Minimum wheelbase of 1.90 metres, maximum wheelbase of 2.65 metres.
Must be a hatchback body style, either 3 or 5 doors.
Must have realistic engineering decisions that would stand up in a real-world setting; don’t make it out of carbon fibre, don’t have a V8 engine, don’t give it pushrod suspension.
Maximum cost of $25,000.
Engines are strongly recommended to be 3 or 4 cylinders, and have a maximum family displacement no less than 1250 cubic centimetres.
Considerations
Styling - Your car’s styling is going to be the single most important criteria here, outweighing everything else. Make your hatchback look good!
Engineering Considerations - Your hatchback should be engineered in such a way that if it were to appear in the boardroom of any car company in the world, it wouldn’t be immediately rejected for being silly. Use conventional materials and parts, don’t put in a silly engine and you’ll do just fine. Don’t do this, and you will be binned!
That’s it!
Submissions
Submissions are accepted by PMing the .car file to me only; entries WILL NOT be accepted by Discord DM.
Naming Convention
Model and Engine Family name: APL – “forum username”
Trim: Make/Model/Trim of car
Variant: Engine Model/Variant
Deadline
Thursday, August 6th at 11:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time
Before you post about it; yes, the rules are vague, this is intentional. Don’t worry about the other usual judging criteria you’d see in a conventional challenge.
Whaa… Do I get it right that the engine family has to allow a 1600 cc variant at least? It would make no sense at all for the smallest hatchbacks and their I3s, that’s why I ask.
I like the idea though, despite very low chance of me coming up with a good entry
The small BMW 1-series sized model has a wheelbase just over 2.6 metres, yet it is very much a C-segment car. Any chance that could be included within the ruleset?
Most C-segment cars these days are actually in the 2.60-2.70m range anyways
That body has a 2.60-metre wheelbase, so it is fine. I have lengthened the wheelbase requirement slightly though regardless. I’ve also upped the cost somewhat as well.
i was just asking cause i already have a cool one that i woulda liked to submit, but i wasnt sure if i could submit it as a hot hatch or if i had to detune it
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