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This is hard to figure out with much searching. Paint is considered part of "materials" and materials make up 47% of the cost of a new car. So say a $40k pickup that is $18,800. Of materials I can find articles where "body" is 10% of the 47% materials and that includes paint, glass, bumpers, mirrors. So that means $1880 for all of that. Best case all the paint is $1000. Labor is 21% overall so $8400 total but like I pointed out, the paint process is almost 100% automated. I'm sure the plant doing it cost billions but divided over millions of cars saying it amounts to more than $1000 each would be a stretch. I say at most $2000 total per car but would guess it's closer to $1000.
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