J Heartless Slick
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Originally posted by: kevinthenerd
Why are super sports cars so expensive? For the price of a Lamborghini, you can get 20 economy cars, 10 sport compacts, or 5 pretty good luxury cars. Somehow I don't think it's entirely based on supply and demand. There's got to be something else to it.
I'm not asking for general things such as "quality" or "name recognition," but I want something more specific. For instance, a good example of why they're so expensive could be that 12-cylinder motors have three times the cylinders (and therefore three times the valves, cranks, valvesprings, etc.) as four-cylinder motors. Another reason could be the wanton use of exotic materials.
I don't know. It still doesn't quite add up to me.
Ferraris et al are made in very small volumes which drives costs and makes demand fairly elastic meaning that raising the price will not necessarily effect demand.