Trailers, Truck Bodies & Specialty Vehicles worked example

Option Package Cost at 92% installed-content capture factor: a worked example

Push installed-content capture factor up to 92% and the picture changes. This example computes every intermediate figure at that operating point. Use it when option package cost in trailers, truck bodies and specialty vehicles is being put through a trailers, truck bodies and specialty vehicles weighted-cost review.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Vehicles receiving the option package: 100 units (unchanged)
  • Option package cost per vehicle: 45 $ / unit (unchanged)
  • Installed-content capture factor: 92 % (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 80)
  • Fixed engineering and tooling cost: 250 $ (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Option Package Cost cost = quantity × rate × capture factor + fixed cost) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4,390 $ for weighted cost, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 43.9 $ / piece for per piece value.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 4,140 $ for captured value.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 250 $ for fixed adjustment.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where installed-content capture factor sits at 80% and the headline result is 3,850 $, this scenario comes in 14.03% above the baseline at 4,390 $.
  • It computes total option package cost as vehicle count times per-vehicle content times capture factor plus fixed cost, then divides by count for a per-vehicle figure. The value of this scenario is the size of the gap it exposes: that gap, priced out over a year, is the budget you can justify spending to close it.

Results at a glance

  • Weighted cost: 4,390 $ (headline result)
  • Per piece value: 43.9 $ / piece
  • Captured value: 4,140 $
  • Fixed adjustment: 250 $

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Option Package Cost calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.