re the local boys involved in manufacturing auto parts, are they using compression molding for curved sections, or am i just smoking weed? given that we can produce an original, sleek contour body shell of a let's say a small sedan, and put on a stock chassis, engine etc., i suppose with a competitive price some will actually buy it. kit cars look like kit cars while mass market cars cost alot to make, so avoid these and focus on the niche market instead. the rally fighter (starts at around 2 million pesoses) was built with that in mind with no less than 10 local motors staff with off-the-shelf components. some companies sponsor other projects and the styling part is handled by the crowd-sourced-design community of which i'm part of. the phils can adopt the open innovation structure once it can gather at least 10 people who can do the job. capital and community, come up with these two components and possibly...