The Jingoismobile Challenge

0 entries so far, so I hope you guys are enjoying Christmas instead of building dodgy cars.

Come on lads! No entries?

ā€œTake a look at the cars they like. Take what defines them. Put that into one car. Give them what they need.ā€
With this brief, Taore officials sent off their small crew of engineers and project leaders to the fresh nation of Azbahk. The engineers have already wondered whether they should just reconstruct their recent ā€œXĆ­ng-Zā€ supermini.
But it took a day of scouting the local streets and a conversation with the ā€œautomotive engineersā€ for the project leaders to instead decide a slight change in plans:
ā€œGive them what they want.ā€
The project now was to build a concept car that could feasibly be put into production, and be popular with the masses, and only possibly be affordable, too!
This sure inspired Taoreā€™s engineers, realising that they could use this opportunity to try things they havenā€™t tried yet.

130 days later, the Kozmino, named after the desired production site in Azbahk, drives in the parade for Victory Day. Taoreā€™s first official concept car! First V-engine. First FF drivetrain. 5 seats and a radio. All this packed into a roomy 2 door sedan!

Ohh, you can click that image to see it in color!

What could luckily be hidden to the public at that time was the lack of seatbelts, which the engineers hoped to retrofit once they got the rights for production. The dodgy chassis and the unrefined engine could also use a revision, hopefully making it actually sporty in the process. But itā€™s surprising how well it holds itself together as is. The Azbahk engineers sure have done their work alright, and the project leaders would definitely look forward to further cooperation.

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Aw man, that headlight effect is hella cool! Cool little car, and great photoshop :smile:

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Iā€™m going to extend the deadline by a week as there is a lack of entries

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is this still going on? havent got around to submit my car in time.

Itā€™s practically off since only one person submitted