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[JC$]

Just a press release so far. The public showing is next week besides what was aired on the internet.

[The Shadow]

Good question! If I were at the show, I would gravitate towards the Lamborghini display (if I new nothing about GTM's or Revenge), but if the GTM caught my eye, I'd definately take a look!

Then I'd wonder, who are these guys? What is this thing?

[cwynn]

Being as that no significant body of "the public" has seen it as of yet, the question really can't be truthfully answered by anyone yet.

Let me say this; in my opinion, "the public" will view it with an absolute "gee whiz" factor, for the obvious reasons due to its lines and projected performance. "The public" also had a "gee whiz" factor about the new Thunderbirds, the Cadillac Allantes, the Chrysler Crossfire, the Plymouth Prowler, the Chevy SSR, soon the Viper (2011), the Acura NSX and lots more. "The public" ooohs and aaahs about these "gee whiz" cool cars, but they either can't or didn't buy them, and that's why they have ended up where they are.

Unfortunately, "the public" isn't going to be the body of folks buying a car like this, which is going to require a fat bankroll and some actual esoteric car savvy.

This vehicle's demographic market is the same as that of the (now discontinued) Ford GT40, the new blown Vette, the Noble, the Mosler, the Ultima, the Barabus and maybe even the Shelby SSC Ultimate Aero. In short, this is more along the lines of a non-daily driver racing oriented "big fun" car, which is fine, but it is obviously a true niche car for a true niche market.

Who isn't going to buy the GTM is the inhabitants of a larger niche, that being guys with serious money who want their cars to be well established and more important to them, well recognized mega-prestige performance vehicles, such as the Ferraris, the Lambos. the Porsche GT's, the Aston Martins, the high end AMG Benz's (particularly the new black series) and the 600-700hp Dinan uber-Bimmers.

If the Company can get these GTM cars made effectively, get their marque recognized and sell some of them, then they can make some money. If they had some way to do all of these things without squeezing the life out of the current shareholder base through the R/S and subsequent dilution, then that would be even better.

I've never believed that the Revenge ceo didn't know his cars, but when it comes to how he's related so far to his shareholders, the people who made this Company possible, as far as I'm concerned, he's a devious piece of human waste.

So that’s what I think. I hope this answered your question!