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To: Alighieri who wrote (442250)	12/23/2008 3:28:53 PM
From: Taro	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1578015

NPR also being a most trustworthy source of such - or any - information. Taro

To: Alighieri who wrote (442250)	12/23/2008 4:03:52 PM
From: HPilot	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578015

Does that count the parts they will sell? I think they must make about $100 for each part!

To: Alighieri who wrote (442250)	12/24/2008 10:52:55 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1578015

It was reported yesterday on NPR that Toyota currently makes a profit of about $100 on every Prius it sells. This contrasts with a profit of $300 on every Corrolla, an older, more fully amortized design with most of the cost cutting fully in place. Toyota expects to eventually make $300 off each Prius as well. How does Al square this with his remarks on R&D yesterday? The development cost of the Prius have been huge, sales have been minimal. Yet the development costs on the Corolla have been fully amortized for a decade or longer (meaning a Corolla would have no such burden). Yet, the profit per unit is only $200 different? I'm thinking Al has been proven absolutely wrong once again by his buddy Benedict Bentway.