WHEN PORSCHE STARTED OUT IN THE LATE 40's THEY RENTED AN EMPTY SAWMILL IN GMüND AUSTRIA AND BUILT ONE CAR .
THEY SOLD THAT CAR TO RAISE MONEY TO BUILD TWO MORE . THEY SOLD THE TWO AND BUILT FOUR ..............
ONCE THEY GOT A FEW OF THEM OUT ON THE ROAD AND IN SOME RACES THE ORDERS STARTED COMING IN .
SOON THEY NEEDED AN ACTUAL FACTORY AND MOVED THE COMPANY TO STUTTGART .
IT WAS MANY YEARS BEFORE THEY MANAGED TO BUY BACK THAT FIRST ONE !
IT REALLY WAS POSSIBLE TO START A CAR COMPANY THAT WAY 60 YEARS AGO BUT THOSE WERE MUCH SIMPLER MACHINES .
PORSCHE WAS ALSO USING CHEAP & AVAILABLE OFF THE SHELF VW MOTORS , TRANSMISSIONS BRAKES & SUSPENSION .
IT IS A LOT EASIER TO MODIFY AN EXISTING COMPONENT THAN CREATE AN ENTIRELY NEW ONE
THE REGULATIONS THAT GOVERN WHAT YOU MUST & CAN'T DO REQUIRE LAYERS OF APPROVAL .
THE PAPERWORK ALONE WOULD HAVE KILLED PORSCHE IN THE EARLY DAYS .
ELIO IS FOLLOWING THAT PART OF THE PORSCHE MODEL BY USING AS MANY ALREADY EXISTING PARTS AS THEY CAN .
IT IS ADMIRABLE THAT THEY HAVE CREATED THEIR OWN ENGINE .
PAUL ELIO CERTAINLY DOES HAVE SOME GRAND DREAMS WITH VAST PRODUCTION NUMBERS .
IN THE END , THEY WILL MAKE ALL THE ELIOs THAT THEY CAN .
MANUFACTURING CAPACITY AND THE MARKET ( SUPPLY & DEMAND ) WILL DETERMINE THE ACTUAL NUMBERS .
THAT IS ONCE THEY START SHOWING UP ON THE ROAD & IN RACES .