FORD CAR PART : Have flying cars been made and flown before? Yes! Did they cost a lot todevelop? No! Flying cars have been conceived as long as there have beencars and planes. They just have not been very successful, both as to theirintended dual function and marketwise. They could not have been that costlyto develop because the various projects were labors of love by individualsor small groups. All the money ever spent on flying cars in 100 years ofdreaming cannot equal even 1% of Ford's $6,000,000,000 (!) budget fordeveloping the Mondero/Contour/Mystique. Imagine all that money Ford spentto "reinvent" the lowly Terraplane. Why don't you stop a moment and readabout an actual flying car:The fact that flying car prototypes were ever realized at all is a tributeto the efforts of their inventors. I believe they were not fullysuccessful because of the limited resources applied in the face of theenormity of the project. All the developers were aviation people (withlittle money) trying to do a car; never have car people tried to do aplane. I think that is half the secret: Chrysler has to develp aconsortium of experts in both fields of engineering to do it right. At thepresent time they have neither.
FORD CAR PART : Now you know a flying car is at least "doable", let's analyze the marketand how Chrysler could bring such a machine to fruition. I estimate theworld wide market is 10,000 units per year at $100,000 per copy, for abillion dollars a year gross sales. Not bad for a top of the line flagship- most auto company flagships never turn a profit. The customer base wouldbe civil and military government bodies (police, administrative, armedforces) and the civilian aviation market now dominated by Cessna with ahandful of smaller players. Think of a flying car as sort of an ultimatestatus symbol. You now think of the Cadillac Escalade or maybe a top ofthe line M-B, Jag, or exotic like a Ferrari as the ultimate roadboundFord Motor Company has tried this twice. First in the 1950's and theFAA/Civil Aeronautics Administration shot it down due to it not beingpossible for the then air traffic control system to absorb all of theadditionalvolume of air traffic. Second was in 1970 and they even got FAA approvalfor the _experimental_ device, the Aerocar, but FAA nixed approvalfor production volumes as they were shitting bricks imagining all of thecrashes and accidents.
FORD CAR PART : The only merit I can see to the idea is that dumb morons will go out andimmediately buy one, then fly it into the nearest powerline and killthemselves,thus ridding the rest of us of their idiocy.Designing and manufacturing a car that flies would be pretty easy.Making one that lands is the hard part.I think we're making more progress getting them thar cars to swim...DAS-----NB: To reply directly replace "nospam" with "schmetterling"---"Joe&qu ot; wrote in message...I haven't read the story yet, but the current issue of Esquiremagazine shows a prototype for a flying car. I think it's a VTOL.At least since the late 1950's, and probably before then, flying smallplanes or flying cars have intermittently been proposed as caralternatives. The thing that would scare me is that there are so manymore things to worry about in a plane than there are in a car. Atleast when a drunk driver speeds through my neighborhood, I don't haveto worry about him crashing into my roof.
FORD CAR PART : INDIANAPOLIS--Strengthening a relationship that has been an integral part ofChampionship Auto Racing Teams since its formation, CART and the Ford MotorCompany today announced a two-year partnership to promote and market thefastest open-wheel racing series in North America.The agreement finalizes the new official title of the CART series, whichwill now be known as "Bridgestone Presents The Champ Car World SeriesPowered by Ford."Coming on the heels of the agreement that will have Cosworth Racing serve asthe exclusive supplier of 2.65-liter turbocharged engines for CART duringthe next two seasons, Ford has thrown its marketing and promotional mightbehind the series in a two-year deal that will see the legendarymanufacturer develop consumer programs around the significant and growingNAFTA automotive market as well as Europe and Australia that will bedesigned to raise awareness of the CART series and the Ford brand.
FORD CAR PART : "We're very happy to have this agreement with CART finalized," said DanDavis, director of Ford Racing Technology. "Ford has been a staunchsupporter of the CART series since our debut in 1992, and this is acontinuation of our involvement. Not only does this relationship allow us tosupport our technical partner, Cosworth Racing, but the race series and itshigh-profile markets will make an excellent platform for Ford to showcasethe many new and exciting products that will debut over the next couple ofyears."The deal coincides with the 100th anniversary of the fabled manufacturer andgives Ford a marquee position inside the high-tech world of Champ Carracing. Dating back to the days when company founder Henry Ford won his oneand only automobile race in 1901, to 1963 when Jim Clark carried hisFord-powered Lotus 29 to the first-ever Champ Car win by a rear-engined car,Ford has been a vital part of the open-wheel racing scene. Ford Racing'slegacy rivals that of any manufacturer in the world and the Blue Oval hasbeen carried to championships across the globe with the likes of GrahamHill, Jackie Stewart, Emerson Fittipaldi and Dan Gurney. Ford and Cosworthhave earned 59 CART wins and Ford-powered machines have captured CARTManufacturer's championships in 1995 and 2000 as well as powering NigelMansell (1993) and Jacques Villeneuve ('95) to CART driver's titles.
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