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Some excellent, valid points made in this thread about build and materials quality, assembly process, etc., but I still think that Porsche has always charged inflated prices for their machines and parts simply because they can.
Take current parts pricing for example; ancient technology, breaker point relays that are Porsche branded are now made in some shiit shop in China - well documented, horrible build quality with high failure rates, probably costs Porsche next to nothing to have them made where and how they do, and yet they charge about $50.00 for them (the round, red version used for many purposes on the entire aircooled run of cars). In contrast, Panisonic makes an equivalent, modern, solid state, high quality relay, and as Spuggy found, they can be purchased for about $5.00 each online.
That is known as charging a ridiculous price, because they can, even when the quality of the item is garbage.
PS - the headlight switches are an example of engineered stupidity - pass the entire amperage drawn by the headlights through one wimpy switch, really?!?!
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