What does the base model look like to you?
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I don’t know…I like the idea of the least amount of options. Having more options can equal higher cost as the volume of each option is much smaller which ultimately costs more to manufacture the parts for each option. I do like the idea of software options though where we can buy services / features through subscriptions or don’t buy at all to keep it a basic vehicle.
If that makes some go to another brand for a few years, I guess the rest of us get our orders sooner.
Feel free to explain why you favor monthly subscriptions over a fixed price at purchase.
I think the best guess would be look at 1/2 ton pickups. True base is work truck models, but only a limited number of those are actually sold to consumers. Vinyl seats, and flooring. AC, cruise control, basic stereo, steel wheels... Consumer vehicles generally have one step up with carpeted interior, fabric seats (can not be hosed out), power windows - still pretty base. Probably a level left between that and fully loaded luxury versions - and even then there may be 2 different targeted luxury versions. Given the price of the Scout, they would probably start at a "limited" version and fully loaded - at least to start with. Tesla went one step further with only levels of fully loaded offered with founders editions.
It’s not a favor one way or another. I prefer a base model so if offering lots of options that turns into standards and removes a basic base model then I would prefer to see people use a software feature approach. This does not work for those that are all about appearance. I am more for the mechanics and dynamics of how the vehicle behaves.
Software-defined vehicles still require hardware. You still pay for that hardware even if you don't subscribe. There's zero benefit to consumers with a software subscription.
You can't have subscription seat heaters if you don't have the seat heater hardware installed. You'll pay for that hardware
You can't have subscription self driving without the hardware. Even if you don't pay for the subscription, you pay for the hardware.
It's better for consumers not to have to pay for the hardware if they don't want to have the feature. But that would mean some vehicles wouldn't be eligible for subscriptions, and that's not what these excess-extraction models anticipate.
You can't have subscription seat heaters if you don't have the seat heater hardware installed. You'll pay for that hardware
You can't have subscription self driving without the hardware. Even if you don't pay for the subscription, you pay for the hardware.
It's better for consumers not to have to pay for the hardware if they don't want to have the feature. But that would mean some vehicles wouldn't be eligible for subscriptions, and that's not what these excess-extraction models anticipate.
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I’m big on choices and individual options but honestly-I think Porsche has TOO many. 15 key fob/dash/bezel surrounds and on and on. Just too many things of which some could be aftermarket
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