Reread the article. It says that they abandoned the ERM process for a fiberglass center with front and rear subframes. THAT is what was run on Gumman's computers saying it would NOT handle a crash well. In that article it does NOT say why the ERM process was abandoned, only that it was. David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "cbl1739" <cbl302@...> wrote: > > > Well you wanted proof,please read below,or read the whole story at > the link below.Actually I was wrong on one part it was 26mph Not 30 > mph! > > http://www.lotusespritworld.co.uk/EHistory/DeLorean.html > > or http://tinyurl.com/yxxmqf > > > 10th paragraph down, > > > Lotus were most unhappy about it all, not merely because the > prototype's roadholding and general rigidity were not helped by the > big cut-outs in the shell dictated by the gull-wing doors, but also > because of the safety limitations. Their own vast experience of both > glassfibre-based bodies and backbone chassis-frames led them to > surmise that in its original guise the DeLorean would fare very badly > 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/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:dmcnews-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:dmcnews-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> 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/