[Jaxonalden]

Originally Posted by thstone

In regards to Porsche engineers, they have a myriad of competing and somewhat contradictory requirements to meet with any design. The key drivers tend to be vehicle safety and other government standards, performance, cost, environmental requirements, manufacturability, ease of assembly, packaging (getting it to fit with/around everything else), durability, emissions, and repairability. Every production design is a compromise in one way or another.

...like the IMS?