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Thats for smaller ticket items. Boeing isn't 3x'ing the cost of a plane, and neither are car manufacturers. Toyota makes an average of $2800/car, and GM makes o
by rgbrenner 8y ago
Thats for smaller ticket items. Boeing isn't 3x'ing the cost of a plane, and neither are car manufacturers. Toyota makes an average of $2800/car, and GM makes only $654/car [0].
Porche makes $17k/car... but that's on an average price of $100k.. so only 17%[1].
0. https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2015/02/22/toyota-per-car-profits-beat-ford-gm-chrysler/23852189/ https://www.detroitnews.com/story/business/autos/2015/02/22/...
1. https://www.autoblog.com/2017/03/21/porsche-17250-profit-per-car/ https://www.autoblog.com/2017/03/21/porsche-17250-profit-per...
- briankelly 8y agoBut the parent said "bag of parts" which implies only the cost of materials, not the full per-car cost of production, and I can't tell if that also includes things like R&D, marketing, insurance, etc.