#2012
#The year that the indonesian ‘Low Cost Green Car’ class are announced
in part, an effort to stimulate the economy, and to create more jobs. the government finally announced that it is official. although the rumour has been lingering around for years, but the official rules has not been finalised. it is targeted for lower middle class families, as another option to get a family car instead of buying used. the cars has to be cheap to buy, and cheap to run, and will be getting a slight tax reduction. that’s it. PERIOD
(which is stupid. ‘green’ means EURO2 standards. in 2013. and fuck safety.)
car trim and engine variant has to be on 2013, the car lineup and engine family is free
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no sedans.
since that has a ludicrous amount of tax here -
minimum of 5 seats and 4 doors
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luggage space are appreciated
(but if only it doesn’t effect too negatively on other criteria. + if it’s a 7 seater, i will assume the last row of seats can be folded down) -
running costs are essential.
this is a car for the people in a rising 3rd world nation after all -
maximum engine size of 1200cc
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minimum of 20km/l (47US MPG - 56 UK MPG - 5L/100km)
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Regular Fuel only
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Cats are required
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mufflers are actually not required, but will get you a lot of minus points for not being desirable
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safety minimum 30
(yes it’s low. when the 0 safety rating car is the best selling car in the category for a year, you know something is wrong in our brain) -
maximum of $11000 @ 20%
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all driver aids except for steering wheel adds $500 to the price
to ‘simulate’ irl, since no LCGC class cars actually comes with them.
think lore rather than min-maxing.
ie, if a car is shit to drive, but has huge boot and can carry 7 people, the buyers may very well be willing to compromise a lot of that drivability. or the car is small, still not so driveable, but is either super economic or super cheap, people will also think twice. as it is an entry level class after all, compromises WILL exists. but also sensibility WILL matter. a super beefed up and amazing v12 car WILL NOT win because of social stigma of v12 reputation, fear of it being unreliable although that may not be based on anything, but only social stigma.
##Short version
we want a city car as practical as possible, as cheap as possible to buy and to run. but to some degrees of extremities
Deadline 1st of February
name scheme as usual 