1991 Ernis Omni Zitrone
"Speedy racer in disguise."
Now, you might look at it and ask yourself - "What is this doing here? Isn't this just riced out crapbox?" It is not, and let me show why.
While it is not even close to being the fastest touge racer out there, you can consider it an "entry level" car. The standard 1.6L I4 was swapped for a mildly tuned 2.0L I4 Turbo from a Japanese analogue, making just over 255 horsepower. The suspension was stiffened out with springs, shocks, steering and other parts replaced with aftermarket performance ones. Transmission was replaced too, giving the Zitrone a 4 gear manual. Thanks to a custom bodykit and a small wing, car generates around 74 kg of downforce. And yet, the interior got barely any changes apart from replacing the driver seat with a lighter variant. Most important, however, is the fact that front wheel drive was kept. All of this fun only costs 25100 Automation Dollars and yet (according to certain sources) it completed the Nurburgring lap 8 seconds ahead of Honda NSX.
The story behind the vehicle is quite a strange one. Despite being an everyday cheap German hatchback, it was unofficially imported to Japan a few weeks after it became available for purchase. After being used for a solid two years by an old lady, it changed owners, getting into hands of a tuning studio, which was more than interested in messing with a strange little car from overseas which wouldn’t hit the dealerships of Japan 'till next millenium. Thanks to the German origins, the car got its funky name - Zitrone, or “lemon” in English and a matching paint color. Soon thereafter, it was sold off to an ambitious young street racer by the name of Shoji Kohaku, with whom it remains to this day.
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Edited images by Storm
