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Originally Posted by duncan
Somebody on this forum talked about losing the airbags and making the car $1000 cheaper
Sorry to pop your bubble but the airbags probably add less than $50 to the cost
The whole set of safety equipment,
ABS, stability control, seat belts and airbags probably cost less than $100 all together
about 1/100th of the cost of the car
Which is about right - they are about 1/100th of the weight as well
And as 1/100th of the weight probably add 1% to the fuel consumption
Sounds like a bargain to me
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I doubt that low. If these things don't add so much then why are there so many under $10,000 new cars out there on the world market that don't meet US standards? As soon as they meet US standards they are many thousands more. Some would be emissions but most would be safety.
This is from 2008 but would be similar today
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