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Indeed, why really do you think cars have actually gotten so much cheaper? Since it's not inflation.
by an_opabinia 5y ago
Indeed, why really do you think cars have actually gotten so much cheaper? Since it's not inflation.
- maximus-decimus 5y agoWell, for VW specifically, I remember seeing a Jetta review from SavageGeese where he explained VW was able to improve it and make it cheaper at the same time by putting it on the same platform as the more expensive cars and just making it more modular. So at least part of the reason would be improvements in sharing reusing resources between models increasing the economies of scale. In general, car manufacturers also removed stuff people don't care from lower models like better rear-suspension. You also save costs by going electronic e.g. the steering wheel isn't connected to the wheels anymore, it just tells them to turn by wire. Same for the transmission, that's why cars are getting rid of the transmission lever in the middle and using weird buttons instead : it isn't actually connected to the transmission box anymore. This also extends to removing physical buttons/volume knobs.