Good math job! I have 2 questions to add, if anyone can answer them- 1) Who got the investment money- DMC or DMCL? 2) How much did DMC charge DMCL per car (I presume that the DMC company had to buy the cars from the manufacturer). Thanks! Eric ----- Original Message ----- From: "whydoismellsodarnbad" <whydoismellsodarnbad@xxxxxxxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, October 02, 2005 4:17 PM Subject: [DML] Okay, here's a wildly improbable formula... > ...but to get at the initial capital invested to produce each and > every Delorean Motor Car ever made, let's say... > > $3M from the Sports Car Partnership + $18M research from the limited > partnership + $25M from bank of america + $1.5M private investors > +$135M from loans of the British Government DIVIDED BY 9200 cars > produced. > > (Figures gleaned from two minutes at home.no/delorean) > > Granted, that would also include the cost of the brick and mortar of > the facility, but I think that, and payroll, etc. should be included. > > With the calculator on my cell phone, the number that comes out to > is: > > 182,500,000/9200 = $19,836.96 per car. > > I welcome anybody to challenge this. My math is bad and my figures > are probably inaccurate. Maybe there's some money I'm not counting. > > > > > > > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx > > For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com > > To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/