Betta is an Italian Car Company designing unusual, sporty cars with quirks yet somehow being attractive and competitive.
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Betta Lusso
Tech Specs :
2016 Model
1650cc I3 VVL DOHC 12V 221hp
9200rpm redline
6speed Manual
8,87L/100km
5.7secs to 100kmh
275.5km/h top speed
1141.0kg
$19890 after 30% markup
102.6 Competitiveness at Light Sport
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More info on how you get these cool colours from automation, or is this photoshop editing?
Also the car looks good, but does the engine have any usable torque for daily driving?
Hi, thanks for your kind words. The colour is a self-made shade of orange, with the gloss slider to the max, and after taking the screenshots I’ve applied clarity and saturation filters on photoshop.
The engine torque curve is pretty flat, it makes :
1000rpm = 130nm
3000rpm = 170nm
5000rpm = 160nm
Max is 190nm at 7600rpm
Max horsepower is 221hp at 8500rpm
redline is 9200rpm
So in my opinion yes, driveable
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Thanks for the info, also yeah, 130nm at idle and good chunk of 170nm at 3k is enough to move the lightweight around quite freely, so it’s a good one. Nice.
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Thanks man 
just do this?
go to the engine tab
press ‘print screen’ on your keyboard.
make a new reply
press ctrl+v.
Okay, done! I usually keep redline at 9200rpm cause despite less reliability car is more marketable as performance index is higher
Just fyi, this whole car was made because of a challenge between me and a friend, to make a sporty car limited to a 3cyl engine. If I designed this the way I liked it’d either be some 1800cc screaming VVL I4 or some 1500cc turbo I4
I3’s have their charme. A turbo variant of that engine would be cool once it’s in the game. Should do for 300hp while being daily’able.
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Yeah man, definitely! For now, should I try making a N/A I4 or a Turbo I4 variant? or something mad like a small flatplane v8?
A normally aspirated four-cylinder variant seems like the most logical addition to the lineup, considering that the straight-three currently in use is also normally aspirated.
Thing is though, due to engine bay limitations, I can’t exceed 2L while keeping the high-revving characteristics, and the power difference between the new motor and the I3 turned out just 30hp, so I’ll have to either make a 20VT I4 or a 32V VVL V6
vee six now
that is an order
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Starting work on it now!
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I ran a 3.9 liter v8 in that body, so I don’t think you’ll be having much trouble slotting anything you want in there. The real interesting thing is to think of an engine that would not clash into the i3 engined version’s market niche. And there are a lot of ways you can go, 3+ liter engine and more comfort, or a 2 liter turbo and even less weight etc etc etc…
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Thing is though, the engine is mounted transversely by design, and this is going to be a really big bore-short stroke design for the rev characteristics, so we’ll stick with a high-revving v6 at the moment 
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It was an AMWEC’15 spec car, it revved to 9.5k rpm 
mind i ask what the reliability was on that?