Well, you (plural) are right. After comparing it more closely to real life cars of the time, the Trapèzes’ engines have been nerfed.
Changelog
- Decreased schport
- Increased schmooth
- Slight fuel economy improvements
- Slight gearing adjustment
- Specs set in stone, working on a table right now
Also, smol car I made:
Boulanger Grenouillette (1958)
This time actually meant to be schport. Berlinette time
Model overview
France’s tax horsepower laws meant that engines had to remain small and usually undersquare to be able to remain in the lower tax categories. It didn’t make affordable sporty cars impossible though, it just meant they had to be small and light to overcome the small displacement engines.
So around this time a lot of “Berlinettes” started appearing, small coupés generally with a 2+2 seating arrangement. Many of them had an RR layout to reduce weight, but Boulanger kept their bets on forward wheel drive, as they had been always using it as a marketing point for their cars and believed its advantages offset the cost.
So Boulanger’s answer for this market segment was the 2.2m wheelbase Grenouillette, originally offered with a 900cc inline 4 re-utilized from other cars that placed it on the 4CV tax category. Boulanger’s experience with monocoque cars also allowed it to remain fairly light, 761kg on the original version.
Later, a cabriolet convertible version was added to the lineup, and both the coupé and convertible started having a 1046cc engine option that still remained in the same tax category.
Trims
900 and 1046 Berlinette (1958 and 1960)
A coupé body style, with a 2+2 seating arrangement. The back seats were less than comfortable of course, but such was the price to pay to have 4 seats in such a small car.
The 900 Berlinette version was the only one when the car came out and had a reasonable cloth seats interior. The 1046 came later, with leather seats and wood details in the panels, and 7 more horsepower. Both came with an AM radio.
900 and 1046 Cabriolet (1960)
Due to popular demand, a convertible version of the car was made, and its launch coincided with the new 1046cc engine option. However, to make space for the roof’s mechanism, the rear seats had to be removed, and the car ended up being heavier as a result (around 70kg more)
The interior was otherwise identical to the respective Berlinettes, cloth seats for the 900 and leather for the 1046, both with an AM radio.
Specs
WIP