What's wrong with engineers now days?

DarTT is spot on about his Maserati machinist. My nieces husband spent months designing the new Mustang accelerator pedal assembly which I thought would be neat because he'd be right in there with what it was attached to and the function. He didn't even see what the car was going to look like or even what engines might be optioned. No contact with others on their components at all, just perameters he was to work with. Very boring and not cool at all.