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Date: Tue, 16 Oct 2001 04:33:33 GMT
From: "Ray O" <rokigawanopsamNOSPAM.com>
Subject: Re: Toyauto vs Slaab : bottom line


<MikeHunt2nopsams.com> wrote in message news:3BCAFA32.57A3C414nopsams.com... > If you don't understand what that has to do with the unit cost of > building a FWD V a RWD vehicle, then you need to review your economics > courses. ==================== Mike, I might have an easier time trying to understand what you're saying if you tell me what you mean by *that* when you say "that has to do with the unit cost of a FWD vs. a RWD..." Here's my point - if the engine/trans assemblies are mad off-line for both FWD & RWD, then theoretically the production cost for both is the same. Both have axles and diffs but the FWD vehicle doesn't have the cost of a driveshaft. To use one of your favored vehicles as an example, if a Crown Victoria were made in FWD and RWD versions with evrything else in the car being the same, the FWD without the driveshaft would be minus a part and cost less although it would probably sticker for the same amount. Of course, the manufacturers will want to sell the higher profit margin FWD vehicle so they will tout the advantages of FWD just like they tout the advantages of a lot of cost-saving designs like MacPherson struts or in-glass antennas. Having a union may effect costs but the fact the Ford has a > union in immaterial since the both their FWD and RWD assembly plants are > union plants. You will find that even though Toyota pays their employees > less, offers fewer benefits, provides lower pensions and has a higher > accident rate, which indicates faster line speeds, Toyotas sell for > appreciable more than the comparable vehicles of their domestic > competitors! ============================ I think you misread my post. From what I read in the past, Toyota pays their employees more than union wages with better benefits and pensions. I can't speak for the accident rate since I have not seen any data. I have not been in a Ford plant but the line speeds in the 3 Toyota plant I have seen did not stirke me as fast, if anything, I thought it was slow for how quickly the cars are produced. The reason that Toyotas sell for more than comparable vehicles of their domestic cocmpetitors is the reason you stated prviously - market conditions. People will pay more for a Toyota than for a comparable domestic car. Ray O

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