[s-cars] Re: RS2 Turbo Group Buy - Cross Post

[Keith Maddock]

At 22:35 24.01.2004, auditude at cox.net wrote:

>By the way, does anyone know if the exchange rate is the only reason for the
>jump in for example RS2 parts prices?  Someone was speculating that the RS2
>  parts might eventually  not be produced so much, since the cars themselves
>  are no longer being produced.  I'm not trying to start any rumors, this 
> was a
>  purely speculative thought from someone who wouldn't know it if it were 
> true.

Ken,

I know for a fact that at the start of 2003, Audi AG changed their pricing 
strucure a bit.  On average parts prices went up a few percent, but their 
strategy also changed such that maintenance type parts became relatively 
cheaper, and low-volume hard-parts (like RS2 EM's, Wide 1st gears, etc) 
became relatively more expensive. (6-9% hike for 2003 alone if I remember 
correctly).

I'm not sure what the increase was for 2004.

It certainly makes sense that we should especially see  bespoke RS2 parts 
start to increase in price as the volume should be going down to a trickle.


Cheers,
Keith

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