[gmonsen]

I was going to note that while I didn't choose the newest FF5 MKIV, the basic FF5 idea of using well-known and quality donor parts and making sure those parts worked perfectly with the chassis and body and could be fairly readily assembled has obviously been a great business strategy and allows them to dominate the kit car building industry. Kudos, Dave Smith and team.

The replicar and cottage industry custom car builders (like RCR or Ultima or the GTM) are an industry segment that has been and will continue to grow at a much faster pace than the mainstream car market, because the increasingly sterile cars force motorheads to look elsewhere for the real experience. When BMW pipes in motor sounds that you can raise and lower with your volume control on the stereo, you see just how isolated the driver is from the machinery. Forget the god-awful drive by wire without any feel whatsoever steering systems that replaced the best thing about Porsches and BMW's ever.

Replicars offer the fun motor toy experience at all price points and the very worst today are phenomenal when compared to the kit cars available when I was 20-25, like Fiberfab gt's with VW chassis and engines.

G