I think a bigger issue is why a frame and motor should cost £6.5k. This isn’t having a dig at Cotic I’m sure they aren’t running on massive profit margins and rolling around in Bentley’s but rather that it represents the true cost of small scale manufacturing in the UK and how massively uncompetitive it is.
I always use this comparison – but a (new) Honda CRF 300 Rally (big road legal trail bike) is £200 more than the Cotic frame; but for a full motorbike. I know ‘economics of scale’ / production automation / salaries but it just highlights that something is wrong.
https://www.hondaofbournemouth.co.uk/products/new-honda-bikes-honda-of-bournemouth-crf300l-rally