it is.
But you still tried, and you will never improve when you don´t leave your comfort zone.
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This x10.
@Capri78 Yes, it is. It bears more than a little resemblance to my first challenge entry:
…which was panned in reviews and feedback for its face in particular. But I didn’t give up, kept refining the tri-grill idea, and now it’s… marginally less ugly.
Persevere.
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Another tip, you might also want to give an abbreviation for the challenge name. Usually it’s a format something along the lines of ForumUsername - ChallengeName for the engine family and car model naming.
Ill keep that in mind. I just went of a bit how the last challenge i participated in did it.
2005 Arlington Austin
Tastes like home
The Arlington brand became marketable in Europe after surprise rave reviews - especially in contrast to other US manufacturers - by Sixth Gear, as well as some standout showings in touring car racing. With the increased market potential in Europe, it was decided that the Arlington brand would be sold in Europe as an Americana-themed “junior partner” to Arlington Automotive’s luxury German division, Waldersee.
Problem is, Arlington and Waldersee only shared a somewhat limited parts set, and Arlington vehicles were largely underoptimized for the European market. Therefore, whereas imported expensive models like the Foxhound and Archprince were true Arlingtons, the European-build Arlingtons tended to be closer mechanically to the US Callahan brand, which shared the transverse layout of the smaller Waldersees.
The Arlington Austin was the largest and most extensively “original” of these smaller models, being a D-segment contender based on the stateside Callahan Carver. While it was assembled in Waldersee’s Lauenburg factory and shared many parts and some engines with that company’s B- and C-segment cars, its premium V6 trims utilized downsized American pushrod engines.
This high-performance RFQ package is meant to directly confront vehicles like the Mondeo ST and 3er 330i, and to that end features a supercharged and intercooled 2.5-liter V6 putting out 250 hp. Power is routed either through a six-speed manual or an experimental high-durability, low-gear spread CVT. 0-60 takes less than 6 seconds, thanks to heroic 245-wide tires. At the same time, the car is meant to be very civilized and - when well-optioned - pretty luxurious.
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For anyone reading this. The deadline is “pushed” to whenever December 1st ends for your timezone. If you feel you just missed it you have time to post.
The 2006 Autodraken Sentry
The Sentry is a 1503kg 4 door sedan with a 3 litre V6 that makes 212 horsepower. It has a top speed of 243km/h and can go from 0-100km/h is 6.9 seconds. It only drinks 14.3 litres of petrol every 100 kilometres. It is an excellent blend of comfort, fun and ease of use. for the price of $37500
This has definitely been a bit of a rushed build, so no interior and a bare bones post. especially since as of writing there I have 50 minutes to post before it’s December 2nd.
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RESAULTS ARE IN!
1st Place Texaslav with the Arlington Austin
2nd Place Moroza with the DCMW Al Sayaadim Standard Six
3rd Place Capri78 with the Barclay StarFort SLX
4th Place Happyhungryhippo with the Globus Premier 2.7 LS
5th Place breadtheloaf with the Autodraken Sentry
Thank you all so much for participating in my first challenge and im dearly sorry for any drama and dissagreements.
I has some changes to future formats i want to implement when i do a new challenge and if you’d like to add or ask anything please do!
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Winner Texaslav
Despite not having an interior the Euro CVT V6 muscle wagon achieved victory in the challenge! Notably being the best performing in the track and also understanding the challenge best with the adaptation of American styling in a surprisingly tasteful and familiar package that I still could recognize as being quite unique.
Could of course use an interior and a bit more care on the fixture work on some places. Also I’m not sure what’s more baffling, the inclusion of the CVT or the fact that it lapped the track fastest despite it. Demographic alignment was by no means bad but it was tied for last.
Overall the look of the car was really cohesive with fixtures being both plenty without being out of place and the price being kept very competitive.
2nd Moroza
A quirky but incredibly beautiful build. From the split windshield to the immaculate interior and the ever precisely placed pieces of trim, I have nothing bad to say about the quality of this build!
The car placed very well in most categories and it was very close to coming first.
It would probably have been the winner if it werent the most expensive car of the challenge.
In conclusion it’s quite honestly the best looking car of all with the customer having to pay a premium for such beauty.
3rd Capri78
Placing itself decisively in 3rd the Startfort outshined all other submissions both in Target Demographic Alignment and Cost. It proved to be quite the minmax submission as well.
Performance wise it was the slowest in the track. It was also visually challenged. It didn’t lack details or originality but it seems that it missed the spirit of the challenge with the car looking like an Asian car made for the European market instead.
Alas the inclusion of an interior and the obvious attention to mechanical detail is very well appreciated and it proved it’s self venerably.
4th Happyhungryhippo
This build clearly understood the assignment and had a fairly competitive price but unfortunately it didn’t outshine the rest of its competitors in any of the categories, just barely falling ahead of last place.
Looks wise its detailed and follows the design philosophy of the challenge very well but I had issue with it being incohesive and inconsistent. The front and back don’t complement each other and the shape of the car doesn’t feel thought out along with the wheel size. I see beautiful taillights and interior with a front grill and trim that feel like an afterthought.
Overall its a detailed build that misses out when it comes to cohesion.
5th breadtheloaf
In last place goes the Sentry which is a build that i far from hate but was just unable to beat the rest of the other submissions.
Relatively well performing and second best in the Target Demographic category it definitely was not a throwaway build.
The issues reside mainly in the visuals. The problem was not the fact that it looked like the child of a G35 and a…shark but other than the front grill there was not much attention paid to the rest of the car and it feels like a checklist of features being filled. Taillights placed, trim added, boot handle on. I would like to see more thought put behind why each detail is where it is and why.
Ultimately don’t let last place get to you and be proud of your build and use this as an opportunity for improvement!
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As the person who was watching To45t rate the cars, I now need hearing aids because Texaslav´s CVT V6 made my ears explode.
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There’s a reason actual CVTs do fake shifts (that and the fact that fake shifting allows higher belt tension, more efficiency, and legitimately faster acceleration in the real world) 
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I think the Globus exactly pointed out why the Americans failed on the EU market 
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Honestly, 3rd is far better than I expected for that heap of American crap.
The Design was certainly an issue and… I’m not even sure what my design was trying to be, as beyond the Barclay central grille [The brands only vague styling trait], I had no ideas.
For your first challenge, it was a solid enough one all things considered, despite the perhaps slightly rocky start.
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Well, the main goal for a first challenge is “finish it”. It was finished and that in a time frame that was ok even for the small number of entrants, and even if I think its a bit simple and feels not very polished, it is more than just a good start into hosting.
Btw, my first hosting wasnt flawless at all and had mostly issues with the brief being not as clear as it should have been. So I am no better and had to learn my lessons too.
One might be a bit reluctant to enter a first-time-hoster challenge but I try to do exactly this, since everyone needs entrants a) to become better at hosting by experience and b) when the host is a new gamer too, get better at building cars from learning from the entrants of experienced members
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Thanks to both of you. It means alot. I loved hosting this and i have ideas of how id like this to be different.
For starters, the judging criteria and method could be different although for the ammound of submissions it worked well. For the future asking a second party to judge with me and having a solid points system would be really good