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I mean.. yeah.You gotta pay more for those two extra cylinders ?
You mean the $1300 I paid for Visconti's wiring harness could be made at home for a fraction of that?The Supra tax is, in fact, egregious. I have personal firsthand knowledge that certain popular mods in the 4-digit cost range can be manufactured, packaged, sold to users, and shipped to the customer at <30% of the going market rate. That includes a healthy profit remaining for the manufacturer and vendor both.
People can argue until they die about profit, income, margin dollars, blah blah. But the truth is that the prices for many popular Supra parts are approaching an order of magnitude price v. cost.
There were ~7k Supras sold last year. Many of them will keep the car bone stock or near stock. I’m sure there is some expensive car == higher prices because owner can afford it going on. But when you don’t have high volume in sales you raise the price to make it worth actually designing and producing the part.The Supra tax is, in fact, egregious. I have personal firsthand knowledge that certain popular mods in the 4-digit cost range can be manufactured, packaged, sold to users, and shipped to the customer at <30% of the going market rate. That includes a healthy profit remaining for the manufacturer and vendor both.
People can argue until they die about profit, income, margin dollars, blah blah. But the truth is that the prices for many popular Supra parts are approaching an order of magnitude price v. cost.
There have been 0 units sold of my other car in 6 years, and equivalent parts are 75% cheaper. Many times from the same ODM.There were ~7k Supras sold last year. Many of them will keep the car bone stock or near stock. I’m sure there is some expensive car == higher prices because owner can afford it going on. But when you don’t have high volume in sales you raise the price to make it worth actually designing and producing the part.
There were 21,000 civics sold in December alone. 27,000 wrx’s last year. Way more owners to potentially mod a car and sell parts to.
If you compare top brands between multiple platforms it’s not THAT different. The ones that are clearly gouging the market I just ignore.
If you wanna see insane markups we can talk about airplanes… I just paid $43 dollars shipped for what is essentially a washer that is held in place by a 4-40 screw.
Yeah! Fuck those R&D costs!There is no reason a license key is $300 more than a civic for the same platform.
I've got tunes for sale for $20 hmu*There is no reason a license key is $300 more than a civic for the same platform.