There no limit. Neither body/trim or engine/variant can be after '73 obviously, but for the rest you are free.
I’ve changed the numbers I’d like to reserve, the numbers now are: 836, 811, 812, 813, 820, 825 and 835.
Ok thanks
Erm?
835 I mean, sorry!
The Brave Little Jalopies - Prologue
a.k.a how I feel designing cars in Automation all the time (also, I have no idea how to put a strikethrough in text here - anyone know how?)
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The amber overhead light clashed sickly with the room’s black-and-white walls, and the clock stayed stuck at fourteen. But that mattered little to the man sitting at his ‘thinking desk’, a dark-grey table snowed in with crumpled pieces of paper. He muttered and grumbled as he scrawled another design of a tiny car onto the paper before him. But nothing but blob after illegible blob seemed to come forth to him, even as he ran his left hand through his scruffy brown hair. The numbing pain in his right hand seemed even less worth the trouble of trying to become artistic for an event which barely existed in his eyes.
"C'mon, hand..." he grumbled as he crushed the paper in his slender fingers. "Work with me. Gimme something other than this junk."
But as he went to pick another page from his paper stack, he heard a pair - no, two pairs of footsteps clopping towards him. He was about to open the door when it burst ajar to let two more figures into the room. The first one in was a brown-haired man about a foot shorter than himself and clothed in tatty, white-and-brown garments. The second was a black-haired woman about a head taller than her companion, and wore a stiff black business suit with a small black skirt.
"How about next time you two come in, you actually knock and ask for my permission inside instead of busting my door down?" the 'artist' asked.
"Well, then, John," the woman spat bitterly, "explain _this_."
She held up a newspaper titled "Il Gazetta di Fruinia" and pointed her black-gloved finger at the headline, which read in Italian, "Mouton, Aviator, KZNG, Fauxhill, and Gatz Entering Rally of '73."
"Well, of course, Mouton would want to enter their little cars into a rally," John replied. "Why wouldn't they? You know as well as I do that their rear-engined hot-rods are mighty fast on dirt, Joan. You've driven one of them before."
"But what about the others?" the short man inquired in a squeaky voice as he stared at John through his damaged round glasses. "I thought KZNG and Gatz didn't have any interest in entering rallies in faraway lands, let alone entering them."
"Oh, believe me, Drift-Bash," John remarked as he walked back to his desk, "you'd be amazed what people will do to get their products noticed."
Both Joan and Drift-Bash stared at John curiously.
"Well, what are you planning on doing with your companies?" Joan asked. "This doesn't have anything to do with your little 'friends' in your circle of oddballs, right?"
"Hey, I didn't say that those companies were mine; I might have helped found them all, but they're under the control of other people now," John replied. "And believe me, the Jalopies will love this."
"Yeah, right; they'd totally love to get another chance at wrapping themselves around a tree at 150 miles per hour in your overpowered coffins," Joan deadpanned.
"Well, some of them are pretty skilled; it's not like they'd be hopeless. And anyway, if they can't be drivers, I'm sure that a few of them can navigate well enough for the regular factory drivers."
"Maybe so, but there's no way that Gatz or KZNG would've entered without you doing something fishy," Drift-Bash said. "And don't brush it off with a--"
"You'll just have to wait and see, guys," John remarked with a sly grin as he began drawing another car. "You'll just have to wait and see."
And with that, the room fell into silence, save for the buzzing lightbulb and John's rough scribbling of another boxy little car.
Schwarzburg
The German car factory was founded in 1963, and in 1973 as their 10th anniversary present they made an in house racing team the RRS (Rally und RennSport). And as a ultimate test they decided to enter in the famous Rally di Fruinia.
C1 - Schwarzburg R1 RRS #3
Driver: Heikki Lehtonen FIN (21)
CO Driver: Axel Kaiser GER (29)
C4 - Schwarzburg Ghul RRS #31
Driver: Marcel Scholz GER (31)
CO Driver: Markus Meissner AUT (30)
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Tiny Car
Big World
TIny Motor Cars Inc. has been serving the UK with it’s 750, 1100, and 1300 models since 1955. Now we’ve decided to set these tiny little hatches into the big world.
Starting with the 750 Rallye, making 77 HP (up 21 from it’s road-going counterpart) at 8000 RPM from it’s peppy 748cc rear-mounted Boxer 4 powerplant. Said power goes to the rear wheels through a mighty 5-speed transmission and allows the little engine that could to move the car to 62 MPH in 8.1 seconds. It’s miniscule 1025 lb. weight thanks to an aluminum cylinder head and magnesium 11-in. wheels doesn’t do it any detriment either. And thanks to it’s aforementioned light weight, disc brakes, and rally-tuned suspension, it can turn on a dime in any road conditions. You can pick it out of the crowd in the C0 class with it’s signature one center exhaust pipe and 964 numbering.
Moving up the totem poll, we have the capable 1100 Rallye, with a potent 101 HP at 7300 RPM from it’s (you guessed it) 1103cc Boxer 4 powerplant, allowing it a very quick 7.0 0-60 time and scary 103 MPH top speed. Yet, despite it’s much larger engine, the little hatch only weighs 1117 lbs! You can find it in the C1 class with 993 numbering.
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Reserving numbers:
18, 33, 113, 120, 195, 223, 276
I hope none of those are already taken, i checked main post for that.
I’m sorry, but the C2 submission I cannot accept. Only safety requirements can be changed in exceptional cases.
If I find a way to make it weight 700 kilos am I good?
It’s in the rules. The one above in combination with the one below.
Considering the base car as such is basically a race-spec car, rather than a street car for rallying, I would be inclined to not allow a massive quality spam version of it. The C0 and C1 car I can still accept.
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After some experimenting, I can’t exactly get it over 1200 lbs, so I’ll keep the number and make something else for C2. Thanks for telling me tho.
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Well, it looks like our tiny little coupe was a bit too Tiny.
However, the sedan isn’t
Unfortunately, our Tiny 1300 Rallye is way too light to participate in the C2 class of the rally. However, our 1300 Sedan is a perfect candidate for this higher-ranking class of the race. Since the road-going sedan features the same engine in the same rear-engine format as the road-going 1300 coupe, it was a perfect candidate for shoehorning in the race 1288cc engine making 126 HP, good for 0-60 in 6.9 in the 1300 Sedan Rallye and 113 MPH. But the sedan is more enhanced for offroad than the coupes, with softer, higher suspension, and taller radial tires. The best part is, it just barely checks the boxes for the weight requirements of the C2 class at 1570 lbs! You can see it with it’s signature 996 numbering.
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You’re not making it easy on me. It’s a rushed and lazily made affair compared to what other people have submitted. I shall accept it, for now. Please take your time for future submission or focus on one or more categories.
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Honestly, I know. I’m more focused on my C3/C4/C5 submissions, but I also wanted to put a word in for the lower catagories.
CMV takes steps into rally racing!
For this historic rallying event, CMV decided to take some steps into rally racing with our small sedan/coupe model, the C Series. Powered by 3 unique racing engines for 3 different classes, the little C Series is bound for success!
C16 Rallye: Starting with our C3 competitor, the C16 Rallye is powered by a ground-up all aluminum 1.6L I4 making 138 HP and 110 lb-ft of torque. That power goes to the ground through a 5-speed manual and 185mm rear tires. The combination of these allows a very quick 7.0 0-60 time and 111 MPH top speed. From a handling standpoint, it’s equipped with disc brakes, high, rally-oriented suspension, and only weights 1740 lbs. You can see it as the red car in C3 with 663 numbering.
C20 Rallye: Our C4 competitor, the C20 Rallye, is powered by a 2.0L I6 making 200 HP and 143 lb-ft of torque. Through the same transmission and 205mm rear tires, the C20 is capable of 0-60 in 6.3 sec. and a top speed of 125 MPH. Unfortunately, due to weight restrictions, it had to be fitted with steel wheels, but since it helps combat wheelspin, it’s not the worst. You can find it in the C4 class in yellow paint and 664 numbering.
C35 Rallye: For C5, we just went balls to the wall. We shoved a 3.5L V8 with 305 HP and 247 lb-ft into the tiny little C Series bodyshell and somehow it ran! All that power goes through a 5-speed manual and (probably not sufficient but class-required) 225mm rear tires. Even with offroad suspension and high downforce, the car is capable of a probably-dangerous 138 MPH. You can find this car in C5 Class with red paint and 665 numbering.
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I’d like to claim a final number… No. 97!!!
EDIT: I have no inspiration for this competition so I’m going to withdraw altogether. @Private_Miros please make all my numbers available for selection!
Good luck all!
The Woller Bristol 1973, which will compete in C3 category.
This is the street legal 1600s version. It has a 1.6L inline 4 engine with 92hp, 5 speed gear box, and weight less than 900Kg (FWD):
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