Does more power cost them more?

Question

When an auto maker offers a model with multiple engine options, the bigger and more powerful the engine, the more the car costs. Does it cost the maker a proportional amount more to put that power into the car, or are they just taking your money?

Answer 1

It costs them more to build the car the parts cost more, so they pass it on to us in the ammount the car costs. A V6 engine costs less to build than a V8 and this difference along with other different parts on the higher power cars costs more to build.

Answer 2

Yes indeed, power is never cheap, however if you have to ask this I guess you dont care performance, most of time the base engine its perfectly OK, for people that dont mind performance specs.



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Answer 3

Every new engine design costs millions of dollars to develop and get certified by the EPA.. TODAY, the majority of buyers are opting for small, economical cars with the small engines.



Maybe the bigger engines cost us more because of the lack of return on their investment.........



who knows?????

Answer 4

Powerful engines are larger than weak engines. The only way to build something larger is to use more of whatever material you use to build it, and the cost of materials is always passed along to the consumer.