Some interesting points put forward.
I still feel the same though. Schumacher have spent atleast the last 5 years designing and releasing so many non race type vehicles that have had the 'basher' market (and a strong one at that) happy. Surely this has made the company money and probably more money that what was around back when Cecil held the reigns in the late 80's.
If i remember correctly Schumacher even sponsored the 1989 world titles here in Australia and Cecil was even offering out free Topcat kits to anyone that was entered into the worlds to compete. I bet that event cost a bucket load of money!
My point being Cecil's heart and sole went into these early Cat's which no doubt created the foundations for the company that Robin now controls.
Sure tooling costs money but if Cecil and his team could do it out of a little factory back in the day then I can't see how the Schumacher team couldn't do it now.
I dont think it matters how many kits they would sell but i bet they would sell a boat load of parts for the early cars. Hell I sold a second hand Cat on ebay around 12 months ago for $900usd. That to me screams just how many people are willing to spend good money as this was bid up to that price and people were happy to spend the money.
So what is the real cost here? While dollars and cents certainly add up to something but so does a company willing to invest in its roots and prove to the world that the early car was important enough to go to the trouble. That would scream serious cred to me.
More than my 2 cents worth.
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