lutter94
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Orange, what you don't understand is if they are going to sell a car for 20k, and can save 10 bucks a car, they're not going to lower the price by 10 bucks. That turns a $10 cost in to a $10 profit, per car.
Exactly. Do you think ford lost some sleep that you lost your low fuel light, or that they saved over a million dollars?Orange, what you don't understand is if they are going to sell a car for 20k, and can save 10 bucks a car, they're not going to lower the price by 10 bucks. That turns a $10 cost in to a $10 profit, per car.
Yes I understand your theory, but from a manufacturability stand point, there are a million little options they could include. Say they had 50 options that each cost $20, thats $1000 in added cost to the car, you say they can stack in on top of the price, but they still need to be competitive in the market. Some options make it to production, some stay on the cutting room floor.
ok I see your side. It would be a whole lot easier to raise the price $20 then to do a complete process change. So why didn't they? Hope I am not makin ya mad as that is not what I am after just enjoying discussion.
I suspect it was because sn95 was a rushed design. Ain't nobody got time for an idiot light. Or the current standard parts didn't work with the new setup and it doesn't make sense to make a custom part for a useless feature.
Another question, why does my Fusion have lights that don't shut off automatically in a minute or two, when others do? Its an option I realize, but my lights will shut off after about 15 minutes. So it never will kill the battery. I suppose it gives the more expensive versions more "value"....the different programming has zero cost added
And ttocs, I get what you are saying regarding cost, but I don't think it's as simple as you are saying. It's a single cost to design it the first time, but for simplicity will ignore that cost. To use your number, $10, assume it does cost Ford $10 to add that part in to the Mustangs, and would cost $1.7 M. But step back and put it in perspective: that means the TOTAL cost of the car, across the total number, is like over a trillion dollars. Assume Ford makes a 50% profit on the car (which I think is super conservative, I think the profit is much less), then that means the car cost Ford $10,000 to build, which means across the numbers you listed that's like a cost to Ford of $1,680,000,000. If that's true, you think Ford really cared about saving a measly $1.7 M? The reality is, like Orange is saying, the cost is passed on to the consumer. Ford will include features that they thing people want and will pay for, and they charge for it.
ok you lost me here now. Where did you pull this trillion from? I am just surprised that people don't think that a manf would generally make most of their decisions based on $$$$.
Like I said above the way I see it ford didn't care about the light as much as the millions but to each his own.
The answer is 6 potatoes. It would cost 6 whole potatoes to put fuel lights in every mustang.