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[ilikerice]

wow... are u serious? why dont they try to make a few bucks on it and auction it? is there some kind of copyright thing on these cars that they cant let the public get a hold of?

[Jason@SportsCar]

Originally Posted by ilikerice

wow... are u serious? why dont they try to make a few bucks on it and auction it? is there some kind of copyright thing on these cars that they cant let the public get a hold of?

It is a federal (DOT) thing... All manufacturer program cars have an expiration date, when that time comes they get crushed. Many of these cars are preproduction, so the government does not want them in circulation.

I would image there is also some tax related issues, you crush an R&D/program car and maybe get a better deduction than you could sell it for.

We just had to send a bunch of pics, event results and a copy of the feature we ran on the car we built so it did not get crushed with this batch - I don't know if that is permanent, or just a stay of execution.

This one makes me want to cry, $200k+ gone in seconds. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMNVVHI2ZNg

It's the cost of doing business.