[Artemis]

Originally Posted by ///AVM

Just out curiosity, how much does a Competition hood cost?
This topic has come up in other threads because, if you order CF hood at time of build, you are not just paying $6,500 for CF hood. You paid for stock Competition hood; BMW does not credit you for cost of stock hood toward CF hood; BMW keeps stock hood and - as I have learned in another thread - throws it straight in dumpster . . . and to boot - as learned from Poochie - they DO charge you labor for swap-out at port.
So, if ordered at time of build, you are looking at cost of stock Competition hood + cost of CF hood + cost of labor to swap-out hoods at port. Suddenly, this $6,500 CF hood is costing $10K-plus!
On the other hand, if you purchase after taking delivery, it's cost of stock Competition hood in original build + $6,500 for CF hood + cost of prep/paint/install of CF hood . . . but, I guess, you retain the original hood for potential resale.
///AVM

See these earlier posts:

Originally Posted by Artemis

Let's distinguish 'cost for BMW' and 'cost for the M2 CS customer'.

When ordering an M2 CS you got a choice about (Brembo) brakes:

• tick the M-CCB box and it will set you back $8K/€8K for the gold colored M-CCB (option code 2NK);
• don't tick the M-CCB box, you get the red M Sport Brakes (code 2NH) as standard feature and the price will not change.

So no "half cost" favor to choose the M-CCB instead of the M Sport Brakes. On the M2 CS you cannot spec the original blue "regular" M2/M2C brakes (that allow fitting 18" wheels).

You could also approach it the other way around: on the M2 CS you get the red 2NH M Sport Brakes as standard feature (cost option on the M2C in Europe: silver 2NH). But of course, it's already included in the M2 CS base price. Seen from that perspective M-CCB on the M2 CS are actually the price of the 2NH + $8K/€8K (M-CCB factory installed). If you want to retrofit 2NH at a later stage, it will cost you even more: M-CCB (factory installed) + 2NH + cost of labor for the 2NH retrofit.

So, yeah, as regards the M2 CS customer wallet, M-CCB is even more costly for the M2 CS customer than the $8K/€8k option price: BMW gets the 2NH money from that customer as part of the M2 CS base price without installing 2NH onto the M2 CS of that customer.

Originally Posted by Artemis

Order M-CCB on an M2 CS: you pay for both the 2NH Sport Brake and the M-CCB and BMW thanks you for your never installed 2NH Sport Brake (discs + calipers) that they can install on another M2 CS (paid by another customer). Porsche perfected this money making business model almost as an art form.

Porsche Exclusive Manufaktur in Zuffenhausen (compare with BMW Individual) rips out the factory installed bits and replaces those with the individualized item. Look here from 05:21: