Premium car parts rip off

[Shambler]

A friend needed to replace the trailing arm bushes on a Jag X type. He contacted Jaguar and they sent the parts out at £27.60 each in a plastic Jaguar branded bag. The part had Ford stamped on it and after further investigation the exact same part was acquired from Ford for £6. How can Jaguar charge over 400% plus for the same part? Is there even worse examples out there?

[Shambler]

BRMMA said:

When I wanted to replace the ignition switch in my Boxster the cost was about £40 from Porsche, £15 from Audi or £8 from VW. For a set of brake disks for my GS Maserati want over 2k, buying the same part from Brembo who make them for Maserati brings the cost down to £350

That is a crazy mark up by Maserati.

[Shambler]

A mechanic friend insists that Vauxhall have the best engineers in the world with their ability to design a part to last exactly 3 years and 1 day.