aerohead -
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Originally Posted by aerohead
I went over every scrap of paper I have on the Impact/EV-1 and could find no mention of R&D costs....-------------------- A gasoline version of the Impact/EV-1 could have been available for the 1993 model year,and marketed as a Buick,Cadillac,Chevrolet,Daihatsu,Geo,Holden,Isuzu ,Lotus,Oldsmobile,Opel,Pontiac,Saab,Saturn ,or Toyota,or Vauxhall,at about $14,000(US).
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Thanks, this puts the price in perspective. Since it was only ever leased, it's hard to tell how much they cost to build (in limited production). I also thought the body used more expensive materials to reduce weight, but a $14,000 price tag in 1993 is on par with a CRX SI. I paid $21K for my since-traded 1997 Saturn SC2. If a normal gasser EV-1 was sitting in the lot, it would have been verrrrrry tempting to pull the trigger.
Thinking about this just gets more and more depressing,
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CarloSW2