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A survey of nearly 600 kit car owners in the US, the UK and Germany, carried out by Dr. Ingo Stüben, showed that typically 100–1,500 hours are required to build a kit car, depending upon the model and the completeness of the kit. [5] As the complexity of the kits offered continues to increase, build times have increased.
The donor car's original 4-speed transaxle and four cylinder Volkswagen air-cooled engine could be kept, but other options, including Porsche or Corvair engines, could be substituted. At roughly 1,500 lb (680.4 kg), the GT-12 weighed approximately 500 lb (226.8 kg) less than a standard Beetle.
British magazine Car said "the idea heralds a return to basic principles of mass production in an industry where over the last 100 years, complexity has spiralled out of control. By creating a standardised, interchangeable set of parts from which to build a variety of cars, (the company) plans to cut the time taken to build a car by 30%." [6]
The car's original engine was an air-cooled flat-eight engine made by using a giubo to join the crankshafts of two Volkswagen flat-four engines laid end-to-end. [86] The car's open-topped barquette-style body is said to have been made from either a modified Lorena GT body or a mold taken of a Lorena GT owned by the Oliveiras. [86]
The first Eurocco design was an attempt by Mike Carlton to produce a kit car with 'family-friendly' features, such as conventional doors, 2+2 seating and front luggage compartment. It was based on the VW Beetle floorpan and engine, and required parts from Ford and Fiat production cars. Only about three kits were made, in 1981.
It focused on high-performance custom V8 drivetrain swaps, the modification and production of rear and mid-engined cars, and custom-built turn-key automobiles (the Kelmark GT). Until 1986, Kelmark Engineering manufactured kits and complete, finished, turn-key vehicles which were either Volkswagen-based or built on tubular race car-type frames.
The Trinity electric car, which is to be based on the new SSP platform, was supposed to be launched in 2026. ... Volkswagen had initially planned to build a new factory for the model, but due to ...
The first letter prefix indicates the car classification or physical size (A, B, C or D - for 'traditional' cars); followed by a number to enumerate different generations of the same class. However, more recent platforms have formally departed from this convention, although the older alphanumeric codes continue to be used informally.