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Originally Posted by Z-man

Wonderful! Then technically, by extention, Mercedes-Benz and BMW are also engineer-driven automaker. How so? Well, considering that one of the most important components (engine and drivetrain) of these cars (McLaren, Keingsegg, Pagani) are made (ie engineered) by Mercedes and BMW, well, one can only conclude...

-Z-man.

Z, by that reasoning GM would also be defined as engineering driven because they design and build engines for their own products and others. You and I both know that the reason these small boutique makers don't build complete engines is because they don't have the resources to do so. As for the drivetrain, very few automakers actually build their own anymore, Mercedes included. Even the SLS uses a Getrag box.