Re: [DML] Hand Built DeLoreans
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Re: [DML] Hand Built DeLoreans



Crash testing is always required for the sale of complete cars. Also,
it's 2 cars ABSOLUTE minimum. It's more like 5 even if you're cutting
corners. Plus testing a safety systems, ie airbags, takes numerous sled
runs (ie, 25 or more) to ensure functionality. At your 80k per car, you
are already up to $400k, and you have not counted the cost of production
or testing yet. This is an inexplicably expensive notion, no one in
their right mind would undertake such a business venture. Especially due
to the limited popularity of the original model.

Jim
1537


On Sat, 09 Nov 2002 16:53:03 -0000 "therealdmcvegas" <DMCVegas@xxxx>
writes:
> For a limted run, things probably are not as gloomy as they look. The 
> main 
> thing of course is yes, DMCH would need to be able to issue new 
> VIN#'s. 
> What that costs, I've no idea, so I'm not even going to begin to 
> speculate. Body 
> dies are of no concern. Less expensive dies can be created for 
> limited 
> production runs of body panels, and the cost of things such as 
> torsion bars 
> would help to be absorbed by the sale of new cars.



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