How much of a car's production cost is due to building the engine?

[WF_Tomba]

@Xema

60 to 80% seems well above what’s plausible - why would the rest of the car be so cheap compared to the engine?

My only info comes from a guy who used to work for Ford. About 10 years ago he told me that the cost of building a V-6 engine at the Windsor, Ontario plant was around $600. This was in part due to a high level of automation, and thus low labor costs (which, for US automakers at least, are the big issue.)

I don’t really have a clue what’s plausible.