..to which some would retort that that is "today" money.. what would the £80 million be today? AND even if you could retort with this they'd no doubt turn round and say... "Well JZD is still in prison so it's different" Because they don't listen. Ever. ;oP Dan Porsche 911 "claire_usher71" <claire@xxxx> wrote: > Hi all, > > I dont know about you, but I get really fed up at shows of people > going on about the amount of money the government of the time poured > into to DeLorean project and trying to justify the cars existence. > > I often quote 'and what about British Leyland' when people say this, > but I've done some research this afternoon and come up with the > following which you can feel free to quote when you get jibes about > taxpayers money: > > Railtrack - £2 billion + > > Channel Tunnel and Rail-link - £9 billion + > > Millennium Dome - £940 million > > British Aerospace - £500 million > > I'm sure there are plenty more, but it doesnt make the money invested > into DeLorean look too significant now, does it? > > Smug Claire > #2292 'Flopsy'