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Originally Posted by Codefive
Back in 1968, Plymouth offered the Road Runner. It was a stripped down, bare bones version of the very popular (and expensive) GTX. It was aimed at the younger crowd who wanted to go fast, didnt care about frills and couldnt afford the GTX. Plymouth sold as many if not more Road Runners than they did GTXs in 68 & 69. Dodge did the same thing with the Super Bee as a cheaper version of the Coronet R/T.
I'm certain you'd see alot of people step up and buy a basic, bare bones Camaro if it was available. Especially in this economic state. Just my opinion though  |
All those that want AC, heater, and radio delete? Please raise your hands...
Planning out packages of desirable options is pretty well thought out. MSRP has a lot to do with sales, and tacking on options most don't want is not conducive to gross sales.
Rollup windows an rubber floors, or any engineering adds to the base cost of a vehicle.
As a for instance, a manual trans is no longer offered on SIlverado 1500 because so few were ordered the engineering to validate and offer them was counter productive cost wise.
Actually, being able to buy something that can run numbers the old muscle could never dream of, while blasting the ac and playing tunes on a nice stereo system, isn't that bad of a trade off.
Count the number of folks that will opt for a 2SS over a 1SS. The content offered is not dictated by the manufacturer. It's dictated by the majority of customers.