You are given $20 billion to found an auto company with a lineup of up to 10 vehicles

I make a company that creates lightweight, simple vehicles with over engineered engines with larger displacement that are built with easy repairs in mind. I pay to license ford engines and bodies.
Remake first gen and 78-79 Broncos, 50s pickups, 69-70 mustangs, and 90s escorts/focuses. I redesign the ford 9.5” Windsor and 8.2” windsor to be more thermally efficient and come standard with canted valves. I also redesign the 2.3 Lima block to accept displacements of 3L without modifications. Sell them as is and not worry about the money, label them as “kits” to skirt emissions and safety regulations.

I'd give all 20 billion to politicians and nhtsa/ncap so we can have pedestrian unsafe cars again.

I'd make a company focused exclusively on manufacturing 505s. Since they stopped making african 504s I'd already have a main market. South America, Eastern Europe and South Asia could be secondary markets. We could also sell them as sturfy drift bases on the side.

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$20 billion probably isn't enough.

Three things are more important than the lineup:
>Buying a factory that has only recently closed (so that talent is still available) or another manufacturer.
>Having either very skilled marketers or very marketable top talent that can hold the attention of not just the automotive press, but also regular news media
>Starting out with profitable cars that do not have direct competitors or that compete in a market that is exclusive enough that everyone intentionally sells fewer cars than demand.

So my first car is going to be a diesel electric luxury offroader that has no driveshafts or axles, but has 55,000 ft lbs torque in 6 hub motors.

The second car will be full electric with available gas turbine range extender, have 2000 horsepower, the best autonomy I can buy, and seat 4 in a futuristic bubble best described as a Scandinavian reimagining of a Japanese hypermodern reimagining of 1950s cartoonists concept of a car from the year 3000.

The third car will be a G-Wagen like plebiscite version of the first, the forth car will be an incredibly phallic two seat retractable hardtop electric sportscar with a 0-60 under 2 seconds that makes tie fighter noises above half throttle and a 8hz infrasound below, the fifth car will be a 8 seat (3 rows plus jumpseats in the cargo bay) hub motor minivan that can lift itself until it has 18 inches of clearance and then shit all over a wrangler in the adverts, the sixth car will be a mass appeal crossover with 300 miles of range and a price under 50k, the sixth car will be an electric pickup with enough beans to tow a 30,000 lb trailer up the Eisenhower Pass and an optional diesel range extender, the 7th car will be a $25,000 subcompact that is as autonomous as I can sell for that price and styled like something out of Ghost in the Shell or Akira, seats 4, 200 miles range, unusual doors...

The 8th car will be the first conventional sedan, an interior farmed out to a coach builder, 19 feet long, B pillarless suicide rear doors, 1200 miles range, similar interior dimension to a 1975 Sedan DeVille, the ninth car will be an electric half ton pickup for under $50k to start, the tenth car will be a jeep sized offroader for Jeep prices.

>I8

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you know it big boy

I'm not autistic enough to figure out everything but I'll say one thing
the cars would have 80s/90s styling and would appeal to the retro crowd

Kuroba Motors

Quattropace

Those were comfy threads.

Whatever happened to that project?

the dude's pretty much finished with it. he's on the /ovg/ discord if you want to pester him

>What do you call your company?
K'on

>What is it's vehicle lineup?
1 - ebike with the cells inside the frame becuase I'm not a retarded leftist faggot.
2 - extended range electric motorcyle.
3 - Twingo, patents are expired.
(trademarks aren't so it would be called something such that the name badge could easily be made to read Twingo, something like Fy'yingo with a stylized f)
4 - extended range electric full sized truck.
5 - extended range electric luxury sedan.
6 - Humvee, all variants
7 - german Wiesel tankette, all variants
8 - Keicar pickup
9 - Kübelwagen
10 - panoz gtr1

Sink 19 billion into stock in Ford, BMW, VW, Toyota, Renault, Nissan, and Honda so that the dividends can pay our taxes, employee salaries, and operating costs.
Now I only have to charge customers for the material cost and a note asking for an optional donation. ~200 million a year is more than enough to operate with.

I put 500 million into the design and procurement of standardized universal manufacturing.
I spend 199 million engineering and reverse engineering the above designs
I spend 0.99 million on summer design interns to make sketches of car designs they think non-cucks americans would think look cool, with a $1,000 bonus to the 10 best designs.
I put 200 million aside in case there is a global crash and the dividends stop.
I put aside 90 million for exploratory non-automobile projects. (I intend for us to be the next daewoo)
I then spend 9 million of property.
Then I put 0.99 million into my retirement fund.
I then spend $10,000 on Veeky Forums ads targeting /k/ Veeky Forums and /n/

>TRIAL AEROWORKS
Primarily an engine manufacturer that builds original (impracticle) fibreglass bodies inspired by late 20th century concept cars from reality and fiction.
The customer / dealer attaches the mirrors seperately to exploit kit-car laws.
>Engines
TAG16: Gasoline 1.6L I4, 120HP, 105lb ft
TAG20: Gasoline 2.0L I4, 160HP, 140lb ft
TAD24: Diesel 2.4L I4, 100HP, 150lb ft
>Lineup
Rabbit
- 2 door kei class "buggy" w/ convertible trim
- n/a TAG16 rwd
- 5sp mt or 4sp auto
Knight
- 4 door "rally style" small sedan
- n/a TAG20 rwd
- 5sp mt or 4sp auto
Empress
- 2 door "supercar" (bootleg f40)
- turbo TAG20 rwd
- 5sp mt or 4sp auto
Shepard
- 2 door pickup w/ styleside tub
- turbo TAD24 4wd
- 5sp mt or 4sp auto

When the lack of enthusiasts eventually bankrupt the business, I'll just flip it to GM and write my suicide note

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spill $20b into R&D for a halo car to end them all.

Make one truck that blows ford away in towing and carrying capacity.
Use the money from that to make an almost SUV with a similar body because most people buy those.

If the company hasn't fallen apart make a rwd grand tourer with a fastback design that is around wrx levels of heavy and a minivan with a similar frame.

If the company still hasn't collapsed yet make the closest thing to an old mini, a beetle, or that little green/yellow Toyota prototype that can be sold in the states as a hybrid that still has decent power or is electric like a not retarded new nsx. It will also look kind of cute.

If the company still hasn't crashed and burned take the little car from above, raise it a little, give it smaller wheels but larger tires, and sell it as a rally version.

Everything will have at least 250 hp except the little car and be an i6 with decent visibility. Later generations will be focused on material improvements to keep weight from bloating even further.

Then focus on reliability and efficiency improvements.

If somewhere along the line the company is close to collapsing, skip straight to the little gay car

Davis Motors

The first model is just "G"
>Basically a Honda Fit but more stripped and better looking
>FWD
>1.8 liter turbo economically tuned at like 150hp
>ALL amenities that aren't required by law are optional and none of them are bundled together. Except AC/heater and basic radio with auxiliary jack
>Any color other than black or white costs more
>Basically would let people get a brand new car with no unnecessary features for under $15k

Second model is "PG"
>Sedan
>Comfy styling
>RWD
>Single turbo 3.0 V6, again tuned economically to about 200hp
>Comes with alloy wheels, nav, Bluetooth, and cloth seats - leather and sunroof are optional
>Basically a nice cruiser like an Infiniti

Both of these would make the normie bucks to pay for the following two models

"PG13"
>Twin turbo 3.8 V6 with 320hp
>RWD or AWD (PG13 and PG13a respectively)
>built on the PG platform but with much more aggressive front and rear bumpers, wheels, lights, and mirrors, with an added lip on the back and "13" motif badges throughout
>most luxury features are included, except leather and sunroof

"R"
>AWD or RWD
>Twin-turbo 5.0 V8 with 500hp
>Subtle side-rear dump dual exhausts
>Two-door fastback (Mustang sized) with huge trunk instead of a back seat and long wheelbase
>19" wheels in rear, 18" in front, wild-ass looking wheels, Brembos
>6MT or auto (for the boomers)
>Comes standard with all the tech and luxury you'd want without crossing into S-class territory
>custom metallic paint, only dark colors
>custom "DAVIS R" badging throughout
>Magnetic suspension
>Electronic exhaust cutouts ("for track use only")

10 different crossovers and then drown in the revenue

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