Re: Did Chevy consider Packard V8 BB Design?

Posted by PackardV8 On 2008/10/11 19:35:34

" in any corporate setting, is the engineering stigma of "not invented here" and also the bad press that was bound to circulate..."

During the 50's and thru the late 70's US corporations received nearly a 100% tax write off for R&D operations. They actualy made money from it. So it would not have been financialy beneficial to buy from other companies unless there were issues to consider such as tight time frames.