Re: [DML] How much to do it all a second time around?

[Soma576@xxxx]

In a message dated 1/10/04 10:03:47 AM Central Standard Time, 
chinatown_film@xxxx writes:
If I remember correctly, way back when, JZ decided on a figure of around $110 
million to setup and get DMC successfully underway.
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According to many analysts (as cited in the many books on the subject such as 
Dream Maker and Hard Driving), JZD should have had $250 million, eliminated a 
top-heavy corporate structure, and set his sights a little lower, perhaps to 
10000 cars per year. It would have helped if he could have seperated the 
DMC-12 from the DMC-24 (maybe even the DMC-80) and gotten sedan prototyping done 
sometime in late 1981. instead, he focused on other things such as the Logan 
snowgrooming outfit, fashion accessories, buying out Chrysler, high-tech 
unproven engines, etc. In my opinion, he just didn't focus on the car - instead he 
focused on the DMC conglomerate.

Andy


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