[Delete] TopSimmer Enterprises- Home of Star, Royale, Freightmaster and Riley Motor Cars. Founded 1936

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When the War ended in 1945, the TopSimmer group transitioned from airplane manufacturing back to automobiles. While in war production, the board decided that the Company should get out of the low priced field and into limited production high end automobiles. They also decided that we should keep some of our low price field models in place to recruit new customers.

The new order at TopSimmer was decided as follows; The Star/Royale range should be the ultra premium line competing with the likes of Rolls-Royce, Bentley, and Aston Martin. The Riley would remain the low to mid price range line, and Freightmaster would be it’s own brand focusing on the Utility/Haulage markets.

In 1946, when the new Royale was announced for 1949, the New York Times heralded the car as the new benchmark in ride, quality, and style. We at TopSimmer have been continuing to toe the line between ultra premium cars with style and also trying to provide something that one cannot find in our competitors. Our cars and utility vehicles continue to get high praise when recently, Jeremy Crackson took one of each of our Diamond Jubilee models out for an extended road test and said that both were absolutely brilliant, and that the new Royale made a Rolls-Royce Phantom look like a Vauxhall Vectra in comparison.

Whether you are a Riley/Freightmaster customer or a Star/Royale customer, we aim to please with cars that are both top quality and stylish. Our motto to quote President Harry Truman is “The Buck Stops Here”. We live that motto everyday as individuals and as a Company.

The 1946 Royale. This Royale was a carryover design due to some squabbling between Germany, Japan, and the rest of the world. It was originally released in 1941 as a 1942 model. In hindsight, choosing December 6th 1941 as a release date was a bad idea.

The 1949 Royale. The car that won over the New York Times Automotive Editor.

The 2006 Star Royale Diamond Jubilee Edition

The 2006 Star Atlantic Diamond Jubilee Edition. The Diamond Jubilee cars will be the only cars to wear the special diamond badge. Production runs were limited to only 1936 of each model to honor our 1936 founding year. Due to high demand, the White Diamond Jubilee paint will be a $10,000 option on Star/Royale Models from 2007 onwards. The color will not be on Press/demonstrator cars due to it’s extremely high cost to produce.

The 1946 Freightmaster Vault Edition

More to come as we dig through the Company Archives. Stay tuned.

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FOR IMMEDIATE PUBLIC RELEASE 8/12/1954

Announcing the new 1955 Royale! From the leaders in the high price field comes the all new 1955 Royale.

The new Royale features the popular jet-age styling that most major manufacturers are featuring, but with our car, it’s in our traditional understated style.

The new Royale features an industry first automatic transmission. No more shifting! Along with the most comfortable ride in the industry today, the new Royale will please both existing Royale and hopefully new Royale owners alike.

Here’s just a few photos and stats on the new Royale.

We at TopSimmer Enterprises don’t publish Horsepower figures. Let’s just say it’s adequate.

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Announcing the 2020 Vision Royale

While this is just a concept, we here at TopSimmer Enterprises think that the Vision Concept will be the general idea where we want to take the Royale/Star line in the future. It’s a slick, edgy, yet understated Concept just like you would expect from all of our lines. Here’s a sneak peek.

Here are some of the Specs listed for the Vision Concept. Yes, there is a horsepower figure listed. The engine is from the 2006 Star Atlantic Diamond Jubilee Edition. We had a few laying around in the warehouse.

For the eagle-eyed reader, we know that all legally required lights are not in place and that the numberplates are a bit wonky. It’s a Concept, not a production model.

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2020 vision Royale. The future is donk

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Not what I was going for, but thanks I guess?

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For Immediate public release 8/12/1947

Freightmaster, a TopSimmer Enterprises Company is proud to introduce to you the all new 1948 Freightmaster PickUp. This is our first attempt since before the war to make a pickup truck and we hope that you like it. It’s all new for Freightmaster for 1948.
Styling is inspired by our higher end lines, but you can be assured that this truck is tough.
The new QuadraLeaf suspension can haul the biggest loads with ease and still afford a decent ride for you and your co-driver. Some may say that they do Utility better, and they may, but we at Freightmaster do it right. We balance comfort, hauling capacity, and style and combine them into what we call an excellent Utility vehicle. Here are some photos of the new Freightmaster PickUp.

Here are some of the basic stats on the Freightmaster.

Remember, if you are looking for a reliable, safe, economical, and stylish pickup, visit your local Freightmaster/Riley Dealer today.

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In hindsight about the 2020 Vision, it has to be the most rubbish car I have ever designed. If Rob sees this car, I hope he roasts the crap out of it.

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The Royale’s Facia is way too low on the body

The Pacific should be on a much newer body. Doubt anyone would be buying a supercar on a 25 year old body.

The Atlantic looks way too outdated to be a 2019 model

[FreeJezza2015]

Thanks for your feedback. It’s well appreciated. I’ll break down my responses the same way you listed your suggestions.

Royale: I tried for a half hour to get the lights right higher up. It looked too wonky any other way.

Pacific: The 02 Supercar body can only hold a V6 the size of Richard Hammond’s brain. Plus, if you look at the big Lambos, they have been basically the same shape as the Diablo ever since. With some nipping and tucking that Automation just doesn’t provide at this point in time.

Atlantic: It’s a GT Car for old people, and that’s the newest body available in game. It’s previous incarnation is actually here in this thread in the Diamond Jubilee Edition cars. I should have used that Not a DB9 body for the 2019 Finale. Lessons learned.

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2020 Vision

Oh dear, no wonder its headlights are so squinted. Please see a doctor immediately.

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Luckily, the Vision was just a Concept car. I hated it after looking at it for a few minutes.

[goblin95]

Don’t worry. Keep taking design notes from various real life vehicles and you’ll hate your cars less eventually.

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Thank You for the kind words of encouragement. I do, with the limited offerings in the game currently try to integrate real life style into my cars. The competition videos really upped my standard for car designing.

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Apparently, a now fired intern within the Company thought it would be funny to give me Concept stills for the Finale Edition release cars instead of the pre release photos I asked for. So, look out for the reshoots tomorrow.

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Finale Project

Now that we fired that intern and found the correct photos, we can show you two of the three 2019 Finale Edition releases. If you were reading yesterday, you know that TopSimmer’s Motor Car Divisions will be shutting down sometime in 2020.
We’re not broke, we just have discovered that our other holdings are taking too many resources away from the Motor Car divisions for us to bring you the high standard vehicles you expect from us. Stay tuned for more cars from our storied past.

NOTE: All Finale Edition Cars are fully loaded as standard and only available in White Diamond paint. Production will be limited to 500 vehicles each and only available at Star/Royale Dealers.

For the last few years, our first car has had it’s own way in the GT Class without significant changes since it’s launch in 2005. Now for the 2019 Model Year, the Star Atlantic 12 has received a major facelift and a new engine, suspension, brakes, basically the lot. Here’s some photos.

The venerable Pacific has also been under the knife recently and has as many new tweaks and updates as the Atlantic, and even more power. Power is now over 800HP thanks to an aggressive twin turbocharger setup.

We found the correct pics of the 2019 Royale Finale.
Royale now has a 500HP engine as standard. That is up from 475.
Here are some photos. We have got some press feedback that our fixtures look a bit dated, but we like them, and so do our customers. We wanted the Finale Series to be modern yet have a bit of retro feel.

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While both of these two designs are well-proportioned, the shape, placement and types of the fixtures used make them appear very dated. In particular, the headlights on both cars are too low.

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Thank you for you comments. I hate destroying a bonnet line. That’s why they are so low. Plus, we are going with a Retro feel with this model release series. I happen to love throwback cars reimagined.

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We also decided to shoot these in a studio instead of our usual outside location so that you, the customer can see the brilliance of the White Diamond paint.

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Concept 60 Release date 1/1/1956

After a year of resounding sales of our all new for '55 Royale, our design team sat down to think about the future and what Royale and indeed the rest of our line would look like in just 5 years time. Here’s what we came up with as a basic idea of what the future holds for 1960.
The first thing you will notice is that Chrome is still in play. Our customers like the chrome and we will oblige them.
The second thing you will notice is that the tailfins have shrunk considerably. We think that this makes for a more aerodynamically stable car.
The third and final major change is that the rear roof line has been brought in. We think that the Formal Roof Line will be going out of favor in the coming years.
Remember, this is a Concept, not the final 1960 car. Look for the redesigned 1958 Royale in showrooms in September of '57.

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1958 Royale 12 For Release 6/1/1957

The 1958 Royale has been released and will be ready for showrooms September 1st. We are very proud of our 1958 Royale. The car has undergone a lot of design changes, and we hope that you, the Royale owner or a new potential Royale owner are pleased with what we came up with.
First of all, we have increased power from the 5 Litre V12 by over 10 percent, so that passing can be effortless and smooth as is expected in a fine car like the Royale.
Next, we gave the styling a good once over. While the chrome is still there, we decided to remove some to give the car an understated air of luxury. We don’t believe that a luxury car should be garish. It should be a blend of excellent styling and a bit of shine.
Which leads us to our next change. Both the front and back roof lines have been rounded since 1955. This gives the car a more modern look and a less stuffy image, but still retains the luxurious appointments and generous amounts of room that Royale customers expect and demand.
Finally, comes the biggest changes. The canted head and tail lights. It’s something new that we hope you like. It gives a bit of an aggressive look to the car.

Overall, the 1958 Royale strives to be the benchmark luxury car of the late 50’s. We hope that you agree as well and will stop in September 1st at your local Star/Royale Dealer and take a test drive.

Here are some photos of the 1958 Royale.