Why are American Racing Torq Thrust VN205 wheels so expensive?

American racing makes a bunch of variations of this classic wheel style including some in the 17”-18” range.

The cast aluminum VN215 in a 17x8 seems to hold a retail price around $180 which is pretty darned reasonable.

Meanwhile, the slightly different looking but also CAST aluminum VN205 in a similar size will run in the $600 range.

Of course, the VN205s seem to look a little better but 2.5x better? Not sure about that.

So what gives? Is anyone running modern sized Torq Thrust wheels? How did you pick yours?
Are you sure about the "VN205". I can't seem to find that number at Summit or even American Racing websites.