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Old 03-25-2014, 08:22 PM   #27
mikeyg36


 
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Originally Posted by DGthe3 View Post
Its not just the engine that makes the car expensive. The Z06 (and all Corvette derivitives) have a base car that sells tens of thousands of units per year. That makes the per unit cost of R&D as well as tooling for parts much lower than when you sell only a few hundred units.
While I understand that, it's still 30k more than a car that performs better. Chrysler needs to understand this, because the consumer does not care how much money was spent on R&D, they care about performance.
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