Well I do have a serious question on that point. Is it viable to produce decent but still budget cars with aluminium if that would save on tooling costs as opposed to say having both Steel and aluminium tooling? IIRC a number of companies have done this.
I am absolutely sure it can be done.
You literally just rephrased strops question to a statement.
i just got an idea. i’ll be counting
strike #2
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Yes it helps 
Audi did want to go for mass produced full aluminium body since the beginning of the millennium, which might’ve been possible to do cheaply, if it wasn’t, well, Audi 
Their motto for the development of the Audi A2 apparently was “Build a small car. Not a cheap car.”. The result was a car that looked like the Audi TT turned into a minivan 
the aerodynamics are still like +12 Quality, though. Needless to say, they didn’t sell as much of them as they hoped.
##The Car Shopping Round 24: Student Runabout
Year 2019, i finally got past the limitations on my driver’s license, and i can buy the car of my dreams! Or can i?
Honestly, not at all. I’m quite short on money for buying and running a decent car, so it looks like i’ll have to
compromise a little.
I can’t quite afford a new car yet, and even if i could, being an inexperienced driver, i would risk damaging it. So i’m looking for an affordable used car, from 1995 to 2007. The car has to be pretty small, as i don’t want to have problems driving in the city centre. I can’t afford the insurance costs of a large engined, or too powerful car,insurance gets insanely expensive, insanely quickly. A 200hp car would be very hard to insure at 19 years old.
The car must be at least somewhat practical,having a two seater that converts into a single seater whenever i have to go and do some errands kinda sucks.
Two seats are enough for me, since i hardly ever need more, but having some extra passenger space could be a nice little extra if the need arises.
Running costs are really important, i need good fuel economy, and good reliability. I row my own, so no automatics or sequentials.
Safety is not the main priority, it just needs to be at the level of most modern cars, same thing with Comfort.The most important thing is, it must be fun and easy to drive. I want something that handles really well and is quick enough to not get beaten by citycars to 100km/h. I care about the way my car looks, if it looks like the designers were drunk and had a picture of a Fiat Multipla as inspiration, i’m probably not going to buy it.
Requirements:
Trim and engine variant year from 1995 to 2007
Wheelbase: Under or equal to 2.50m
Safety: >40
Practicality: >15
Comfort: >25
Avg.Reliability: >70
Fuel Economy: <9L/100Km
Fuel Type: Regular Unleaded (91RON)
Manual Transmission
No Carburetors
Three-way Catalytic converter
The price of the car is calculated at 20% markup, and depreciated 3% a year starting from 2019.
Budget after depreciation and markup: €7500
Priorities:
High: Sportiness, Drivability, Fuel Economy, Running Costs, Reliability, Price.
Average: Safety, Comfort, Practicality, Aesthetics.
Deadline:
30th October 2016, 2:00PM (GMT+1)
Game Version:
Open Beta
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Since there are different ways of calculating depreciation, can you post a simple equation or calculator so we’re all on the same page?
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Regarding three-way catalytic converters, can we use high-flow versions of those? And can we use a turbo? By the way, the requirements are actually more liberal than I first thought - as long as I can stay under budget.
@phale The equation is: price*(0,97^(2019-trim year)) = depreciated price
@abg7 Yes to both. I wanted to see some creative approaches that aren’t i4 hatchbacks.
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i3 hatchbacks?
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I have something just about pre-built for this…
Edit: Actually, I don’t. Everything I’ve run through that price calculator ends up being too expensive. Might just skip this one. No point in Storm making a shitbox.
I am also struggling to build a car that stays under budget and still meets the other requirements for this round - but at least I ended up with a few designs that would fit into the lore of some of my companies; those vehicles would have been discarded altogether otherwise.
Remember, you don’t have to build the car in 2007. I’m getting some very promising results with older models…
Which one is it, dung-brain? Either it’s too easy for you, or it’s too hard for you, it cannot be both. You don’t need to reply to every comment like your drivel adds anything to the conversation, you can, in fact, remain silent and let others partake in the discussion. Believe me when I say that sometimes silence is golden. Right now, some silence from you would be appreciated by everyone. You don’t have to post in every thread with one of your meaningless comments just summarizing shit that everyone else has already figured out. When you do that, it pisses everyone off, it drives everyone up the fucking wall, and I speak for a good section of the old community here when I say we’ve fucking had it. Shape up, or ship the fuck out.
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Ah, a few of my plans were to try making stuff from 1996 and 2000 work. Just couldn’t get the price down. Company lore means AWD and advanced safety.
This has been challenging as I hardly have any cars in that year range that fit that size, or power output. However I believe I have the answer to your college needs. It’ll get you where you’re going and turn heads along the way.
The 2003 Petoskey Montauk SB*
When Petoskey updated the Montauk for the 2003 model year it was decided that the base model was too dull. Not everyone had the money to afford the V8 Rally model or the highly coveted RTX, so effort was made towards making the base V6 model more exciting. The SB (Sport Budget, there was a reason I didn’t call it Budget Sport) was the end result. Using a 5RM3 transmission, the Montauk SB is the first base model to use a manual transmission since the 1960s. Don’t worry about your safety either, in addition to the advanced safety measures that come standard on all Petoskey models, the SB is equipped with Petoskey’s DRIVESAFE package. Should you desire any of the electronic aids be deactivated a simple flick of a switch will do that. No cycling the key 3600 times, no holding the brake pedal at exactly 42% of it’s travel, no jumping through flaming hoops, just a switch.
*Wheels shown are aftermarket alloys installed by previous owner.
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Yeah, you can use them.
Looks like a fun round @EnryGT5 but I’ve got a question.
Budget after depreciation and markup: €7500
What is this price relative to the in-game currency? Or are we to assume that this is the same as the in-game currency or do we have to convert from euro to whatever the in-game currency is?