Postby limegreen » February 4th, 2021, 10:52 am
As someone who worked a euro manufacturer (in finance), I can tell you two things.
1) Lower segments (A/C class, 2/3 series, A3/4 etc) are low margin vehicles designed for new customer acquisition and designed to not last. They are high volume and they need them to not last, so they can have continuous revenue stream.
2) Look at any Euro on the new car price thread in this forum. The mfg cost (cost to get it out the plant and at the port) is 27-35% of the price you see. That’s a lot extra to pay some something not designed to last (yeah i know you said used).
In the US the manufacture pays hundreds of millions to support leasing. Because of this, in markets like latin america and caribbean etc they tell you to lube up before the screw you.
Also all these companies are switching to EV and need your ICE to break so you can switch (long term process ). So guess what’s going to happen to parts prices in about 10 years.