November 26, 1999 (The Editor’s Desk is updated each business day.)
Value of quality changes in 2000 model-year light trucks
Quality changes in 2000 model-year light trucks
had a retail value of $40.56 on average, representing about 10 percent of
a $416.31 increase in manufacturers’ suggested list prices.
![Value of quality changes for 2000 model year vehicles, retail level, light trucks](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20120925100806im_/http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/images/1999/Nov/wk4/art04.gif) [Chart data—TXT]
Of the $40.56 estimated retail level of quality change in domestic
light trucks, most of it ($33.31) was due to changes in accordance with
1990 Clean Air Act Amendments.
Safety changes for child seat tether anchors and for head impact
protection accounted for $3.38 of the total value of quality changes.
Non-mandated quality changes such as powertrain improvements, theft
protection, other safety improvements, and changes in levels of standard
or optional equipment accounted for $3.87 on average.
These data are a product of the BLS Producer
Price Index program. Learn more in "Report on Quality Changes for
2000 Model Vehicles," news release USDL 99-324. The estimates on the
value of quality changes were based on a sample of 19 2000 model-year
domestic light trucks included in the Producer Price Index for October.
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