And theres still more to come, i just need to get the time around to finish my writeup
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You can just call me Ram V because that is my name and it sounds a little more professional 
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Iâm goming to suggest the background music for Gavinâs final wrap up this weekend.
Either: Also sprach Zarathustra (perfect for a Gryphon Gear/Rennen reveal), or Woomp There It Is by Tag Team
#It's finally here...
RĂźdiger Krantz, CEO of Blackbird makes his way towards the center stage, where he will announce a great moment in Blackbird history. A huge crowd forms around the Blackbird exhibit. People rush over to see the unveil. RĂźdiger Krantz starts to speakâŚ
Hello ladies and gentleman! It is a pleasure to be here in Detroit with all of you! We have seen some pretty exiting things here in Detroit, and today we will showcase our showstopper. We shall save the best for last, and start off, with this creation:
RĂźdiger Krantzâs assistants make their way to 2 sheet covered objects. The assistants pull off the sheets to reveal two twin turbo V8 engines.
These engines are part of the new Art H634-8 platform we have created. These engines allow clients to save money by not needing the research and development required to create such an engine.
This first engine I am showing you is a 5.0 Twin Turbo V8 that can produce over 720 HP and 540 ft-lb of torque. This will be sold at prices around $20,000 depending on where the engine is shipped.
The next engine here is a 4.0 version of the Art H634-8 that produces over 660 HP and 447 ft-lb of torque. The price of this variant will be around $15,000 depending on where the engine is being shipped.
Both of these can give supercar-like performance to our clients cars. On January 25th, 2017 we will be open to signing contracts and negotiating deals.
But now⌠We must go on to our feature presentationâŚ
The crowd tenses up as RĂźdiger Krantz himself comes up to the sheet covered car and slowly starts pulling off the sheetâŚ
Say hello to our creationâŚ
This is the Concept V, the V referring to the founder of this great company, Elkhart Viktor. This tribute is our first car built in house by Blackbird. We developed it and refined it to what it is now. The 920 HP V8 allows the Concept V to go from 0 - 60 MPH in only 2.3 seconds, thanks to an AWD setup, and has a top speed over 215 MPH.
The Concept V is paving the way for us to create more and more sports cars and GT cars, as Viktor paved the way for this whole company. You should expect more from us in the future, and will be glad to do more in the future as well. This is not the last of us, just you wait. Thank you all for coming! Have a great night!
RĂźdiger Krantz walks off stage as the crowd admires the creations that have been showed to them. RĂźdiger Krantz pleased with himself, goes off to have a celebratory drink with the Blackbird staff.
I hope I wasnât too late! Starting January 25th I can deliver the Art H634-8 in either the 5.0 variant or 4.0 variant to people who need a powerful engine for their car(s). Racing variants might come in the future.
######PM me for more information on the Art H634-8
Photoshop credit goes to @titleguy1. Thanks! 
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Zenshi has been struck with a delay, and will present the four mystery models tonight.
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2018 Zenshi Taigi
The Taigi is a subcompact hatchback made by Zenshi and is well-regarded as the Tessituraâs âsofter brother.â It shares the same platform as the Tessitura, but everything about it is, in a sense, âcuter.â
The FWD Taigi is powered by the 1.0L PF10-GDAT Turbocharged Inline 4 engine with power rated at 108 HP @ 6800 RPM and has the option of only a 6-Speed Automatic transmission.
When it first was released in Japan in 2008, the Taigi was originally meant for female drivers while the Tessitura was meant for male drivers. Instead, there happened to be as much male drivers interested in the Taigi in proportion to female drivers, and as a result, dropped most of the feminine accents it originally had in this generation.
Despite it being a softer version of the Tessitura, it has itâs own performance version, the Sports.
The Taigi Sports is powered by the 187 HP CF15-GDAT 1.5L Turbocharged Inline 4 engine and comes complete with a 6-Speed Manual, ZMD (Zenshi Motorsports Division)-tuned suspension, agressive styling, and the option of a viscous LSD.
2018 Zenshi Tessitura
The ninth generation Tessitura came out last year, which makes the 2018MY a facelift. Despite this, Zenshi improved the car further.
While bearing the same 125 HP 1.5L CF15-GDA engine, the facelift was given an extra gear for the manual this time around, improving efficiency, and in a sense, performance.
Just like the Taigi, the Tessitura was well known for being very configurable to the driver. For the 2018MY Zenshi plans to give Tessitura buyers the ability to customize their car into something that either fits them, or maybe give them more character, or to just express themselves.
Because of the addition of the Taigi Sports, the Tessitura XS-15T has ceased to exist.
But that doesnât mean thereâs no more performance versions of the Tessitura.
The Tessitura VS-15T makes itâs way back for the 2018MY with a more agressive look thanks to the shinka design form. Like before, the VS is powered by the CF15-GDAT 1.5L Turbocharged 4 cylinder mated to a 6-Speed Manual with their FWD-Based version of the Sequential Motion-All Wheel System, the SM-AWS/F.
The 2018 VS-15T handles much differently from itâs 2017 counterpart, however. While the AWD system on the 2017 model delivered more power to the front, the 2018 variant delivered more power to the rear, 40/60 compared to 60/40. This allows for the Tessitura VS to handle tighter and slide a little more freely.
On top of this, ZMD has redone the suspension from the 2017MY and made a more intense take of it for the 2018MY. And unlike the Taigi Sports, the VS-15T will come equipped with a viscous LSD from the start.
More to follow, will be bigger and stronger machines that have helped made Zenshi successful from their humble beginnings, two vehicles that have carried the badge proud and kept the legacy strong.
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We decided to wait to mention this, but we recently acquired DeLorean back in May 2016, and we now have a super car to release. The DMC-S (successor to the DMC-12) was delayed, but not the sleeper Hyper Car called the CXT Here it is.
CNCharger - CXT.zip (26.0 KB)
This car has a top speed of 269 mph with an accel of 0-60mph in 2.5 seconds (its Rear Wheel Drive). It costs $262K.
It Just Came In
The new Delorean DMC S of 2018
CNCharger - DMC.zip (24.5 KB)
I donât want to spark a war here⌠but, just⌠what even.
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Iâm aware that this is the NAIAS thread, and that I havenât submitted anything myself (no time). Iâm also aware that what Iâm about to say appears to have been conveyed to you at least once elsewhere. But since Iâve never commented on your cars directly, allow me to expand on what ramâs getting at:
- Youâve gone ham on the tech sliders again. As Automation is increasingly refined it increasingly reflects real life parameters over how long a car takes to develop as well as produce. This model appears to have a Production time of 2511 units, which is⌠astronomical. For comparison, even a real world hypercar would probably be anywhere from under 300 to maybe 500. Using excessive amounts of tech sliders yields diminishing returns, and the only place where you may expect to see +15 everywhere is, say, in a top tier Formula 1 or WEC outfit, if even that.
- The buttons at the top on the market tab, to either side of the suggested price are to determine markup. When you say âit costs 262kâ, that just means, âit costs 262k in 2010 USD to get the materials together and pay the workers to put the car togetherâ. It does not take into account how much you have to sell for how much before your company doesnât go broke making the thing. As a guide, beta testers making the competitor pack had to mark hypercars up 300%. If you play the lite campaign youâll get an idea of how it works with the âbreak evenâ price. Either way, youâve left your markup at 0, thatâs not how it works.
- Youâve made some interesting choices that enhance all the flaws of the original DeLorean. For one, that thing is a total bus at over 2 metric tons. Not even a Bugatti Chiron comes close. More like, a Toyota Landcruiser
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also, those are palty figures for quality spam, too.
barely 1100hp from a 525? i mean câmon.
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Alright guys, letâs round it up here, letâs not defile this fantastic thread anymore. Pretend it never happened.
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Iâm back, if anyone missed me. Sad announcement though - no more Zavirs in Detroit, as I had (and maybe still have) a bit of an Automation designer crisis, and all cars would have to be designed from scratch, except for Luna Spider. Oh, well, and Z4500, which is an already designed classic car, but I donât think that posting it alone would be good.
And no Hyperas for the same reason 
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Back by popular demand, the new Albury Centurion MkVII is distinguished from its predecessor by a longer wheelbase for extra comfort. Two models have been delivered to NAIAS 2017: a 6.4 Sedan and a Super Ute, the latter powered by a 500 bhp (metric) version of the Albury New Universal V8. Other body/engine combinations are available, but these two are the real headline-grabbers. The 6.4 Sedan retails for $32340; the Super Ute for $33930 (including a 10% and 30% markup respectively).
In addition, the new Viceroy Mk6 luxury sedan, built on an extended version of the Centurion platform, is now available for purchase. This car blends the brute force of a muscle car with the restrained elegance that has been present in the Viceroy line since its introduction 50 years ago, and now comes with a HUD-based infotainment system as standard.
The vehicle shown here is a 6.4 50th Anniversary model, finished in Anniversary Gold, although a Super Sport version with <500 bhp is due soon. Most intriguingly of all, it is available with a 6-speed manual or 7-speed automatic transmission. Do any other manufacturers offer a luxury car with a normally-aspirated V8 and a manual gearbox option? Nobody but Albury does - and itâs yours for $54510 including markups!
And by the way, the Crusader sports car is still on sale; itâs just unchanged from last year and its engine is shared with the Super Ute.
These should be among the last few cars to be shown at NAIAS 2017. Itâs been a great motor show! Thanks for visiting!
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DeLorean is a smaller car company. If you read their website, they have to follow the same regulations as larger companies and corps such as Ford. Sounds like they are having trouble with that. Now under Calvinator (never in real life), they wonât have that trouble. Now, this conversation (if it has to continue) should continue on a different thread. Donât destroy this thread, it isnât even my thread.
Itâs like you guys are on to me. I will hold a compitition thread, and I donât care about its structure now. This was out of line. No one goes to a car show to negatize a car company, it creates an unfriendly environment. This is only going on for 2 or 3 more days. Then talk all the smack you want on a different thread.
I will probably have an interview, cause of you guys. Besides, it was meant to be a joke.
Strop merely suggested you add some markup to the car instead of selling it for what it costs to build, and to perhaps not go mental with the tech sliders to shove the cost up so much. Not destroying anything, on to anyone, out of any lines, being unfriendly or whatever.
Itâs a motor show, as you rightly said. People are going to form opinions of the cars that are on show for people to form opinions of. A bit constructive feedback should help you make your car you are displaying better. If you want to leave it the same by all means do, but it is on, show. People will comment.
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#SHOW CLOSES IN 24 HOURS
18:30 GMT, 22nd January - thatâs the closing time for Detroit 2017! A little while after that, weâll begin the voting. All will be revealed/explained then 
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The last day of the show was brought in by the sound of a loud twin-turbocharged V12 making its way down the highway from Chicago, at Lukeâs request.
âSounds like the old girlâs just about here. If it wasnât for the fact that it only gets 20 MPG, Iâd use it as a daily driver, but sadly, an old Mamba doesnât quite get the gas mileage it needs to be a daily car. Lot of fun to drive, though.â
The low, sleek profile of the Stealth Black High Gloss coupe caught everyoneâs attention as it crawled into the parking space left for it. The engine was shut down and all went silent, with the exception of a handful of people whoâd never seen one before asking if it was something new or old.
âThis, everyone, is my 2007 Storm Mamba GTRS. Itâs old, but itâll still give some supercars a run for their money today.â Luke said. âYes, itâs an old car, but we figured we had to end on a high note, and what better car to end our display on, than one of our strongest performers? There are faster cars, thereâs cars that are better around a track, but this one was our star of the show. Some companies closed with a concept, we close with a promise: The Enthusiast has not been Forgotten. We will still build crazy and fast cars, as much as we will build economy boxes and hybrids.â
The driver behind the wheel got out slowly, still wearing their midnight black racing helmet, walked to the back of the car, opened the small trunk, and removed a rolled up poster. After pinning it to the nearby board, the driver took off her helmet.
âWelcome to the show, Amy. Youâd always stated you wanted to drive the Mamba, how was it?â Luke asked.
âQuite fun, and exciting to drive around a track, too. I think one of the cooling flaps keeps getting stuck, though, because I canât get a stable lap time out of it.â
âEasily fixed back at the shop, but letâs face it, the Mamba hasnât lapped a track in 10 years until this morning.â
Amy moved out of the way of the poster sheâd put up, revealing that it was a track map, some performance stats from the Mamba, and a lap time.
âImpressive. Even I didnât think it was that fast. Still, itâs a good old car, and if it could get better mileage, Iâd drive it more often. I will, however, be driving it home. Someone else that I can trust will have to drive my 3 cylinder Surge home, though, and thereâs still the matter of the Deathtrap to bring back to the shop. Weâll figure all of this out for the departure ceremony, Iâm sure.â Luke said, before opening the hood on the Mamba to show off the all AlSi constructed V12 engine under the hood.
(As for clarification, I suspect this is one of my older cars with slightly wonky cooling from an overlapping vent somewhere. I really canât stabilize the lap times, and itâll wander from ultra-low 1:56 laps to high 1:55 laps. But the carâs still up in my thread and has a download link available, just find 2007 and try it for yourself if you donât believe itâs that fast.)
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At the Mott Works Automotive booth music begins to play
As the song ends 4 cars are unveiled and behind them a sign lights up
Rage----------Aqueos----------Savage
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Hello and welcome. Here today I would like to reveal to you the 2017 Mott Works Aqueos as well as the 2018 Rage and Savage, 3 historic names in our company that we are now reviving.
First I would like to focus on the 2017 Aqueos. A concept version of this Super-GT car has been revealed previously but now it is going to be entering production this year. It features a 6L V12, reminiscent of the original, that now produces 750hp and sends it to all 4 wheels. There are also various styling cues from the original car that have now been incorporated into the carbon fiber body panels of its modern reincarrnation. On the inside of the car is where the 2 cars we have here differ. One version is the Sport trim, with lighweight racing inspired seats while the other is our touring variant featuring an ultra high end luxury interior designed for extreme levels of comfort. The sport trim is expected to sell for $250K and the touring variant, $300K
Onto the Savage and Rage and once again styling is inspired by the original version, even including the side exit exhausts, however the engine is different. It now features a 540hp 5.8L V8 engine in the top of the line MWR trim. The body and chassis are all aluminum, as with most of our regular road cars, and power is sent to the rear wheels. Also, in order to maintain practicality with the Rage we utilized multi-link rear suspension to increase payload. Pricing on the MWR variants of both the Savage and Rage starts at $50,000.
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Failures in communication have forced Zenshi to withdraw their final two presentations for the auto show and have made mass apologies for the inconvenience.
(Computer BSODâd and I ended up losing my progress on the two cars. Best course of action was to, unfortunately, withdraw.)
EDIT: INCOMING!
#A statement from Albury Motors CEO, Rick Burke, on the new Centurion and Viceroy ranges
âThe Centurion, regardless of body style, is intended as a driverâs car first and foremost, just as Albury Motors wants it to be, even with the V6 engines found in lesser trims. But you really want the V8 version (in either state of tune); with normal aspiration and a six-speed manual as standard, it is a wonderfully analogue counterpoint to the prevalence of smaller turbocharged engines and quick-shifting automatics in its segment. Our Super Ute, in particular, will be a unique proposition at the end of the year, since no other company will produce a vehicle like it by then, and we encourage buyers to consider it as a sports coupe with a much larger luggage compartment than usual. Finally, by continuing to make the New Universal V8 standard on the Viceroy, we have enhanced the carâs emphasis on performance and handling, which is true to our belief that cars of this class donât always have to be lumbering, isolated barges.â
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