It’s an option driven by consumer demand and competition from other manufacturers. As long as people want it, they’ll continue to offer it as an option.
True, and as we’ve seen recently from our member in South America, the moon roof doubles as an escape hatch when you need it. :-D
I don’t know. I hear you on the amortized cost to bring it to market etc.
I’ll make one comment on ‘as long as people want it, it will continue to be offered as an option.’
It’s the dealers who want it more than the consumers IMO. We get to either buy the Raptor with the moonroof, or hopefully get a dealer with an allocation who will order one to our liking, not bait & switch on us with the price and get us a truck some time in the future. OR take the one on the dealer lot for (what is it now?) +1800 for the moon roof and the other options we weren’t really interested in but it is what it is.
A lot of us on FRF did exactly that equation and opted to take the moonroof truck.
And to be fair, that Krytox stuff does work well and seems to keep the glass from sticking, which I believe is the main cause of our discontent with the moonroof.