[1972LT1]

Originally Posted by SteveR

The Ford GT was built out to be a $90k car. But Bill Ford jr. wanted it to be in Ferrari's market and to somehow beat Ferrari, so he increased the MSRP to $140k. Then Ford decided to do holdbacks on the car and only offer dealerships limited numbers to limit supply on a high demand. Then the dealerships in order to screw the customers as much as possible, raised the price of the car to around 170-200k. So, with each car sold, the dealership was profiting anywhere from $35k to $70k on each car, and Ford, since the build cost was so low on the car already, was profiting over $50k per car. Why anyone would buy a car over MSRP is beyond me. They're already marked up 4-8k to begin with. I'm sure GM will do the same thing and morons will be buying a 100k car for 150k or more. The problem is that theres no regulation. Further b/s is the gas guzzler tax. Somehow it only applies to sports cars, and not gas guzzling trucks. What makes it even more stupid is that the government taxes the manufacturer that makes the car, not the consumer for buying it, but the manufacturer doesnt want to pay it, so they pass that bill off to the dealership, and they sure as heck arent paying it, so they in turn slap it on the window sticker. Uncle Sam wants to get paid, so guess whos paying that bill.

Totaly true. The MSRP might be 90k for the ZR1,but the dealers might ask 110k and theres nothing GM can do about it' otherwise they violate anti-trust laws. Thats why I'm worried @ the Camaro, GTO, G8, and Monte Carlo. For example...GM needs to produce 80-100k v6 and v8 Camaros per year to keep the line running. GM can tell dealers that,but they can't tell them what to sell them for. Weather a car keeps going is up to the dealers greed.