[Schumi]

I did research on optimization of a vehicle monocoque that was a derivative of that Volkwagen project. That vehicle architecture concept as laid out by volkswagen would not cost $600, not even $6000. It was using a hybrid die cast magnesium frame with a bonded stressed carbon fiber shell. My research involved iterative computational optimization of the magnesium castings and the fiber orientations and ply schedules of the carbon skins for mass, frequency response point mobility, global stiffness and eigenvalue/vector modal response.

This was F1 tech, not $600 third-world-car tech.


Don't shoot the messenger, but that is how it is.