GMC Hummer’s Taillights Will Price You Extra Than A New Motorbike

The brand new GMC Hummer EV is likely one of the most sought-after SUVs available on the market at present. That’s only one cause that we’ve seen one instance after one other commerce fingers for excess of their authentic MSRP. Now, we’re studying {that a} pair of taillight housings for the Hummer EV is price some 5 % of the behemoth’s complete MSRP.

First noticed by the oldsters over at The Drive, a Fb group centered round GMC’s strongest SUV ever featured a risk that dropped the costly taillight bomb. “Had a shocker at present. A brand new passenger aspect rear mild for the Hummer EV; $4,040 simply to purchase it!” mentioned the brief however polarizing put up. Which may sound like a joke however evidently, these housings do certainly value as a lot as a clapped-out Mazda Miata.

The precise MSRP on every taillight housing is a whopping $3,045.48 earlier than delivery, set up, or different ancillary prices. With all these included, the grand complete rises to an absurd $6,090.96. To place that into perspective, anyone might stroll right into a BMW Motorrad seller and purchase a base G 310 R bike for its $4,995 MSRP and nonetheless have greater than $1,000 to play with for a similar quantity that it’ll value to switch the GMC Hummers tail lights ought to the necessity come up.

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And the necessity might very nicely come up sooner or later within the not-too-distant future. GMC has already needed to difficulty one recall concerning the Hummers taillights. Whereas that recall solely included ten automobiles, different latest GM merchandise just like the Yukon are well-known for LED tail mild failure.

At this stage, there are a variety of things which are seemingly protecting the worth of Hummer EV taillights excessive, together with the truth that there aren’t all that lots of them floating round. On the similar time, it appears unbelievable {that a} safety-critical part like a taillight doesn’t have a significantly cheaper substitute possibility accessible.