That figure of 300 wrecked sounds high to me...
Maybe "wrecked" isn't the operative word, I would believe "involved in accidents" or "pranged". That could mean as little as one crunch in a rear fender as the result of a spinout. If this much bodywork is being wrinkled, I wonder when some aftermarket firm will offer replacement body panels cheaper than what Ford is probably charging....
"Salvage title" is a pretty scary phrase if you are thinking of buying a car with one. A lot of insurance companies won't insure a car with a salvage title though ironically some repossessed cars that have never been in an accident have salvage titles too as a result of the procedure used to wrest them from the owner who didn't keep up payments. The salvage world is the darkside of the used car world.
Anyway regarding the Saleen S7, was any total figure ever released on how many were made? I heard the car is no longer legal to sell as a new car in the U.S. Maybe when the owners of Saleen (Hancock Park Assoc.) removed Steve Saleen from control of the company they probably concluded that the market was too small for the car. Ironically, Saleen got the job from Ford of assembling the Ford GT based on how well he made the Saleen S7 and then the Ford GT took away his market by offering a 200 mph car at less than 2/3rds the price.
Saleen is still miffed that I mentioned in print his British partner at the time, the guy who engineered the chassis and body, claimed on his website that he engineered and built the chassis of the S7. Saleen said "suppliers can say anything they want" which is true but the Brit's claim didn't leave much for Saleen to claim except that he and a designer friend designed the look of the S7 and Saleen assembled and marketed it.
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