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Actual cost of producing a car
STEMO:
I read about the old scrappage scheme yesterday, some folk think it may be re-introduced to start getting rid of old oil burners, and it got me thinking about the actual economics of car production. The last scrappage scheme was something like £2000 off a new car.
So let's a take a middle of the road car that retails at, say, £18000. £3000 of that is VAT, so the cost of the car is only £15,000. The part that interests me is what it actually costs to make. So there's the cost of all the parts, then the assembly costs, labour costs, transport costs, fuel costs for the factory, dealer profit margin.....any more? I would love to know how much it costs to build a car without all of the above and how the hell the manufacturer can make a half decent profit.
To make any sort of profit from the above figures, surely it can't cost any more than, say, five grand?
STEMO:
Import taxes.
dave the builder:
I'd be more interested in how much of a carbon footprint making a new car is ,including all raw material processing, transport, running the factory, staff, materials etc to get to the factory, delivery of new car, recycling the old scrapped car
I bet a new car isn't all that GREEN when you take all that into account :P
what is the cost to the environment should be the question perhaps :-\
if a new car is so much better carbon footprint wise ??? taking all the above into account ....
then surely all car manufacturers would be screaming the figures from the rooftops
STEMO:
--- Quote from: dave the builder on 29 April 2021, 12:24:15 ---I'd be more interested in how much of a carbon footprint making a new car is ,including all raw material processing, transport, running the factory, staff, materials etc to get to the factory, delivery of new car, recycling the old scrapped car
I bet a new car isn't all that GREEN when you take all that into account :P
what is the cost to the environment should be the question perhaps :-\
if a new car is so much better carbon footprint wise ??? taking all the above into account ....
then surely all car manufacturers would be screaming the figures from the rooftops
--- End quote ---
No, not interested in it's green credentials, just the cold, hard cash aspect. ;D
STEMO:
Watched a programme the other day about how Lamborghini built a brand new plant to make the Urus. That must have cost a few million bob, and I can't see them selling that many.
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