1955-1960 - The Depression
1955 Mikro - City Slicker
As the hard time hit Gasmea it called for a drastic shift in car design, moving away from the high performance boxer 6 engines the Flamers Motor Company instead invested in designing a new inline 4 block, something the company still heavily uses even today. It’s first debut came in “the car for everybody” the Mikro.
FC-Mikro - City Slicker.car (22.2 KB)
Stats
- 50 hp
- 1.3 litre inline 4
- 26.0 mpg (UK)
- 26.7 seconds 0-62mph
- 74mph top speed
- $6244 @ 0% markup
1955 Mikro - Super Speed
The engineer in the brothers couldn’t help tinkering, they wanted to see if they could get some performance out of this tiny engine. They managed to get a little more power out of the Mikro’s engine and sold the Super Speed in limited numbers and it became a cult classic, optimising triumph in austerity.
FC-Mikro - Super Speed.car (25.9 KB)
Stats
- 75 hp
- 1.3 litre inline 4
- 21.0 mpg (UK)
- 11.8 seconds 0-62mph
- 92mph top speed
- $8922 @ 0% markup
1955 Tiny - Truck
The rise of city living was calling for a new class of commercial vehicle, something small, efficient and cheap. All things that the Mikro was excellent at. This lead the brothers to converting the Mikro into a city delivery vehicle, this venture into commercial vehicles wasn’t the most successful and was never a market they entered into again.
FD-Tiny - Truck.car (21.3 KB)
Stats
- 50 hp
- 1.3 litre inline 4
- 28.4 mpg (UK)
- 14.7 seconds 0-62mph
- 79mph top speed
- $5396 @ 0% markup
1957 Azure MkII - Super Speed
With the success of the Mikro the brothers couldn’t help themselves, it had been 10 years since they had a chance to design a sports car so in 1957, as the depression was starting to show signs of ending the Flamers Motor Company released the Azure MkII. For the first time the company tried it’s hand a a V8 engine, boasting 290hp. Being the companies first V8 it wasn’t the most reliable engine but when it was going it really went.
FS-Azure Mk II - Super Speed.car (26.3 KB)
Stats
- 290 hp
- 3.4 litre V8
- 10.1 mpg (UK)
- 8.2 seconds 0-62mph
- 156mph top speed
- $13898 @ 0% markup
1959 Gesin - Creature Comfort
As the depression ended there was demands for a larger car then the Mikro therefore the Flamers Motor Company released the Gesin. Built upon the same engine that was in the Mikro the car was quick to develop and quick to get the market.
FC - Gesin - Creature Comfort.car (22.5 KB)
Stats
- 50 hp
- 1.3 litre inline 4
- 23.7 mpg (UK)
- 35.7 seconds 0-62mph
- 78mph top speed
- $7004 @ 0% markup
1959 Gesin - Super Speed
The same logic was applied to the Gesin as the Mikro, why just having a boring car when you can see how far you can push it? The Super Sport is that. It still has the same 1.3 litre engine the Creature Comfort has however it is pushing our considerably more power.
FC - Gesin - Super Speed.car (26.0 KB)
Stats
- 95 hp
- 1.3 litre inline 4
- 16.1 mpg (UK)
- 11.7 seconds 0-62mph
- 99mph top speed
- $10541 @ 0% markup
1960 Azure MkII - Speedster '60
Due to the unreliability of the V8 engine in 1960 the decision was made to swap the block to a slightly less aggressive V6. Although the car became much less powerful it didn’t become much slower much to the delight of prospective buyers.
FS-Azure Mk II - Speester '60.car (27.8 KB)
Stats
- 182 hp
- 3 litre V6
- 13.6 mpg (UK)
- 8.6 seconds 0-62mph
- 136mph top speed
- $14523 @ 0% markup