HHR Panel Pricing
12-08-2006, 05:27 PM
#11
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Originally Posted by FlintHHR
For only $200 difference, you get a sound platform, won't be super loud by having the seats removed, and you get locking storage bins. I think it's fine. You get advertising space, an extra outlet, buttons for the doors, and the extra plastic inside for little money.
12-08-2006, 06:41 PM
#13
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I am sure there was additional tooling costs for GM involved with the new doors and side panels ect. Plus if you figured in the cost of shaving your rear door handles and installing the electric door poppers, $200 is nothing. It won't be right for everyone, but a lucky few are going to be crusing in style!
12-08-2006, 07:19 PM
#17
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Originally Posted by Black Beauty
What extra cargo space???
I don`t see an advantage, no back seats should reduce the cost, no glass should reduce cost. I wouldn`t doubt that the insurance will be different scale too.
I don`t see an advantage, no back seats should reduce the cost, no glass should reduce cost. I wouldn`t doubt that the insurance will be different scale too.
12-08-2006, 07:26 PM
#18
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Originally Posted by Black Beauty
What extra cargo space???
I don`t see an advantage, no back seats should reduce the cost, no glass should reduce cost. I wouldn`t doubt that the insurance will be different scale too.
I don`t see an advantage, no back seats should reduce the cost, no glass should reduce cost. I wouldn`t doubt that the insurance will be different scale too.
There will not be nearly as many panels sold as sedans. That factor alone would mean that the panel will cost more than the sedan. The panel will still not be as profitable as the sedan.
After tooling costs are recovered in a few years though, who knows?
12-09-2006, 05:43 AM
#19
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Sorry C.H.D.
Originally Posted by courthousedeb
I was referring to the extra cargo bins that lock. Regardless of what it does or doesn't have...it's going to sell great to businesses that need an economical delivery vehicle.
In my neck of the woods, once the door is opened, no other locks count...
PS. Crazy Bob, where did you get the build # from ? ( in your sig. )
12-09-2006, 08:04 AM
#20
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There will definitely be a numbers factor with less panels than regular models and the retooling costs, so $200.00 doesn't seem to bad, no I just hope I can have the second car paid down enough to trade it by the end of '07 !!!