In a message dated 6/8/03 3:54:41 AM, Pirouette@uisreno.com writes:
<< Specs must work! Oh,
and be able to sell it profitably for whatever $3750 would be in today's
dollars. >>
Your comment about what $3750 would buy into today's dollars is interesting.
If you discount that amount by an average 5% you end up with about $25K.
But discount by a rate more typical of the interest rates over that last 38
years and you have over $100K to design with. I think this reflects well on
car
manufacuturers to make vast improvements in cars yet keep their cost growth
well below inflation.
The problem with your logic of having to pick a current model has one big
flaw - there is no Rootes nowadays, so we have no car to pick from their line
up
to shoe horn a V8.
Rob
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