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Originally Posted by Corbic
Nissan isn't stupid and is certainly screwing with the market place.
Why can I get a new OEM R32 rear bumper for $250 still, but a "Heritage" N1 bumper is almost $2k and a regular GTR bumper was $400 like a year ago and now that we have a demand surge it's discontinued?
Why is an N1 Block $6k but a regular block is $2k and there is no measurable difference between the two?
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I can't speak for the N1 block but the other issues with pricing in the supply chain is not a result of Nissan screwing with the marketplace.
It's a result of Nissan's own financial incompetence, they've been losing money before COVID-19 last year and 2020 only made things worse.
People forget that a factory will make any product for any company out there, but there is a cost to holding on to tooling/molds/etc. Nissan is simply cutting the costs it pays to have vendor(s) continually produce parts, and as a result the parts are becoming more expensive on an individual basis.
None of this is new, I've been hearing rumors out of Nissan's Asia suppliers for years that some of these factories have been in a money-losing arrangement with the contracts, shit is just now hitting the fan.
But for you and everyone else in the market, all you see is unjustified price increases.
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