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Originally Posted by freebeard
What you are seeing is a revolution in manufacturability. Folding metal is cheaper than stamping it. No paint is cheaper than paint. Flat glass is cheaper than molded glass.
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I'd call this a revolution in re aligning the market's expectations, accepting a vehicle that looks like the shoddiest third world kit car. Those ideas are not new - dozens of flat panel vehicles out there:
https://www.theverge.com/2016/9/11/1...mclaren-africa
My immediate thought was of these Hummer kits made locally a while back:
Paint is cheaper than no paint, but stainless is more expensive than mild steel+paint. I'd say it's more about saving the time involved in painting to ramp up production more quickly, plus no paint issues like they had with the 3. There's talk of vinyl wraps which of course are very expensive and time consuming...