1991 Mercury T S2
Mercury. Four-iteration supercar line produced from 1978 to 1994 in total. Known for their twisty behaviour and many deaths caused by not experienced drivers who tried to be too courageous in their supercars.
At least, this is how first three iterations: Mercury NA, Mercury Turbo and Mercury T S1 were like. In the late 80s, when Airborne was preparing a successor for T S1, they’ve took the drivability aspect into consideration and combined it with a completely new look.
Mercury T S2 had debuted in 1990 at Tokyo Motor Show in a prototype form. After gaining many positive opinions it was directed into production and first deliveries were done in early January 1991. The car produced in years 1991-1994 and was marketed in Europe, USA and competed with likes of people who were chosing Corvettes, Ferrari 348s and 512s and were tuning some KHTs. It could also serve as cheaper alternative that would give KHT Atlantic (@squidhead, does this thing exist in UE4 universe too? If not, don’t mind me then. 
) a solid run for it’s money if a skilled driver handles the S2 Mercury.
At the time of it’s production Mercury T S2 was Airborne’s halo supercar, with exception of low-produced only-1991 Evoluzione built from remaining F90 racecar parts.
Mercury T S2, like it’s precedessors was a mid-engined, RWD supercar project. This time, it was made less deadly with more stable tyre width combination, installment of air suspension, smaller turbolag, power steering and ABS with traction control.
Powerplant wise, T S2 was ran by old H48 engine modified and refreshed for 1991 - less turbolag and more power. 406 hp from turbocharged 90 degree V6 in combination with 5 speed manual gearbox was enough to reach 100 km/h in 4.5 seconds and do a top speed of 307 km/h.
It was still falling short in comparison to ambitions of those engineers who had wanted to somehow push the 400 km/h Charybdis prototype from 1989 into production in time of recession and massive costs related to Airborne’s operation of moving company’s HQ to Poland from USA, just about half of the world.
Suspension wise, the car was set up to be more than good in corners and features one good seen mostly in racecars: pushrod front suspension. Mated with vented discs on all four wheels it finally was a proof that Airborne had designed a Mercury that doesn’t want to kill non experienced drivers.
Mercury T S2 eventually had found it’s customers due to relatively low price tag combined with great looks and rich history. Customers also had liked the interior which wasn’t the most comfortable thing ever (material-covered interior with carbon fibre panels and inlays combined with Sparco bucket seats), but it was well complimenting the vehicle.
Mercury T S2 was also Airborne’s last model to wear the bird badge on a rear - it was depicting the most powerful Airbornes in times when it could not produce and base itself on Poland and was a patriotic accent. After 1989 it was obsolete, but since Mercury T S2 was actually a huge improvement on T S1, which was started in 1986 the logo stayed.
In years 1991-1994 there were 2844 Mercury T S2s sold, including some rare combinations that are worth millions - the rarest T S2 version is a 1993 carbon-covered car made only as one-off design choice for unknown Italian collector.
About successors of the T S2, Airborne had finally decided in 1994 that they won’t stay with archaic 16 year old V6 platform and switched back to 90 degree V8s and 60 degree V12s in the fastest models. Car enthusiasts had to wait for next Airborne’s supercar to 1998, when eleven Synth GT1s were sold to public and to 2006 Deimos in case of “mass-sold” supercar.
