beautiful
Looks great, I like the details around the head and taillights.
The most exclusive coupe from Iurlaro, model year 1971.
A high end luxury personal Gran Turismo coupe that touches the borders of the hypercar for the era, with almost 320 horsepower from a huge V12 engine.
The production was limited to 500 units, sold out during the presentation in the Geneve motor show.
The car placed third in the GTP 71 challenge (automationgame.com/phpBB3/viewto … 210#p91656)
##[color=#724824]IURLARO VICTORIA (MY1971)[/color]
[color=#724824]V12 Perla (market value for Gasmea)[/color]
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The Victoria is genuinely very well done. Congrats! The styling would be quite cutting edge in 1971 and I think it looks good.
Yes that’s a huge displacement on that V12 but so it is on ISOs and Monteverdis and such - which would be your competitors. Nicely done!
In 1985 the old Z200/Zenith Mk.0 restyle need a major update and the 80’s design kicked in. The early model were presented in 1985 but it start to sold in 1986.
This was the real first model of the Zenit and it was a bit wierd. The 80’s were strange time for the recently born ZM group, with a good performing BMMA and a undertone Znopresk brand that went too strage for the general public.
##[color=#919191]ZNOPRESK ZENIT Mk.I (MY1986)[/color]
[color=#919191]1.5 Linea (market value for Gasmea)[/color]
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In 1967 the older Z1156 was 11 years old. The earliest running prototype of the new C class size car were running with the bodyworks of the older car since 2 years now.
At the end of the year the car was presented to the press, but the first car start to sold only at the end of the 1968.
In 1971 there was a minor restyling and two new trims were presented to the public. The first was the Z212 “Urbana”: a special version with power steering and a very low fuel consumpetion 52hp 1.2 liter version of the inline 4, designed with in mind Taxi and city use.
The second was a sport, almost race like, version of the car with a maxed out version of the engine (1.3 liter) with 88 horsepower thanks to DCOE carburattors and 5 speed gearbox.
##[color=#555] ZNOPRESK Z200 (MY1971)[/color]
[color=#555] Z212 Urbana (market value for Gasmea)[/color]
[color=#FFF] Z213 Sport (market value for Gasmea)[/color]
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In the 90’s the old offroad platform where the Zanzibar and Agadez seen life needed a heavy refresh. The ladder frame and the suspension setup were kept very similar, but a lot of design faults were revised. In the 1994 after several years of tests, the final looks of the new ZM group offroad was presented only in the ZM version. The Zanzibar took a bit more time to be developed.
Featuring a 2 years old engine block used also by the Zest, Zenit, Zeta and some higher performance version of the Zap. SOHC, full aluminum, 16v and with a big pull on the low revs.
Pictured here the 2WD entry level version for the family.
##[color=#a19874]ZM Agadez (MY1994)[/color]
[color=#a19874]2.0 EL (market value for Gasmea)[/color]
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Nice these last cars, specially the Victoria, Narwhal and Teodora.
Keep it up!
Serious brand recognition in work here. I love that.
[quote=“Razyx”]Nice these last cars, specially the Victoria, Narwhal and Teodora.
Keep it up![/quote]
Thanks, I’m really happy with the aesthetic results of them.
Oh u! Too kind 
After the launch of the Zap! the company economical situation allowed it to breathe again. The results were good and the technology debuted on the ZAP! was downscaled to cover the supermini segment, a segment that the Znopresk didn’t covered since the late 50’s.
Featuring the revised version of the 1968 SOHC 2valve inline 4 family debuted on the Z100.
Pictured here the experimental “world car” trim with: basic entry level with 5 seats, most economical and cheap to make 1 liter inline 4 with eco carb, drum front and rear, manual gearbox 4 speed and no entertainment.
Znopresk ZZ (MY1980)
1.0 Prima (market value for Fruinia)
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If Znopresk was a real company it would crush evey single other company! 
Good job!
Blue Marlin America started in 1966 the first real steps to create a full american Blue Marlin, not anymore a european conversion for the american market. They started small, trying to squeeze out everything possible from a versatile compact platform.
In 1970 the BMA Californiana was presented to the public. Mild reaction welcomed the car, but the Italian HQ immediately see the potential to sell the car as a Premium Sport Car in the old continent, as the BMMA Tuna, sold as a coupe variant of the Dolphine. For the first time the car conversion was from America to Europe. Good job BMA.
BMMA Tuna
GTC-Sprint (market value for Gasmea)
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It reminds me of a certain Isuzu.
Also there should totally be a comparison between Pinto-bodied sports cars. I have already made one as well…
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Even before I bought my copy of the game your company thread had me hooked with its rich and diverse history.
The 1990 Znopresk Zap was a car on which ZM group put a lot of efforts and a lot of hopes.
After an undertone 2nd generation ZAP!, too wierd (as all the 80’s Znopresk were) and too boring, the engineering and design office started immediately after the cold reception of the press and the slow sales.
ZM couldn’t afford a failure so, along with the high tech mid sized inline 4 (mid sized for Italy and Europe!) under developement for the medium sized cars, a new small platform was developed taking care about the future technologies. The funding was high and the platform was designed to last for at least 10 years without major re-engineering and to be innovative.
At the end of the 1989 the car was shown at the Geneve Car Shows, featuring full indipendent suspensions, partial aluminium body (rarely seen for a compact car of the era) and the new 16v full aluminium block inline 4 ZL4Q-2014C. The car was launched in April 1990.
The car here shown is the mid trim with a mid range 1.4 16v injected inline 4 with VVT on intake ports (so fancy).
ŽNOPREŠK Zap! (3rd gen, MY 1990)
1.4i Linea (market value for Fruinia)
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i remember that i have a vector m12 and i am totally kicking ass in gt2
Nice to see how you meshed your Zap compact with a dealership menu from the original Gran Turismo. That game featured only four Western manufacturers, all either American or British, so had Znopresk existed in real life, the developers would have seriously considered featuring it in their game!
UPDATED VERSION HERE → Blue Marlin Motori Auto & Žnoprešk Avtomobil - #112 by NormanVauxhall
The first generation of Žnoprešk Zap! was in development since 1975 and was the most important car in the brand history.
It had the very complicated task to re-invent the entire brand perception in the car market.
Before this car, Žnoprešk brand was percieved as well built, but boring and very traditional in the design and in the engineering. Most of the Žnoprešk were still rear engined with a three box design.
But the Zap! car was designed to be cutting edge in every aspect, like:
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A hatchback design with front transverse engine front wheel drive layout and rear torsion bar. A totally new suspension system if compared with the past.
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A completely new fully aluminum inline 3 engine with 3 valves per cylinder (from 600cc to 900cc) featuring also a completely new Electronic Fuel injection system. Everything was developed with the help of the recently acquired BMMA and expected to be used also in possible smaller cars (like the ZZ).
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Also the name was a complete cut from the past. Instead following the usual “Z+Size+Displacement” formula (for example Z325 = Znopresk Size 3 2.5 liter engine) it had a name starting with the Z. The following cars will have the same formula, with longer names for bigger car and shorter name for smaller cars. (Like the small ZZ or the bigger Zest or Zenit).
The Zap! was presented right at the end of the 1978 with a warm, but not enthusiastic, reception and hit the market with a range of 3 engines and 3 trims in the 1979 proofing unexpected popularity.
The most important trim in the Director board strategy plan was the entry level one: the 800cc Prima. Featuring a very basic mass motoring, with decent performance and 5 comfortable seats.
Even if the EFi was available, for this trim a SU carburetor was fitted allowing the car a great fuel economy thanks to the 4th overdrive gear allowing a very small retail price of 5.992$
[color=#ffffcc]ŽNOPREŠK Zap! (1st gen, MY 1979)[/color]
[color=#ffffcc]800 Prima (market value for Gasmea)[/color]
The middle trim was the 900cc EFi Linea: fitted with radio, 5 speed manual gearbox, 5 doors, dented front fascia, catalytic converter and extra black plastic finishing, it was the “ideal” version of the Zap! The fuel consumption was higher due the cat, but it was necessary to commercialize the technology for the future.
This was the trim that everybody deserved to buy, drive and enjoy. 6.993$
[color=#33cccc]900i Linea Cat.(market value for Gasmea)[/color]
The upper trim was the 1100 Sala. The more luxurious version of the Zap, with better interior, automatic gearbox coped with the older 4 cylinder 2 valve SOHC engine from the Z200 series. Unfortunately the small power of the inline 3 wasn’t enough to make the car enough “fast” in the traffic with the torque converter.
[color=#990033]1100 Sala (market value for Gasmea)[/color]
A couple of year later, after the great sale results on the market, the ZRP tried to push the small inline 3 engine at its limit and beyond. In 1982 the 900 Sport trim was exactly that: the inline 3 beyond its limit.
An interior not very different from the 800cc Prima (but with rev counter and other dials to cope with the sporty expectation of the car) and the top trim looking exterior with a small wing in the back and forged allow wheels. The car had an amazing 65 horsepower out of the 900cc engine granting a decent sportiness sensation to the driving.
[color=#d92626]900 Sport (MY1982 market value for Gasmea)[/color]
Before the huge model revamping of the 1985, in 1984 the ZRP presented their own model of the Zap! for satisfy the request for a truly powerful trim (because the car can mount a bigger inline 4 engine, the one used in the Sala) and to test the MPFI system.
Available only in ZRP orange, with the same barebone interior of the Sport but 90 horsepower, a 0-100 sprint in 8.9 seconds and a top speed of 175km/h.
[color=#f7c06e]1300 ZRP (MY1984 market value for Gasmea)[/color]
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I was hoping we might see a new Znopresk (or rather, an old one) with this new body, me likey!
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