Ford Spent $200,000 To Dissect a Limited-Edition Tesla Model X (bloomberg.com)

Posted by msmash on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @05:10AM from the I-despise-you,-but-I-want-to-see-how-you-make-cars dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Ford Motor paid a sum of $199,950 ($55,000 more than the retail price) to buy one of the first sport utility vehicles made by Tesla Motors, reports Bloomberg, citing vehicle registration documents. The white Model X is a Founders Series with a vehicle identification number indicating it was the 64th one made at Tesla's factory in Fremont, California. The vehicle, with Michigan plates, has been spotted recently in the Detroit area. Automakers often buy cars made by competitors for road testing and for 'tear-downs' to reveal components and materials and how they're put together. But it's unusual to pay such a high price -- almost $212,000 after Michigan sales tax and title -- for such an early model.Well, this $200,000 could shave off hundreds of thousands of dollars in research and development.

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Wonder how much someone spent dissecting FordFocus by JoeyRox · 2016-04-20 05:29 · Score: 1, Funny

The bidding starts at $500.
Re:its also about reducing liability by thinkwaitfast · 2016-04-20 06:02 · Score: 5, Funny

disclaimer: im an automotive engineer.
I believe by internet rules, that makes you opinion here worthless. You should go opine on a subject you've only read about.
Re:its also about reducing liability by Anonymous Coward · 2016-04-20 06:48 · Score: 2, Funny

But... if he can make it into a car analogy, isn't it *always* correct?