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Originally Posted by lemetier
G81 North America:
Mexico - Yes
Canada - Possible but difficult
US - Without regulatory change, $55M would be the absolute minimum to actually consider it.
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Figure 1K cars per year over four years and the math might work. Or look at is as a halo car like the RS6.
BTW I find the $55M in sales required a bit steep. They are building the car for Europe so it is just certification costs, there is no development. Drivetrains, body, etc all have to be built anyway. Merc has figured it out on the E63 despite them only selling a few hundred wagons per year. Audi has brought back the A6 Allroad and is bringing the RS6 in (only this version according to their management). I guess it depends on the margins, but I would expect they probably can certify it for less than $5M actual costs since a lot of the work will be completed as part of the M3 certification.