Forklifts, Lift Equipment & Material Handling Vehicles worked example
Engine Option Cost at 72% engine option take rate: a worked example
Here is what the math looks like when conditions slip. We hold every other input steady and drop engine option take rate to 72%, then walk the calculation through step by step. Estimate the cost impact of an engine, fuel-system, emissions, or powertrain option on an internal-combustion lift truck.
The inputs for this scenario
- Trucks built with the engine option: 8 trucks (held at the documented default)
- Engine option premium per truck: 6,200 $ / truck (held at the documented default)
- Engine option take rate: 72 % (the input this scenario stresses; the baseline uses 100)
- Fixed powertrain integration cost: 1,400 $ (held at the documented default)
Working through the calculation
- The calculation starts from the formula this tool documents: Total engine option cost = engine-option trucks × engine option premium × engine option take rate or scope + fixed powertrain integration cost.
- Total engine option cost works out to 37,112 $ at these inputs, and this is the headline figure for the scenario.
- Engine option cost per truck works out to 4,639 $ / piece at these inputs.
- Variable engine option cost works out to 35,712 $ at these inputs.
- Fixed powertrain integration cost works out to 1,400 $ at these inputs.
How this compares with the baseline
- Against the tool's baseline example, where engine option take rate sits at 100% and the headline result is 51,000 $, this scenario comes in 27.23% below the baseline at 37,112 $.
- The practical read: the gap between this scenario and the baseline is entirely attributable to engine option take rate, so recovering it is worth quantifying in dollars before considering equipment or staffing changes. It treats the per-truck premium and take rate as flat across the batch; mixed engine families, tiered supplier pricing, or partial regulatory upcharges (e.g. Stage V diesel) will skew the real figure.
Results at a glance
- Total engine option cost: 37,112 $ (headline result)
- Engine option cost per truck: 4,639 $ / piece
- Variable engine option cost: 35,712 $
- Fixed powertrain integration cost: 1,400 $
Run it with your numbers
- To rerun this with your own numbers, open the live Engine Option Cost calculator, set engine option take rate to your actual value, and adjust the remaining inputs to match your operation.
Last reviewed 2026-05-12.