The Infantry Squad Vehicle shares 90% of its components with a Chevy Colorado. The top Trim Colorado costs $30K usd or so, but the the ISV costs $330k. What makes up the 10% difference between the Colorado and the ISV?

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Not trying to hate. Maybe it’s armour, maybe it’s guns, but that is a big difference.

In: Economics

Answer 1

A Chevy Tahoe probably could cost $330k if not for automated assembly lines. A small run of milspec hardware, largely done by hand, loses the economy of scale we’re accustomed to.