PART 0: BIN HELL
(Credit to @LS_Swapped_Rx-7 for the aesthetic inspiration)
On a calm Saturday morning, Magda went out and bought some of those racy, techy car magazines to brush up on market knowledge. Going in blind just wouldn’t do. Flipping through the news section of one of them, Magda flips past some stories of production mishaps encountered by several manufacturers - knowing full well that these she won’t be buying.
A trendy bubble car company, Aero, has apparently fallen out with their vinyl supplier. This is widely expected to result in delays and quality issues after the dispute is resolve. Not that Magda really cares - she’s well aware that bubble cars don’t handle well.
(This car is binned for having +5 interior TP - above the maximum permitted +4. But it really would not have advanced too far after - worst drivability of 'em all)
Another mishap Magda briefly spotted skimming the pages was one involving a botched tire deal between Primus and their supplier. Apparently the supplier withheld any sort of cheaper tire option due to trying to push a new line of radial tires - despite those not making much sense on this kind of car, what with its ancient platform.
(Overall price is 8730 due to the radial tires; you probably forgot they were there, or that I was penalizing them. The car isn’t reliable or economical, and it would also not have been a finalist regardless; though 15+ comfort on two solid axles is impressive.)
FLOYD MOTOR COMPANY ROBIN - @Lanson
And then there’s FMC - a company that’s apparently had massive quality control issues because they pushed their workers too far and had a series of massive strikes. Bodies and trim are most directly affected, and cars have been reoprted to fall apart on the dealer floor.
(Body Techpool is +5, instead of the maximum +4. The car is generally unremarkable, lacking in reliability; though the cost is not too high and would have been a high point.)
Bechov, from behind the Iron Curtain, had failed to properly homologate its car for German sales; they did not go through the proper channels to sell the first few examples, and were put on a temporary blacklist.
(The car was the cheapest in the competition, one of two front-engined cars to have IRS - but also abysmally uncomfortable. The bin, however, comes from 2 techpool points over the overall limit.)
MORAVIA 850 DA VEVERKA - @Maverick74
The final car mishap story legitimately sounds like a joke about iron-curtain countries. Production of Moravia 850s has stopped… Because the seats they made physically don’t fit in the cars. Really, how does that even happened?
(Binned for full rear seats in a sub-2.44m car. Car was fine, drivability was low but reliability was very good.)
