S4.23 Cost Report Exempt Items

S4.23.1 Finishes

The car will be considered to be shipped as primed or gel coated and a cost recorded. Any finishes (paint, polish, etc.) that are only used to beautify need not be costed. Preservative finishes intended to protect the appearance or function of a part for an extended period of time must be costed (labor and material included).

S4.23.2 Fire Extinguisher and Suppression System

Hand held fire extinguishers are not allowed on the vehicle (See Rule T14.14 “Fire Extinguishers”),

but if the car has an on-board fire suppression system, it is not required to be costed.

S4.23.3 Tires and Wheels

Only one set of tires and wheels needs to be included in the Cost Report. The tires and wheels that are declared as dry tires per rule T6.4 “Tires” must be the tires included in the Cost Report, and must be the tires on the car during the Cost Event judging. Other tires that will be potentially used at the competition (i.e. rain tires) do not need to be included in the Cost Report.

S4.23.4 Transponders, Video and Radio Systems

Transponders, video and radio systems, need not be included in the Cost Report.

S4.23.5 Data Acquisition Systems

Data acquisition systems must be included in the Cost Report using the published table costs. This includes display screens, control modules and all sensors. The table costs for control modules and

screens have been set to match an equivalent product without the data acquisition functionality. In

essence, “stand-alone” data acquisition systems excluding sensors and wiring will have no influence on vehicle cost. Systems that include driver displays or other vehicle control functionality will have the cost of those features included in the total vehicle cost.

In summary, all data acquisition systems, sensors and wiring must be included in the Cost Report using the Cost Table prices.

S4.24 Exchange Rates & Unit Systems

The currency of the Cost Report will be referred to as dollars. Since all items have a cost from the

Cost Tables the actual currency unit is irrelevant.

S4.24.1 All Cost Tables are presented using metric units. The tables do not differentiate between parts designed in metric and US systems of measure. For example a ¼ bolt is simply input as a 6.35mm bolt. Tubing with a wall thickness of 0.035 inches is input as 0.889mm tubing. All sizes are assumed to be standard for the part being cost and no surcharge applies for any size, even if the size is non- standard. For example a team makes a custom 6.112mm bolt which took several hours of student time. However, this bolt is chosen from the Cost Tables and is less than one dollar. The assumption

is in high volume production these bolts would be purchased in bulk.

S4.24.2 The comment section for each material, process or fastener may, at the student’s discretion, refer to the specific part by actual local designation. For example a 6.35mm bolt is cost but the comments would say “¼ inch A-arm bolt”.

S4.24.3 Because the Cost Report reflects a production cost for 1000 units per year all material and commodity sizes are assumed to be available for the necessary volume without cost penalty.

ARTICLE 5: PRESENTATION EVENT

S5.1 Presentation Event Objective – Business Case

S5.1.1 The objective of the presentation event is to evaluate the team’s ability to develop and deliver a comprehensive business case that will convince the executives of a corporation that the team’s design best meets the demands of the amateur, weekend competition market, including Sports Car Club of

America (SCCA) Solo, and that it can be profitably manufactured and marketed. (See also A1.2)

S5.1.2 The judges should be treated as if they were executives of a corporation.

S5.1.3 Teams should assume that the “executives” represent different areas of a corporate organization,

including engineering, production, marketing and finance, and thus may not all be engineers.

S5.1.4 Presentations will be evaluated on the contents, organization and visual aids as well as the presenters’

delivery and the team’s response to questions.

S5.1.5 The presentation must relate to the car entered into the competition and although the actual quality of the prototype itself will not be considered as part of the presentation judging, the presentation must be consistent with the Business Logic Case that is submitted prior to the competition.

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