Development Cost of Packard V8 vs AMC V8

Posted by Mahoning63 On 2011/1/5 17:11:45

Just came across this book online. Does not include all the pages but if you scroll about half way down to pages 177-179 it talks about how the AMC V8 cost $10M to develop and that the total 1955 Nash/Hudson freshening cost $11M. Why did the Packard V8 cost over twice as much (around $22M)? And why did the '55 Packard redesign cost, by most accounts, much more than the AMC effort? Any insights? Thanks.http://books.google.com/books?id=PerGbKxOPZYC&pg=PA258&lpg=PA258&dq=John+Conde+nash+history&source=bl&ots=0bovaYez5T&sig=z0ZmY3GcgPUxcH3C-sJPpjNYGDw&hl=en&ei=yOUkTfXEA9K04QaSxryeCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&sqi=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=John%20Conde%20nash%20history&f=false

Paul West