1992 Mara Bizon LWB 5.0i AMM
After having become Mara’s performance division in 1990, AMM’s early years were spent helping shape the new budding Archanan tuning market and understanding the local customer preferences. AMM also had to make due with the existing car models and ‘technology’ in Mara’s arsenal until the first all-new car and engine models would finish development later in the decade.
During these times, the easiest way for AMM to achieve a substantial performance increase was to shove the 5l Blyz V8 - originally of mid-1960s vintage and formerly strictly limited to interceptor models - into all Mara models where it would fit. This included the Kanyon/Reyndzher/Bizon family of short and long wheelbase SUVs and utility vehicles. In the process, the engine received fuel injection for the first time and was slightly detuned to better account for regular driving situations.
Jekyll & Hyde: A regular short wheelbase Bizon with a modest 2.5l I4 next to AMM’s take on the long-wheelbase (LWB) variant with more than twice the power
While AMM’s historic expertise with fibreglass - from when they were still known as Mayster - lent itself well to the making of bodykits, they luckily provided these offerings strictly as options for their performance products. AMM did apply, however, their expertise with suspension tuning - as well as their signature colour - to all of their performance products, including the Bizon AMM.
Due to its RWD drivetrain and low ride height, the AMM Bizon was more at home on tarmac than on gravel or dirt
Please note: I had to fix a bug in the car body (the inset ‘stripe’ around the sides does not change colour with the rest of the car) with dogtape, so the red base colour shows through in Beam around the ‘seams’ of this fix.