It has around 108 hp, but it’s light. I was trying all week to make a 150 hp V6 car work, but the understeer was just too much to bear. Built this one tonight and right off the bat it’s 2 seconds faster in the Handling course.
70’s-80’s American budget sedan with a turbocharger strapped to it (and a few other tweaks) in a publicity stunt.
The one presented for this challenge has been provided with upgraded tires.
1979 Cambridge Mite HS
By 1975, the British company Cambridge found itself quite behind in the supermini category that was selling successfully throughout Europe. Unfortunately, they didn’t have the funds to engineer a whole new car, forcing them to use a shortened variant of their compact Kobold line. Christened the Mite, it was available with 1.0 and 1.3 litre engines and proved to be a least a profitable stop gap.
For 1979, they decided to produce a spicier model by using the world’s biggest shoehorn to stuff the 1.6L under the bonnet. Coupled with a slew of suspension enhancements, the Mite HS was born.
The OHV inline four makes 89 horsepower and 90 pound feet of torque. This allows the featherweight hatchback to reach naught to sixty in 9.1 seconds and a maximum top speed of 129 mph.
1979 BRAVERMAN ES 130
Crank up the Joy Division and listen to it blend in with the tire screeching and turbo noises, let the braverman win ha.
Submissions are now closed! We have 25 competitors and only 1 disqualification, which has to be a record of some kind. At least for my competitions, anyway.
In 1 hour from now, I will stream the first race on my youtube channel, and I’ll link the stream here once I go live. The first race will take place at the Industrial Site Curved Race Circuit.
Aikawa Hikari Ecotronic 2.0 by Yewnos100:
Viscacha 1.8 Twin Cam Club Sport by abg7:
Catan TurboBeta by Spazionauti:
Falcon Coupe 2 by Logoris:
WMC Lamia GSi 1300 turbo AeroNose by TallTrini Guy:
1979 Bakerfield Acre VS by Tez:
1979 Bazard Armada Surge by Edsel:
Sinistra Traville XLC 1600 by Madrias:
aZAZ 1220 EcoSport by Random41:
Economo McEconomoface by ImkaeR:
Longley Panama ST6 by Imprezzive 555:
Mara Tovarish SX 1.3tk by AndiD:
MAU Bojon V2 by LennoxV10:
Armor Highland Turbo by Armor Motors:
Cambridge Mite HS by Maverick74:
TMC Cayuga 2.3 Sprint by Luke T Da Bawss:
Wells Juliet GT-4 by DuceTheTruth:
Hennessissy Supahot by ErenWithPizza:
OCC Lardbucket V12 by Costco:
Braverman ES130 by Harmless:
GSI Sanguine TI by oppositelock:
Halpin Star mk1 HRE by AnimatedGaming12:
Sipper Mk1 by GenjeFT:
McCoy Hustler by Sedan57Chevy:
Delta Draco by MkMailler:
Disqualifications:
Serina A124 by Traviq_125:
Reason: over budget
I checked the car right after his submission and pinged him immediately to ask for resubmission, but never got a response.
The first race is about to start and can be watched live here: 1979 Oil Crisis Challenge Race 1 [Automation/BeamNG] - YouTube
The first race has concluded, and if you missed the stream you can rewatch it here: 1979 Oil Crisis Challenge Race 1 [Automation/BeamNG] - YouTube
With fuel economy, styling and the first race done, these are the current overall standings:
ImkaeR looks to be comfortably in the lead, but both the Armor and the Wells Juliet beat it on the first track so there is still potential for lots of movement in the top ranks.
The next race will be held on Saturday, 2nd of October at 6pm CEST.
Really surprised he thought my car looked Mercedes-ish, since that was nowhere near its inspiration material. Still, 5 points for styling is better than I expected for a car that I cobbled together with limited time and didn’t expect to be competitive whatsoever.
I might recommend to you to set direct limit steering at speed filters at 37 kph to 67 kph. it’s help less front brake lock, and improve cornering grip. (and stabilize at high speed.)
After analyze my car why that itsn’t in 10th or highter. I found out is that exit cornering is flaw. That car use open differential is indeed problem but that much worst that i though. Suspension is too high cause roll high and side of wheel ship too much.
I was actually struggling with getting the MPG with a lore-car. Sinistra didn’t have turbos until '88, so I had to work with what I had.
nice to see my lore brand being used by somebody who is banned from here without permission
Thank you for bringing this to my attention. After having a talk with him and him admitting that he didn’t ask you for permission, I decided that rather than simply disqualifying him I should give the car a generic and unoriginal name as a form or punishment. The car will now simply be known as the OCC Costco V12. I re-exported the car to BeamNG already, so it will be called that on video as well, and on the spreadsheet too.
@missionsystem actually, I found a different and more fitting name for it when I thought of this episode of old Top Gear: Old Top Gear 1998 - Coupes - YouTube
Race #2 is about to start! You can watch live here: 1979 Oil Crisis Challenge Race 2 [Automation/BeamNG] - YouTube
The second race is over and we had an unexpected winner, I think that’s fair to say! The first little bit had technical issues but I was able to resolve them, the rest should be fine. Although I forgot to place the chat overlay on top of the game after the old Top Gear clip so no more stream chat in the video from that point on 
my mistake, I fixed it after the stream so it’ll be back for the next one.
Here’s the VOD for those who missed it: 1979 Oil Crisis Challenge Race 2 [Automation/BeamNG] - YouTube
And these are the current standings before the final race:
With another solid 2nd place, the Armor is now leading overall, just 1 point ahead of the Economo. I think the overall winner is gonna be one of these two, since the Automation Handling Circuit is kind of similar to the Industrial Site track that we had previously with it being very tight and technical, and they have a reasonably big lead over the rest of the field. But it’s not over until it’s over!
It was a lot of fun being there for the live show. I don’t normally watch livestreams (for a reason, seeing as I had to use the bathroom and missed a whole lot of interesting content), but I might have to keep an eye out for more of these challenges in the future.
Watching the races is as much, if not more, fun than building the car itself.
