Jim Miller <jim76712@swbell.net> wrote:
: jon@dakota-truck.net wrote:
:> Stlaurent Mr Steven <STLAURENTS@mctssa.usmc.mil> wrote:
:> : It should be around 33-34K. This is the pricing for the new 2003 Lightning.
:>
:> I will be very surprised if they are able to sell them for that.
:> (Unless of course they decide that the immediate profits aren't as
:> important as the cororate image and decide to take a loss on them.)
:> There is a lot of very expensive hardware being proposed for those
:> trucks!
:>
: Remember the base truck is only 17k and with every available option it runs 22k I
: doubt the engine, suspension and cosmetic differences cost more than 10k extra.
: We still don't know the earliest production dates!
Granted, I don't know what the actual internal costs are of these
components, but for Joe Schmoe to pick up a Viper crate motor, he needs
to drop about 16 grand, as compared to 3 for a 360. If I recall
correctly, the truck is a 6 speed which could easily be another $3,000.
A good set of disc brakes all around starts around $3K for the cheap
stuff and can quickly go into 5 digits. Those huge rims can't be
cheap either. I guess the perspective I'm coming from is what would an
average person need to come up with to build an SRT-10 starting with a
a standard Ram, and the answer is a heck of a lot more than $30,000.
The truck and the engine alone are well over that number.
Like I mentioned before, I guess we'll get some insight into the
actual costs of particular components inside DC when we see the pricing
on the SRT-10. :-)
---Jon-
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