Why this would be a sound financial decision for the bean counters at DCX:
DCX has a LARGE ammount of leased PT Cruisers coming back at the end of their term.
Valuation on these cars should be as high as possible for DCX benefit.
By adding a high tier, special order only model, they bump the PT average cost to a new level(even though your new PT won't cost more).
NOW your add on of a stage I has resale value!
Any used PT that has those specific add ons would posibly be capable of upgrading their value.
This only can occur when DCX uses the upgrades on a factory model, even if they only make a few.
We would all win!
Not to mention the press value on a now tired subject - PT being old hat now.
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