National Highway Traffic Safety Administration). The Department of Transportation (DOT) enforces these regulations. During the Phase I period, the company will continue to produce the Phase II BZ-2001, which will be designed to meet and be ready for full governmental certification. Giotto Bizzarrini will design the initial chassis by specifications based upon a high performance mass-produced drive train. That chassis will be structurally designed for U.S. NHTSA crash standards and prototypes, and then it will be assembled. The priority is to evaluate all possible drive trains that fit into the production expectations until the year 2001 and design the chassis to fit the drive train and the automobiles body. At this point of development, Disegno de Bizzarrini Co. will have a contract with one or more major automobile manufacturers. This will provide a dealer network for parts, service, and warranty work that will save the company millions of dollars of time and energy; and furthermore, it will allow Disegno de Bizzarrini Co. to focus its attention on manufacturing its products. The body panels will be tooled by specialists in low production and will result in complete car body panels costing the most reasonable price after the proper investment is made in tooling. The production of the Phase II BZ-2001 will build with major portions of the car being subassemblies by outside specialists with assembly at the Bizzarrini factory. The Phase II car would be designed to meet 1996 Federal standards and be ready for initial delivery at the end of 1995. Price target is $125,000, which will make it one of the greatest values in the world for this type of car. Weight will be safely reduced to the ultimate reasonable amount to increase performance and fuel economy. The goal will be exempt from Federal "gas guzzler taxes." Disegno de Bizzarrini is not interested in building a large overhead that could be highly vulnerable to economic cycles or downtur...
