[DML] Re: Lotus engineering was WANTED: Angle Drive

["cbl1739" <cbl302@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

For sure it would have had a Mexican wiring harness..since that was 
where most of the big three got theirs.For crash worthness the ERM 
was totally unsafe,as in a rear collision,the passenger/driver would 
have become part of the ERM sandwich :-(
He would have saved quite a bit in shipping,and since it is a 
commonwealth,no import fees.
He started with a ford v6,I think he would have used a V6 ford 
engine,then moved up to a ford V8.
SINCE he did settle with Lotus it would still have the same layout 
engineering..But then again he might have gone to a South American 
car manufacturer for the Engineering.


 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "content22207" <brobertson@...> 
wrote:
>
> No, John wanted the ERM sandwich. Bringing Lotus onboard was a last
> minute decision when the car he wanted to build didn't work.
> 
> Which is the best possible thing that could have happened. I am
> convinced that ERM DeLoreans would all have broken in half by now.
> However imperfect our frames may be, they are at least frames.
> 
> Consider this: Had DMC built its operations in Puerto Rico, how
> different would the final product have been? How many parts would 
have
> been sourced from the United States rather than Europe? Would the
> vehicle have been fractional instead of metric? Would JZD have 
turned
> to AMC rather than Lotus? 
> 
> Bill Robertson
> #5939
> 
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