| # | Conventional Assemblers of big Automakers | PONY®MINI-PLANT is a Mother Automaker by itself. It produces really locally not merely assembling |
| 1 | Low costs through optimized high volume production. | Low costs through low volume flexible production of several models on a single chassis. |
| 2 | Extremely high fixed investments. | Extremely L o w fixed investments. |
| 3 | An assembly plant of 30.000 units p/a would require an investment of about US$600 million or about US$20.000 /unit. | An assembly plant of DYNATEC® for 30.000 units p/a would require an investment of about $50 million or about $1.667 /unit Ratio: 12/ 1 in fixed investments. |
| 4 | Extremely high fixed overheads. | Extremely low fixed overheads. |
| 5 | Main attraction, elegance, eye appeal. | Main attraction, real handy tool, versatile. |
| 6 | Reliable, high maintenance costs. | Reliable, low maintenance costs. |
| 7 | Constant change of body styling almost every 4-5 years. Excessive high-retooling costs resulting to losses. | Classic styling, unchanged for many years (15 and more. US Wrangler Jeep last for over 50 years). Modest retooling costs adding up to steady profits. |
| 8 | Complicated and computerized technology and expensive software adding costs and demanding special and expensive services. | Simple driving, real handy car, with a minimum of problems and low-cost Service facilities at every corner. |
| 9 | High technology mechanical components, engines, transmissions etc. but with billions of US$ investments and constant R&D costs. | High technology mechanical components (drive-train) piggy-bank purchases. With no huge investments. Just buying the best components-at most affordable prices saving also a huge R&D cost. |
| 10 | One self-carried body-platform without independent chassis. | One independent from body robust chassis-platform. |
| 11 | Productivity in Europe from 30 to 35 units per man per year. In Japan from 40 to 50 units per man per year. | Productivity 40 units per man per year almost the same as the highly robotized Japanese production! |
| 12 | Expensive, complicated tools and dies for deep drawing stamping and almost totally dependence to outside expensive tool makers. | Expensive, complicated tools and dies for deep drawing stamping and almost totally dependence to outside expensive tool makers. |
| 13 | Uniformity in “loop” styling particularly through “CAD” computer design, resulting to almost all cars looking same like eggs! | Variety of Multi styling and easy adaptability to local demands on a single platform. |
| 14 | Fragile and blown loop styling using plastic and composites. | Rugged, all steel classic and attractive styling easy to repair even by the users. |
| 15 | Body and chassis integrated in one mono-bloc piece like an egg, with reduced endurance on off-road driving. | Body fully independent from chassis with unmatched endurance for off and on road driving. |
| 16 | No possibility to offer an independent self-carrying and self-driving chassis or platform as asked for by the emerging countries. | Excellent possibility to offer self-carrying and self-driving chassis so that even simple shops in the emerging Countries build their own bodies (i.e. in Indonesia from wood). |
| 17 | Impossibility to adapt a mass production to specific local and low-volume demands. | Unmatched possibility to adapt to local specific demands on a low volume production basis. |
| 18 | Extremely complicated highly computerized supply systems aiming at the “JUST-IN TIME” with minimum inventories. | Inexpensive, supply of parts mostly within MINI-PLANT no “JUST-IN- TIME” must, strikes etc. |
| 19 | Super concentration with high volume “BREAK EVEN POINT” close to about one million units p/a. | Super de-concentration with unprecedented l o w volume “BREAK EVEN POINT” to about 1.500 units p/a! World Record! |
| 20 | Expensive spare parts, particularly if, as usually, shipped from overseas bases. | Inexpensive spare parts, particularly body parts locally produced within the PONY® MINI-PLANT! |
| 21 | Increasing use of plastic andcomposites primarily to appeal to the eye. But deteriorating in the burning sun of Africa and elsewhere. | No use of plastics, all galvanized steel, rugged bodies for easy repairs, even with a simple hammer. |
| 22 | Self-carried bodies from conventional steel plates. | Chassis-platform from galvanized zinc plates. |
| 23 | Due to high-volume the anti-rust body pre-treatment is made by spraying. | Anti-rust body treatment by dipping each car into tanks due to low volume production. |
| 24 | Impossible to produce convertible cars without expensive body supports and carry-over parts. | Easy and inexpensive convertibles production due to an independent chassis with no carry-overs parts. |
| 25 | Giant, complex and hard to manage factories with big labor forces and inevitable social problems. | Easy manageable factories with small labor force and less social problems. |
| 26 | Reduced passive safety standards due to mono-bloc bodies without an independent chassis-platform. | Increased active and passive safety standards, through the unique independent chassis platform. |
| 27 | Life Cycle maximum 10 years | Life Cycle minimum 30 years |
| 28 | Last but not least, most of the big Automakers’ plants operate at under-capacity as little as 8% of the production. | In the antipode, a MINI-PLANT will never operate in low capacity or be obsoelte, since it can change its production over night. |