This car is in that price range? Did you know a veyron costs 5mm to make. VW loses money on each they sell. It's a bragging rights car for them.
How will this guy compete with that?
How will this guy compete with that?
Super Car Investment??
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Trion is a scam. Vaporware. I am a club racer and I've been around SCCA all of my adult life. You simply cannot put 2K at the crank and translate that to the road. Not in that chassis. The hp would need to be produced well over 10K RPM or the engine would be 1000s of pounds. Think aircraft engines. It's about as real as this piece of crap: http://www.autoblog.com/2013/11/06/devel-sixteen-dubai-video/
The Devel is a small block chevy w/o cats and a shit tune. Look at the attempt at aero on the doors. Looks like it was riveted and painted by hand.
Why would "Trion" be approaching someone who knows absolutely nothing about the business?
The Devel is a small block chevy w/o cats and a shit tune. Look at the attempt at aero on the doors. Looks like it was riveted and painted by hand.
Why would "Trion" be approaching someone who knows absolutely nothing about the business?
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Huh? Why does is sell for around $2.25 million?? If they cost $5 million, why wouldn't the car sell for over that? The same people would still buy them. I know a guy here that has two of them-- if they were $5 million plus, I guess he would just have one. LOL!!
Thanks, I don't know enough about the tech to comment. However, knowledge of the tech has nothing to do with someone's rolodex of UHNWs who could be interested in these things. surf
- The Bugatti Veyron is all about big. Big horsepower, big price tag. That's kind of the whole point. But what's even bigger than both is the insane amount of money the Volkswagen Group loses selling each one: about 4.62 Euro, or $6.25 million.
My guess is that they can't sell it for $5MM. The only cars that sell for $5MM are classic cars and cars in the secondary market. I would trust the marketing arm of VW over us in these decisions.
Anyhow, it's such a small line item that it doesn't matter if they lose money on it. It's about brand awareness and tech that can be used elsewhere.
Folks would buy it because its $5 million, if for no other reason. The higher the price, the more THEY want it.
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That's a risky proposition...to be an angel investor in a (another random no-name) super car company.
They're more or less all the same...using Twin Turbos on a V8 or V10. You'll be very lucky to breakeven.
Or if you absolutely must invest in a sports car...buy a vintage Ferrari...and hold onto it for five or ten years.
You're better off ...betting all that money on an options trade. {sorry for trolling...}
They're more or less all the same...using Twin Turbos on a V8 or V10. You'll be very lucky to breakeven.
Or if you absolutely must invest in a sports car...buy a vintage Ferrari...and hold onto it for five or ten years.
You're better off ...betting all that money on an options trade. {sorry for trolling...}
It seems you understand the car business better than the guys at Volkswagen.