You made a car, that’s for sure!
Let me explain.
When I first head the song, I felt like hopping in a massive American landyacht, rolling down the windows and cruising around with my elbow out the window.
So!
Wheelbase of 3,2m. Overall length of 5,38m. Powered by 5,7L V8.
And hey, you can’t have 1950s without tailfins and fuckton of chrome 
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TURN HEADS, ROCK BEDS
FISCHER GRAND SHAMAN
Let’s just get this out of the way: this isn’t an exciting car. It’s comfortable, and economic, and cheap, and home-made in America, and has a decent sound system, but it isn’t trying to nag you to push its little V6 further and further. What it can do, however, is take your family, friends, coworkers, or anyone you’d like to get closer to somewhere special with it. Just you, them, the car, and all the small things that makes every departure, journey, and arrival special. So sit back and take in the atmosphere, stick your body out the windows or sunroof, and live your life slow as you go onto new adventures.
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A reminder to everyone!
Make sure to send your car files to @happyfireballman , for now you can use the normal challenge naming regulations (HYF - YourUsername)
We don’t have a final deadline yet, but it will almost definetely be the 1st of July.
@here
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yup, I originally thought of some comfyish personal luxury coupe that’s period correct to the music track itself (aka mid 90s)
this is the 1994 Itoku 430 CL, a V8-powered GT - it can be considered a driver’s car, but not a “getting every single driving-related offense because I can” one, but rather a “calmly cruising down the highway with my girlfriend in the passenger seat” one. relies too little on skinned cows alone compared to its conservative American counterparts, doesn’t have the heritage (and the stereotypes) of the European rivals either. the CL isn’t about complying to existing standards, rather about setting new ones - what to expect from a newly-founded Japanese luxury brand that was born in the same time as trip-hop?
I can’t make interiors but pretend the inside is all brown velour with every single electronic gizmo that existed at the time
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'95 KMA K660 V12 6.0
Keeping it period-correct this time - if the song is appropriate for what a contemporary Wall Street CEO would listen to while driving through Manhattan at night, this is what he/she would drive - a large, luxurious four-seater coupe (or sedan) with a cavernous trunk.
Despite having a 400-bhp 6.0L V12 up front driving the rear wheels, its near-two-ton curb weight means it’s no sports car - this is more of a grand tourer.
To that end, its smooth five-speed automatic transmission and comfort-tuned air suspension are meant to give a pleasant driving experience at any speed.
You could order high-performance tires and a helical LSD for a slightly sportier feel, but this is still a luxury car through and through.
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Sumner Partisan 300 Executive.
Insight, foresight, more sight.
The clock on the wall is a quarter past midnight.
The clock on the wall is a quarter past midnight.
now now now approaching midnight...
Extra
Some details about the design.
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It’s not meant to be a particularly exciting car to drive. The song isn’t particularly upbeat, and seems to settle on its chosen tone for much to all of its length. To this end, I made this a transverse FWD car with a great big cast iron 300ci V8 lump in the front for some truly dreary bouts of understeer.
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It’s not meant to be particularly colorful, literally and figuratively. The music video was black and white, after all. Black car with a black interior and a fairly sombre engine note muted by double reverse-flows.
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With its model year set to 1988, I imagine this car would be a few years old by the time this song comes out, at which point examples of this model would likely be just a little weathered. It’s meant to contribute to the bleak image of a midnight drive through an empty backstreet in the middle of a light rain.
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It specifically seats six because I imagine this car eventually falls into the sort of hands that’d have an entire gang to cart around.
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I will not be explaining the presence of two cups of lean in the cupholders. Neither will I be explaining the presence of Maxwell in the passenger seat. He needs no reason to be there.
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A fun fact on that line you gave there at the start.
That line originates from “Releasing Hypnotical Gasses” by Organized Konfusion, which is in itself a fantastic song and I recommend everyone who is into Hip-Hop to give the group and especially their 2nd album (Stress: The extinction agenda) a try.
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My thoughts immediately went to cruising through the…well, less well-mannered parts of the town…in some 70s ratlook/hoodride box barge thing.
What can be more fitting then than a…no it is totally not a mix between some Scandinavian and some Soviet box, both starting with “Vo”, it is an ARVA P61 Chernaya, pure misery with a paint-shaker smooth inline four that has its roots in the 40s.
In 1974, this could have made you disappear into the trunk. Because it totally not does draw any inspiration from an Argentinian-american box starting with “Fo” instead of “Vo” either, it is an ARVA from Archana, I swear. Nowadays, the most important thing is to just take your tetanus shots before hitching a ride…
Also, a perfect world means a society where crime does not exist, because it is banned, like everything else.
Draw your own conclusions.
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DISCLAIMER: My spare laptop seems to struggle with the headlights in photo mode.
Cruising through the city in 1996… relaxed, in style…
what fits there better than one of the last real oldschool personal luxury cars?
Nothing, so grab the 1995 Globus Commander!
Smooth as silk, powerful as a lion, classic and defensive lines, but always a presence with sheer size and a noticeable V8 note, it moves you through the hood like nothing else. They will respect you, they see you rollin, they won´t be hatin. A perfect world? Surely, you will find it in the Commander if you close the well-insulated doors and take a deep breath, smelling leather, the typical A/C smell and your tasty burger from the drive-thru - no matter if at noon or midnigt.
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I’m getting some Oldsmobile vibes from this
Like, imagine the Aurora but a coupe
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My inspirations were the Ford Thunderbird and the Cadillac Eldorado, but since I really like the 1st Gen Aurora, I consider your opinion as a win.
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Now approaching midnight
When I heard this song for the first time, I knew exactly when I’d listen to it: It’s a perfect piece for my chill night rides playlist that I listen to when I’m driving around the lonely streets of my town at two AM in the night, not seeing a single soul out there. Sometimes, I get on the Autobahn, just cruising at 200 Km/h listening to this playlist.
It’s simply a peaceful way to relax from the stressy day to day life, sitting in a prestigious wagon that will ride comfortably at this speed, but can be sporty at times, just when you need it.
So, I came up with this: The 2013 Enigma W5 2.0 TFSI 290 AWD S-Line
With 287 hp it makes quite a bit of power, delivering to all four wheels. It can sit comfortably at 200+ Km/h while making an incredible sound from the turbocharged 5 cylinder engine. It comes with either a 6-Speed manual or a 7-Speed DCT, as well as alcantara seats and high quality fabrics in the interior. A great premium alternative to an SUV.
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A reminder that entries close today!
is anyone even going to read this? I guess I'll just put a spaceship here (_)(_)=====D~~
The 1998 Artemie EX
By Planar
I ain’t gonna do my usual ad junk here, instead I’m gonna talk about how I felt (geddit??) listening to the song.
And the sorta vibe I got was something you’d be listening to in one of those late 90’s burly sports cars that’s always a microsecond away from killing you, like a TVR or a Viper.
But specifically, one of those in my style. Translucent bumpers, and I’d intended to do an interior with even more translucent plastic and one of those very 90’s-00’s stereos where they have the world’s most elaborate VU metre blinkenlights the world has ever seen. Of course I didn’t make that because I smell, but you know exactly the sort of thing I mean.
So came about the Artemie. V12, big burly proportions, a lot of fun plastic, and no TC. An absolutely classic high end 90’s sports car.
But the most important thing? Where you’re listening to it. The absolute first impression I got was that it’s the sort of thing that would come on the radio when you’re parked up on a hill at night, overlooking a city. THAT’S the vibe I got.
Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
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overall vibe from the song for me was something classy, luxerious. but at the same time with hip-hop/rap kinda additions to the song i thought of a lowrider. so here it is:
1993 Sovereign Exelare Lowrider
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Entries Closed!
If you have proof of a car that is still in the works and is almost completed, I will allow for an extension of a day or two, however, this does not mean that you can send it to me a week from now. Enough with that, I will soon create cards for all your cars and create a Google form for your cars to be judged.
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Greetings everyone @everyone
I have a form for everyone to judge the cars, I do advise to listen to the music before you actually vote, so we may find the one that vibes well with the music.
A problem I see here is that you can’t vote without also voting on your own car.
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