New chassis? New chassis! Hype?

[decryphe]

Yesterday my Youtube feed did give me an interesting video to watch.

And here's the source for this:
https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/F...83332.html

What am I to make of this? Could this be used for putting a car on the road? Is it more suited for building a race car? Who would be willing to do a group buy?

[Power_uP]

I want to know what it's made of. Until someone gets one to analyse, then for all we know it's 4/5 of the correct size and is made of kitchen foil.

[banpei]

I've seen it several times in the app groups I'm part of, so here's my 2 cents:
The chassis is lacking a frame number. This means it could be legal if you reuse an existing frame number from an existing car. In the US it's even more difficult as you need in addition to the frame number a valid VIN. For the AE86 this is basically nearly the same.
In most countries, you would need the proper paperwork alongside the frame number and/or VIN to register the car. You can only import a car if it has the correct paperwork from the country of origin. This means in general, you can only reuse existing frame numbers if you have the correct paperwork and thus a fake is hard to create. (there are some shady countries that could be the origin, so it doesn't rule out fakes for a 100%)
Even if a fake could be made, the price for a chassis is 9000 euros if you buy 10 of them at the same time. However, they lack:
- engine
- gearbox
- rear axle
- wiring loom
- dashboard
- interior
- head lights
- tail lights
- bumpers
- windows
- window mouldings
- probably a gazillion knickknacks I forgot
Finding all the above in good enough condition would probably set you back more than the car would be worth when you sell it.
And my final point is that the car was 3D scanned to create the reproduction parts. However, the quality of these parts fully depends on how good these parts were to begin with. If they aren't 100% straight, copies will also be crooked.