Jeff Porter
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Was watching a show this morning about the Porsche 959 in the 1980's, I found it interesting as it relates to the unfolding story of the Elio. Yes, the 959 is an extremely high performance, all-wheel drive, fastest-at-the-time-production car, sort of the antithesis of the Elio, but still interesting to me anyway, to compare their actions back then vs. Elio's actions and plans now. 
For the 959, it listed for $225,000. How much did it cost to make? $500,000. Now why on EARTH did Porsche do that? They only made 337 of these, which includes 37 prototypes and pre-production models. They couldn't be brought to the U.S. at the time, because Porsche refused to let the Dept of Transportation crash-test them. Plus they weren't compliant with emissions. Naughty, naughty.
Well, the reason Porsche was willing to sell these for less than half of cost, is because they sold a ton more of their other models due to the publicity of the 959.
Here's the wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_959
For the 959, it listed for $225,000. How much did it cost to make? $500,000. Now why on EARTH did Porsche do that? They only made 337 of these, which includes 37 prototypes and pre-production models. They couldn't be brought to the U.S. at the time, because Porsche refused to let the Dept of Transportation crash-test them. Plus they weren't compliant with emissions. Naughty, naughty.
Well, the reason Porsche was willing to sell these for less than half of cost, is because they sold a ton more of their other models due to the publicity of the 959.
Here's the wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_959