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1. layer8+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-06-24 17:45:50
The car would be unlikely to exist if its maker had to expect free clones without compensation. So yes, people would mind.
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2. riskab+p73[view] [source] 2025-06-25 19:01:38
>>layer8+(OP)
Completely untrue. If some clever engineer or consortium of engineers designed a 3D-printable car for 3D printing-and-manufacturing companies to make then it surely would exist. If you buy one from a Ford dealership you'd be getting the Ford-branded version which may have their own tweaks to the design.

It makes perfect sense to me that the big carmakers could get together some day and develop a handful of car platforms that all their cars will be built upon. That way they can buy the parts from any number of manufacturers (on-demand!) and save themselves a ton of money.

They kind of already do that, actually =)

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