There were numerous reasons why a WH chassis was more expensive than a Ford chassis, some of the reasons did involve better designs, but some definitely involved designs that were not. Then you have to take in consideration that WH had to BUY their engines from GM and their transmissions from Allison. That in itself adds significantly to the prices charged for their chassis, this was not the case with Ford. Now, one has to give consideration to certain parts availability. Actia, the company that built the WH dash is having trouble obtaining certain parts for the WH dash, the last I heard they did not know where they were going to get the parts. Without the parts necessary, the dash displays become unreadable. I think these kinds of issues will simply continue to pop up with the WH chassis. This is most unfortunate.