about why the vehicle ever made it onto its pages.

The Avenger listed, in short, sits in a kind of uncanny valley of the website's offerings. It isn't slow-car fast, it's just slow. It's not an enthusiast's car, nor does it have any real capability to be one as it sits. The most interesting part of it is the "Chill Zone beverage storage compartment," a small glovebox above the normal one that's air-conditioned. Is that why it was listed? The Chill Zone beverage storage compartment?