Yes, tuning companies.
Ok.
#24 hours until round 1 voting closes!
Last chance to get your votes in before Round 1 winners are declared and we go into the final, the coveted, Round 2!
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#Awards - Round 1
Welcome everyone to the official Round 1 Awards show of Detroit 2017. 5 Days of voting have been and gone, the polls are closed, and its now time to reveal the winners of each category.
The car that wins each category will then enter into the final round of voting where the Best In Show will be awarded. This will commence shortly after these results have been announced.
On behalf of the team behind the Automation Detroit Auto Show 2017, I am proud to announce the winners of the first round of voting!
Thanks in advance for letting me steal your picture and use them 
##Erin Visto - @DeusExMackia
##Adenine Valence - @phale
##Toronto 519 - @thecarlover
##Toronto 905 - @thecarlover
##Zenshi S.F. Roadster - @Grandea
##Auxuras ZXE Concept - @Starfish94
##Assoluto Fatalita - @Deskyx
##Rennen Apophis Concept - @titleguy1
##TIE - Baltazar Quasar RS325 and Dimension SSP4R Spec V Concept (@Leonardo9613 and @Deskyx)
###Judges decision: Baltazar Quasar RS325
##Blackbird Concept V - @Speedemon
##Monolith Atacama - @Awildgermanappears
##Adenine Reverence - @phale
##Gamma Suri - @Nomade0013
##Megacorp Rapier - @thecarlover
And there we have it! All the cars pictured above will be entered into the final round of voting, which I will start once we’ve had some time to take in and read the results.
There were some really close pollings here, so even if you weren’t a winner, don’t feel down! And hey, there’s always the next show!
If you were an award winner, please feel free to copy your award badge and use it however you like (make sure to copy image address it as its a .png), it’s proof of your victory
Thankfully we only one tie-breaker, the Performance Vehicle category - I went for the Quasar just because I prefer the styling and would rather own than that the brilliantly named SSP4R. Just something about the idea of a Brazillian hot-hatch, ya know…
Stay tuned for round two voting!
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#Round 2 Voting
This is it then folks, the one you’ve all been waiting for. The voting for Best in Show is now open!
Voting rules are exactly the same.
###Polling closes at January 29th at 20:00 GMT - Countdown Clock Here!
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Monolith Atacama nominated for best in show. I can die now.
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I think extra props goes to @phale for not only using those headlights but actually making them look good 
Many a time I have tried and failed.
p.s. I’ve not had time to keep up with this thread. Were any of the fast cars here… GG levels of fast?
because if they were then I’ll have to make a special effort to get to another show later this year to prove I’m not about to take that shit lying down!!
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Does a 0 - 100 time of 2.2 seconds count?
How about a Nordschleife time and a top speed?
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It’s top speed is around 215 MPH because downforce, but the Nordschleife time is around 6:57, unfortunately. I NEED TO GO FASTOR
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It would make for a good competitor for my Daeva then. That’s 1000bhp but would get destroyed in a drag race, and ever so slightly slower around the track… because it’s RWD only 
My car would probably turn to crap if I made it RWD. 
@speedemon That is a very impressive time for a front-engine car! I don’t know the dynamics of F-AWD that much, but I think you may obtain better times dialing the downforce a bit.
Pshh, the 950 is one second behind and it’s RWD with no carbon body…
If I went full carbon the car is in the 6:50 range.
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remind me to get Daeva finished sometime so we can have a proper Daeva vs 950 showdown. They’ve very similar performance.
@Sillyworld in F-AWD you can go nearly as fast as MR!
On the contrary, I’ve found F-AWD slower in every single occasion.
perhaps you should read what I said again.
Oh sorry should’ve clarified slower than FR.
Oh I see! It depends on how much power you’re playing with and the inherent balance of the car. The body used here (all three of us have used the same one) actually probably suits FR a lot better. Why? It’s inherently rear heavy. So even with a big engine it’s easy to get 50:50 distribution so it’ll tolerate more power. Something more front heavy would struggle and those bodies would benefit from AWD, most likely, especially if they’re pushing 700, 1000+ hp or whatever.
Hey actually what size rear tyres are you using on the 950?
The original car ran 335 395 the newer and faster version is on 335 335