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Brian · 03-03-06, 06:14 AM

I went to the FFR open house with a couple of forum guys. At the beginning of the tour, the gentlemen taking us around said that they originally set out to do a '40, but quickly got tangled up in legalities, so they opted for the clean sheet of paper design with the GTM being the result. It is NICE car and I personally took away a lot of stimulating ideas in regards to design, for example the rod shift mechanism is elegant and unlike any I have seen in a '40. If the client base keeps the quality high enough, FFR make make some decent market penetration. However, there is no emotional perspective to the design , as there is with the '40, for people to hang on to. Some call this a liability, some call it an asset because it is not trying to be anything but itself. The market will have to decide this one for us. I personally think some of the body attributes should have been dialed back a bit to give it a "familiar" feel.

Brian

03-03-06, 06:14 AM	#6 (permalink)
Brian Brian McCarthy Bronze Supporter Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Up in the sticks GT40: GTD Posts: 490 Rep Power: 11	Re: Factory Five GTM-200 I went to the FFR open house with a couple of forum guys. At the beginning of the tour, the gentlemen taking us around said that they originally set out to do a '40, but quickly got tangled up in legalities, so they opted for the clean sheet of paper design with the GTM being the result. It is NICE car and I personally took away a lot of stimulating ideas in regards to design, for example the rod shift mechanism is elegant and unlike any I have seen in a '40. If the client base keeps the quality high enough, FFR make make some decent market penetration. However, there is no emotional perspective to the design , as there is with the '40, for people to hang on to. Some call this a liability, some call it an asset because it is not trying to be anything but itself. The market will have to decide this one for us. I personally think some of the body attributes should have been dialed back a bit to give it a "familiar" feel. Brian