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Originally Posted by Mr Twisty
There are too many unknown variables... like how much more does a low piece count wiring harness vs. a production high piece count production harness. Same with the glass... same with the A/C option labor... same with the exotic brakes/rubber/strut/shock/wheel/tire.
When GM orders 100,000 items, it's cheaper than ordering 5,000. There will be additional labor involved in the build sequence.
Too many variables to nail it down.
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And this makes sense too. Economies of scale are always interesting to try and guess at when it comes to automobiles because there are so many variables.
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Originally Posted by f5journal
Scooter, correct. Maybe 2013 Z06 irrelevant
Twisty...likely correct also. Notice how a production Camaro grille is less than $100, but the Heritage grille is over $200 for a simple piece of plastic that should be the same.
GFX side skirts sky high, ZL-1 cheap GFX front splitter $900 but you can buy the whole ZL-1 front end for that
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While the cost to consumer to buy the part from GM is inflated, I doubt the prices you see on our end are anywhere near what the manufacturer gets them for
So, while they may charge double for a heritage or ZL1 grille than they do for a "regular" SS grille, do you really think the production cost has as large of a variance?
Maybe they just price it that way to dissuade people from buying an SS and then "upgrading" to a ZL1 by buying all the parts separate
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Originally Posted by Loading.....
Were did I say your estimates were not based in reality? I did not quote you - I was quoting another guy that mentioned something you left out. The reality part was geared towards the people that were guessing below 50K. You guessed high 50's - which was my guess from the jump.
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Haha, gotcha. I was confused, forgive me
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Originally Posted by Camaro_Corvette
54,XXX was and still is my "guess" for the base stingray. Only time will tell on that one.  |
And in keeping with the current generation, that number does make sense...
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Originally Posted by shaffe
Well from what I have seen online the ZL1 OEM tires would cost 1434 (TireRack) to replace all 4. The Z/28 tires 2720 (from what I have seen here on C5) for all 4, so theres 1300 right there in rubber.
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When I first got my Camaro in 2009, the tires were impossible to find. So, everywhere was selling the fronts for about $400 each and the rears for about $520 each.
If you look right now, you can get them for almost exactly half that.
I haven't done much research, but do you think those prices on tirerack could be a little inflated just because there's not many cars out there using those Pirelli PZero Trofeo R 305/30ZR19 tires yet?
I have absolutely no idea if that's relevant or not, but I'm just throwing it out there.
