Don't forget engineering, tooling up for production, testing, training, etc.It would be next to impossible to figure out very accurately. There's shipping, parts, labor, electricity to run all the facilities involved etc...
My guess is around 6k.
I doubt it...that $6000 estimate was probably a little more accurate. With a high production facility, the cost of the actual product is pretty low. Everything else that people added on goes into the MSRP which is what we pay. They still made money off me buying mine for 11 g's i'm sure.Ford knows how much it costs to build every car it makes. There are alot of variables but they do know.
I bet the competition knows too.
My guess for the base cost of the focus is 11,000-12,000$.
This quite possibly may be the dumbest thing I have ever read on here. What the cost to build is has very little bearing on what the dealership owns it for. So haggle all you want it will do you very little good trying to use that logic.Lets just say not much. It doesnt cost any car companies much to build any of their cars when you figure in how many people are buying them and so forth. We discussed this in my Automotive Aftermarket class, and my proffesor said that he would tell about how much it cost a company like Ford to build a car, but then he would have to kill us!!I will get it out of him before I graduate, so I can use it against the next salesman I haggle with.![]()
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I was talking about the raw cost of the components on the car. Nothing else. Then engine and transmission costs less than that for ford to get i bet...there is no way it's 6000$
wheels, tires, engines, transmission, air bags, a plants worth of tooling, property taxes, 25$per hour workers, ECU, seats, radios, buttons, fuel tanks, struts, shocks, springs, paint, paint shop, couple hundred pounds of steel, bearing, bushings, and steering rack, pump pulleys, windsheild, side windows, emmissions equipment( o2 sensors, Cataylst, and ETC) lug nuts' studs, brakes, steering colum, carpet, fuel pump, fuel lines, alternator, etc.
Even it did cost 6000, that would leave 6-12000$ of profit on every focus. Ford loss 559 million dollars in 2002, on revenues of 94.1billion dollars. Ford spends 75-85 billion on parts for the cars it makes.
The engine and transmission alone are worth >2200 not counting the wiring harnesses, shift linkages and engine assesories.
modern cars are very complex, complex = expensive.
The average margin in the automotive industry in <3%. only 3%.
No the cost I list are Ford costs. ford a Duratec and MTX not the more expensive ATX.I was talking about the raw cost of the components on the car. Nothing else. Then engine and transmission costs less than that for ford to get i bet...there is no way it's 6000$
wheels, tires, engines, transmission, air bags, a plants worth of tooling, property taxes, 25$per hour workers, ECU, seats, radios, buttons, fuel tanks, struts, shocks, springs, paint, paint shop, couple hundred pounds of steel, bearing, bushings, and steering rack, pump pulleys, windsheild, side windows, emmissions equipment( o2 sensors, Cataylst, and ETC) lug nuts' studs, brakes, steering colum, carpet, fuel pump, fuel lines, alternator, etc.
Even it did cost 6000, that would leave 6-12000$ of profit on every focus. Ford loss 559 million dollars in 2002, on revenues of 94.1billion dollars. Ford spends 75-85 billion on parts for the cars it makes.
The engine and transmission alone are worth >2200 not counting the wiring harnesses, shift linkages and engine assesories.
modern cars are very complex, complex = expensive.
The average margin in the automotive industry in <3%. only 3%.
the assembly of large car isn't much more complex than a small car. The actual content costs are higher. the market limits how much can be made on each vehicle and that in turn determines the cost of the vehicle.i don;t know what ford's profit is for a focus, but i do know that ford makes $8000 for every expedition it sells and $10000 for every navigator. as for the f series trucks, the profit can range anywhere from $8000 to $15000 depending on the model. that's a pretty insane amount, considering the sheer volume of these particular vehicles sold. i'll try to find out about ford's profit on the focus when i return to work, but i seriously doubt it is alot.