Paying more for less

[mazdamazda]

AFAIK, 2 door cars are taxed more heavily than their 4 door siblings.

AFAIK - there is no such thing.

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btw, the C-Class Coupe is cheaper than the C-Class Saloon.

as for the 3-Series Coupe vs Sedan, AFAIK - that might be because the Coupe is an indent order (from Germany) compared to the Sedan which can be sourced from China & Malaysia.

[theveed]

Also, it's harder to design a coupe, the fact that you have less spots to make a brace or support makes it harder to design a cockpit that resists twisting and flexing. It's not just the sheet metal.

[spiff]

economies of scale my friend

[Bry]

MazdaMazda, isn't the C Class coupe very different from the saloon? They're not exactly brothers, I think.

[theveed]

Insurance is higher sa US etc.

[niky]

Insurance is higher, cost of production is higher due to lower volume, and demand is lower due to lack of utility. Thus, fewer cars, higher prices. This doesn't necessarily hold true in all cases, and in the case of luxury cars, since they're all low volume anyway, I doubt that this makes much of a difference in prices.

[alwayz_yummy]

eto di ko sure kungpasok sa topic:

kapag magpapalagay ka ng freon sa aircon ng sasakyan....

kung sa aircon-shops r-12 freon will cost you 300-600 pesos, but only 1/4-1/2 kilo lang naman ang nakalagay sa whole system mo....but when you buy your own r-12 freon, 250/ kilo.... exclude the labor kuno... it may qualify to "paying more for less".

[squala]

MazdaMazda, isn't the C Class coupe very different from the saloon? They're not exactly brothers, I think.

Yup, the C-Class coupe is not exactly a C-Class sedan stripped of 2 doors. Actually, it's a hatchback. To make things clearer, there also used to be a 3-Series hatchback, the E46 model being the one with those ugly pseudo-projector headlights.

If I'm not mistaken, the CLK shares similar underpinnings with the C-Class, though it looks more like an E-Class coupe.

[oldblue]

vanity.

[StraightSix]

... there also used to be a 3-Series hatchback, the E46 model being the one with those ugly pseudo-projector headlights.

This should be the E46/5 Compact. In the E46 family, the least produced, least priced and least desired. Ugly's the right word. So there you go ... that's one exception