@moralfibre; maruti dealers earn about 4-6,000 rs. on the ex-showroom price of the 800. they earn extra on the registration, insurance, etc.
with respect to the profit margin, the companies make about 8-10%, like scooby said. the highest amount of money goes to the govt; i once managed to see the actual costs of an optra 1.6, base, which costs about 8.3 on-road; the company price (manufacturing price) was a stunning 4.5 (approx)...!!! the rest was made up by sales tax, transportation, octroi,vat, and all other crap...!!! the govt. makes a killing off the auto industry, doing nothing...!!!
the govt. is already making a killing off the consumers with the high regn. and one-time taxes; the govt. is also squeezing out a wad of cash from the manufacturers as taxes. as it is, we pay the highest taxes on automotive fuels; after looking at the state of the roads in our country, one can only wonder...WHERE THE HECK DOES ALL THE MONEY GO..???!! sorry for getting a little carried away there, but thinking about stuff like these just booms your brain...
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