This contribution aims to bring forth several reverse engineering concepts and their usage for a selected vehicle component, namely hub wheel, with the purpose of establishing a route towards its design and manufacturing. Thus, starting with a digitized 3D model resulted from a contact based active scanning of the component and a selection of measuring stylus for outer/inner surfaces, following specific measurement protocols, accompanied by supplementary information on chemical composition and material properties, surface quality we moved forward to modelling and drafting under CATIA® V5 (Dassault Systems) software environment. Next, the manufacturing steps were developed under FeatureCAM® from Autodesk to enable CNC programming and solution optimization. Tools selections and individual manufacturing regimes, timing and costs were considered and included from the Walter® environment, enabling to assess both accuracy and efficiency of adapted solutions. 14 individual manufacturing steps resulted for the selected component, accounting for the complexity of the design. Information retrieved for manufacturing regimes is in accordance with the well-known relationships from literature. From main influencing factor perspective, from factors influencing data acquisition (e.g., shape/surface/contour deviations) and processing steps to ones that should be accounted during modeling (e.g., outer/inner surfaces), and preparing for manufacturing (e.g., equipment, processing steps, etc.) along with direct/indirect costs, should be considered to provide insights within selected component design and manufacturing under the reverse engineering framework.