Can't believe there are so many car guys here! This is awesome. The first production-ready prototype will be on the ground in late summer, and will be at SEMA

Can't believe there are so many car guys here! This is awesome. The first production-ready prototype will be on the ground in late summer, and will be at SEMA in November. Production (meaning individual builds) will begin in the Fall of 2010. Including the community & local Southwest enthusiasts in the design & build process was necessary for LM to know we were bringing a desirable vehicle to market. The "opensource" aspect gained a lot of discussion early on. Now that we have incorporated the community desires in the design & engineering, we have a lot of proving to do. This is an exciting year. The body will be composite, panels on tubular welded steel spaceframe. We will use carbonfiber and thermaplastics for the panels. Financing anything is not as easy as it use to be. Our expectations are adjusted accordingly - we only aim to build about 3,000 in the lifetime of the vehicle, and probably only a few hundred in the first few years. Licensing as a kit car or custom vehicle isn't as hard as you might think - primarily because the engine and other parts are OEM. Thanks for the humbling, blunt review! Love it or hate it, at least the Rally Fighter isn't like everything else on the road. The pool of sameness can become monotonous.