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TT Gasman said:
And another instant 20K profit per car as the price will remain the same.



Exactly my suspicion and prediction too ... unfortunately Why would PAG pass on cost savings from adopting a cheaper unit price engine when it produces more power, more torque with lower fuel consumption and lower CO2 emissions than the predecessor engines? They have no commercial reason to do so... and it would be somewhat fanciful of us to expect otherwise.

In reality, I would expect PAG to perform a clever compromise whereby they can 'afford' to throw in some more standard spec equipment into the TT which will only rise very slightly in price BUT the way that they can 'afford' this extra generosity is because the engine will cost them much less SO, in PAG's eyes, everyone wins: they sell the car at a higher basic price with a much cheaper engine so they can make more profit diminished only slightly by the extra standard spec items that they have to throw in - while the customer gets more of everything at only a slightly higher price BUT without the GT1 derived engine that only diehard enthusiasts will even notice is now missing.