2017 Automation Geneva International Motor Show

Welcome to Airborne Motor Group stand again!

CEO: Well, we had some problems with electricity on the stand lately and had to eventually delay our premieres from sub-brands, that is RZ, Ray Cars and Haight Industries. Anyway. Today I’m going to hand microphone to Ray Cars’s CEO, Shuji Nakuya!

(clapping. Old, approximately 60 year old japanese man walks on the scene, graps microphone, uncovers Rays: Shibatron CJ and Shibatron GTB and starts speaking.)

Shuji: Thanks you people for this much applauce. For first I want to admit that my english isn’t very good and I’m making some errors when speaking. But, going to Ray Automobiles’s* new vehicle, there you go, this is something we were hiding since 2011 under name of New Project - and finally there it is - Ray Shibatron, successor to 90s Shibasaki!




Stats posted for two versions - one is normal NA CJ and one is turbocharged CJ-t, they look identical anyway :stuck_out_tongue:
Both cars are electronically limited to 180 km/h to comply with Japanese safety regulations.

Shuji: This car here is basic Shibatron coded CJ, that is stands for Coupe Japan. We wanted to point this variant mainly into tastes of people who are buying Audi A5 and similar vehicles. To speed up development a bit, we used knowledge and replaceable parts like brakes and stuff from our parent company, Airborne. This car is like their Alpha, but since Alpha is not sold massively in Japan, this is how we strike the market and what markets are we striking. When I was designing Shibatron, I wanted a platform that would be like my first Ray car, Shibasaki. Versatile, easy to tune and with possibility to do some evil things on it. In this form, the car are you looking at, I mean the basic CJ, has naturally aspirated engine with two litres of capacity, four cylinders and 145 horsepower. This engine may seem very similar in tech to Airborne’s recent two litre inline six, but it’s our own construction. It features standard interior without too fancy stuff - just what you need for everyday commuter.

It’s also not here, but we is also selling turbocharged variant named CJ-t, looks identical to this one but it has turbo and some tweaks to make this thing drivable. It’s also faster and has more power.

Let’s move to Shibatron GTB - it’s quite special, because it’s the only Shibatron officially offered in Great Britain!





Shuji: This is the Shibatron GTB. It’s our almost badge engineered project for Great Britain. It’s pretty similar technical wise and usage-wise to Airborne S310 and upcoming S340, but they’re not sold here, so Ray Shibatron GTB is about to fill that gap. It’s also successor to Ray Shibasaki from British market. This one features more aggressive bodykit, 3.4 litre engine straight from Airborne’s shelves - this is the same engine that is in Alpha Clubman but here it has even 17 extra hp, giving you 357 in total. It also has 7 gear sequential box and AWD system, also from Airborne. We also ditched standard four seat interior and GTB got packaged with sports interior with Sparco black bucket seats and DLR (Digit Lap Recording) system. All these changes result in shooting this car to 100 km/h in 4.1 seconds and it’s top speed is 281 km/h. Pretty nice, huh?

About another Shibatrons, hence they are going to be our offer backbone at this moment along with Senpai, I can announce that we are working on cars that have codes: SJ, SJ-t, GTA, GTJ, GTJ-R, GTJ-TR and GTJ-X.

(now Shuji walks out of the scene and Ray Automobiles’s part of exhibition is finally open)

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