Since the Colibri Turbo didn’t really rose the market, IP tried a new approach with the fourth generation Colibri. The 1.5 litre turbo was dropped, replaced with a more refined 1.8 litre N/A 12 valve, and most of the “boy racer” look was left out. Yet, it proved to be another lukewarm seller. The fourth generation Colibri recieved criticism already as new for feeling old-fashioned and looking bland, and towards the mid 90s safety started to become a selling point even for small cars, where the Colibri could not compete with more modern designs. To make it worse, a modest power output from a N/A 12 valve left the GTX model behind the competition that had started to crank out decent power from better 16 valve turbo designs.
Specs:
Steel panels, steel monocoque chassis
Mc Pherson strut front suspension, torsion beam rear axle
1808 cc N/A SOHC 3V inline 4
116 hp @6000 RPM
116 lb/ft @4200 RPM
Rev limit @6500 RPM
Compression 10.4:1
Multi point single EFI
Short cast headers, 50.8 mm single exhaust
5 speed manual transmission, FWD
Open differential
185/60R14 tyres
Solid 2 piston front brakes, solid 1-piston rear
Passive anti-roll bars
4 seats (2 front, 2 rear)
Standard equipment includes fog lights, tape player, full instrumentation, contoured bucket seats, leather sports steering wheel, glass sunroof
Weight: 1003 kg
0-62 mph in 8.7 seconds
Top speed 125 mph
26.8 mpg (UK)
Approximate cost $17400 (in todays money)
This car really wasn’t intended (I built its shitbox brother the other day, tested it in BeamNG, and found that it had no right to sound as good as it did, so I had to make this one), but I had fun building it.
I know, it’s not exactly a hot hatch, but it is a hatchback body and it’s making reasonable power from that little 1.6L I4.
I use a lot of mods from the Workshop, so, if you download this and it looks like things are missing, you’re probably missing a mod. Sadly, if that’s the case, I won’t likely be able to help you find which one, because honestly, I don’t know where half of the parts came from.
Also, if anyone’s wondering about the name, “Ishu” has long been my crap-car company, and is pronounced exactly like “Issue,” as in, “My Ishu has issues.” The name of the car, “Vyrada,” is actually from a language I’ve created for a story I’m writing that, well, is a very long way off from being done, but it translates out to “Violent Wind,” or “Storm.”
The car is kinda fun to drive, for a FWD hatchback.
Ohhh it’s hot in here!!! I got a hatch I will present here shortly. I just want to know that with all these submitted cars in here, is there a hot hatch comparison anywhere? Anyone doing road test to compare?
We don’t have any competitions going on currently, because I wanted to keep this thread pretty casual and there are such a variety of submissions that it simply wouldn’t be fair to compare some of them. That is a possibility for the future, though- if I decide to do a challenge, it will be posted here.
With all these submissions in this one thread, comparison test would be the icing on the cake honestly. Yeah its cool to design vehicles from scratch and drive them, but take it to the next level. I’ve seen some of the ficticious magazine reviews on this site and those are amazing ideas. And you mentioned variety. I’d say variety is a GOOD thing because you can have different categories, makes it more interesting. It doesnt even have to be a challenge, just round up a group of hot hatches(or regular hatches) every few months, drive them back 2 back and find winners and losers. Even if you dont do it, someone should.
The DRIV GT was designed purely for enthusiast, and not the faint of heart. Power is routed to the front wheels through our house designed 6spd manual transmission, all aluminum block, coming in at a very nimble 2651lbs and double wishbone suspension at the front and rear…corners beware.
