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Originally Posted by malazn mafia
Is it really 50 million to setup to manufacture a door? For any car, or just a car built in Australia? Shocking to see that a big Powerball win would only be enough money to manufacture 1 door for a Falcon ???
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A man whose last name was Polites told me the same thing.
The cost is in all the engineering and design and of course ensuring a door passes muster for a variety of reasons - crash testing, torsional ridgidity, systems, longitudinal forces exerted on the door etc. Then of course you have the not insignificant issue that the passenger cell must be designed and engineered to perfectly fit the said door and accommodate the structural forces that will be subjected to the door. I imagine the $50 million per door price tag incorporates some aspects of engineering and design of the relevant opening in the car's passenger cell.
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Fords I own or have owned:
1970 XW Falcon GT replica 
| 1970 XW Falcon | 1971 XY Fairmont | 1973 ZG Fairlane | 1986 XF Falcon panel van | 1987 XFII Falcon S-Pack | 1988 XF Falcon GLS ute | 1993 EBII Fairmont V8 | 1996 XG Falcon ute | 2000 AU Falcon wagon |
2004 BA Falcon XT | 2012 SZ Territory Titanium AWD
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