[zepearl]

This is maybe a little bit (in a contorted way) similar to "Parable of the broken window"?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window

In this case there are probably some highly skilled people involved who were able to increase their know-how (doing research to make the car somehow be xxM$ worth) thanks to being funded by whoever bought the car, but the whole exercise generates probably very little intellectual value outside of this context.

[cycrutchfield]

>the whole exercise generates probably very little intellectual value outside of this context

Why do you assume that the R&D required to produce this vehicle is somehow wasted effort?

[zepearl]

I did not assume that it was "wasted" ("little" is more than 0).

[perfmode]

Precisely the parable of the broken window.