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Originally Posted by Emvici
Sure playing around out on the track and testing it costs alittle, but once you factor in mass production, they are making a lot of money on it. They probably spent somewhere in the neighbor of 40k in parts to build the car, and that might be high. the motor probably might list for 25k, but do you realize the mark-up on that?. How much do you think the price is marked-up? I just think a lot of people have lost perspective when it comes to price/value, and that's a slippery slope.
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Yes there is markup. And you'll get a markup to put it in a car just like you do with the ZL1.
Why does everyone want to believe it has to cost so much less.
GM is a business. Labor and parts to build a car are just a fraction of the cost that go into putting a car on the road.
So if you simply try to dig in on what you think the markup for an LS7 SHOULD be you'll have a losing argument. Simple fact, an LS7 costs a bunch more to produce than an LSA. You can argue that the markup is high on the hand built engines but the fact is it costs a bunch more.
You can want it to cost the same as a ZL1 but you know there is much more expensive content in the Z/28 so then your next argument has to be the ZL1 costs too much and in the end you'll have an argument based on a $10,999 LS Camaro.