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Originally Posted by gramicci101
I think they're straying too far from the original concept. They're taking something that was strikingly beautiful and unique and turning it into something that looks like just another car.
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That certainly isn't a coincidence. If automakers could figure out a cost-effective method to bringing a design like the FT-1 to market it would have been done already. Look again at the FT-1 concept and picture how any of that would meet regulations (no bumpers), be easily repaired (can you even bend steel or aluminum like that without complex tooling?), or cost-effective for an insurance company following even a minor hit. There are a lot of complex shapes that make the FT-1 beautiful. Once you make it production feasible, well, you get the Jalopnik render.
Maybe in another 30 years when 3-d printing goes large scale
Koenseigg and Pagani are 2 of the very small group of automakers who might be able to attempt something so insane. Even then, it would be priced north of 1 million. Lamborghini does crazy, but look at the Hurican. At more than 200K you could call it sedate next to the FT-1.