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Originally Posted by Mr. Wyndham
The entire premise of the article is flawed. You cannot track a car's profitability until whatever "break even" point has been reached with respect to development. I'm sure the first 10,000 Camaros didn't make a dent in its development costs, either...
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As I tried to argue earlier, the Camaro and Volt are not the same car. The Camaro doesn't have to make a profit in the first few tens of thousands built because by the time the 5th gen production run is over, probably around a half million of them will have been made. In the case of the Volt, a few tens of thousands over the entire generation is going to be it.
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Originally Posted by Mr. Wyndham
Somewhere in the back of my mind, I can't help but think....Toyota developed the Prius around a decade ago, and everyone sang its praises as the next best thing in the automotive Industry. Nobody got hung up on the direct funding the company received from the Japanese gov't for the project...or the fact that Toyota "lost money" on the first batch that were sold.
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Two wrongs do not make a right.