Guy's no inside info here but I suspect price came into play.
Remember when first introduced Spartan had hoped for a Furion cost slightly higher than that of an International or Freightliner. Now the Furion runs easily around $125,000.00 that's being conservative. Now consider that a Terra Star is supposed to be around $45,000.00. So the price difference is $80,000.00 per chassis.
When you consider that the contract is for 30 units the savings by going with the Terra Star is 2.4 million in chassis alone.
Kris
Remember when first introduced Spartan had hoped for a Furion cost slightly higher than that of an International or Freightliner. Now the Furion runs easily around $125,000.00 that's being conservative. Now consider that a Terra Star is supposed to be around $45,000.00. So the price difference is $80,000.00 per chassis.
When you consider that the contract is for 30 units the savings by going with the Terra Star is 2.4 million in chassis alone.
Kris
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