Originally Posted by Jake_J
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If FCA can keep pumping out cheap trash with rwd driveline, you wont convince me that its cost prohibitive for anything but MB or bmw.
The cheapest RWD car that FCA makes is the 2020 Challenger which has a base MSRP of $28,095 compare that to a typical mid size FWD car like the 2020 Accord which has a base MSRP of $24,020.
That may be the MSRP, but when you look at actual sale prices, the Accord will be advertised at about $23K and the Chrysler about the same once both vehicles take dealer incentive, mfr rebates, etc. into account. Chrysler MSRP's and Honda MSRP's are quite different.
However...and I know this strays from my narrative a touch on dogging Chrysler, but IS more germane...
How much lower is the price of a BMW X3 now that it has a transverse engine instead of longitudinal? Did it decrease from 2017 to 2018 when the change was made? If so by how much?