SAETA Official Annoucement
For the upcoming years, we´ll push for a legislation that helps the most affected people by the economy crash get their hands on a new car. A new safety law that doesn´t punish the much needed small cars is a must for Letara, as it is a gas guzzler tax for the bigger, more luxurious cars, keeping utility vehicles exempt from this.
As always, we are open to talk and negociate with other manufacturers who share our ideals of transportation for everyone.
We at Rhania have discovered the fact that lead[Pb] is dangerous for the public and so we have decided to use 3 power to spread awareness that the Letarian Government should place a ban or a tax on leaded fuel.
Another thing that this committee would wish for the the Letarian Government to do as well is to add an emission standard for all vehicles to help with the air quality of Letarians[7 power]. It was found that prolonged exposure to these deadly fumes cause a risk for cancer in the early life of a Letarian. So we ask that the government to place an incentive for car companies to reduce their emissions.
1000 pounds = 454 kilograms
[Emissions found at summary]
Additionally, if some car corporations continue their journey with leaded fuel, they shall be faced with a 60% tax to incentivize car makers to not continue with leaded fuel.
Those who are invited and accept will join in on the action to help the cause for better air quality regarding the Letarian public. They can discuss about what and how should we create vehicles fit for the roads on Letara.
Those who oppose this plan are those who oppose the Letarians. So choose the fight wisely.
The Rhania corporation would like to use 3 tokens to help invest in the agricultural sector to help feed the growing population of Letara. It’s not a big thing that would be noticed, but it is honest work.
This plan is to increase the food supply of farmers and to support farmers with better technology to aid them in the goal of providing at least 250 million pounds worth of food so that the people of Letara would have enough to eat.
This would help with the economy as the increased production of food would allow for greater supply and would help to those who are miserable because of a food shortage. Farmers would all get a small loan to get started with their farm and crop of choice to help feed the increase of population that Letara is soon to be expected to have.
Rhania would use its last 1 token for a rally course that would include mud, dirt, gravel, and paved roads in its design. We do not have a design for this course, but we assume that others would take the initiative to make such a track.
Our plan for Letara is to make a factory to produce our cars, and that’ll be all [6 tokens]
As you can tell by our latest ad, we feel very strongly about lead in your motor-spirits. Not just do you poison your air and your people, but the very land around you that gives you life, when you run leaded fuels. There are better options out there, but some manufacturers cling to vain hopes of “horsepower” and “performance” to sell their vehicles.
To them, I ask this: “Who will you sell cars to when the whole world is dead?”
We have known for the last 30 years that lead in fuels is hostile to life. When we first arrived here with cars to sell, we were forced to use this accursed, foul, leaded motor-spirit, because no one sold fuels that did not contain lead.
You have lead-free motor-spirits now. We call for an immediate ban on leaded motor-spirits. We have run engines on what you call “Kerosene,” and we run engines on alcohol. Both of these fuels, we use, and both of these fuels are safer than leaded gasoline.
In regards to those calling for a “gas guzzler tax,” would it not make more sense to tax the high-octane motor-spirits those cars traditionally run on instead? Then everyone pays for their fair share, in proportion to the amount they use. If your car is fuel efficient, the difference in the cost of a few liters of fuel will be minimal. If your car consumes fuel faster than a war-plane at full power, you will, in the end, pay your share of taxes. This might also encourage people to drive more economically. Remember, driving an “economically-friendly, fuel-saving” car at wide-open throttle is more wasteful than driving a “gas-guzzler” sensibly with a light pressure on the throttle. Utility vehicles should be fine running on lower-octane motor-spirits, and thereby would avoid being taxed for consuming high-octane motor-spirits.
It is with that mindset that we request the allowance of Radial tires. They proved to handle the violence of racing with no major issues. Our testing has seen that a radial belted tire makes a car generally more fuel efficient.
As for the subject of racing, Lerance Raceway was recently created. As an act of good faith, we have decided to support it as being the primary race-track in Letara, despite not creating an actual racing vehicle.
With the construction of our factory underway, we hope to offer the Letaran people a cleaner, less expensive future, aided by technology. With the removal of leaded motor-spirits, new radial tires, and our latest in engine technology, we hope that the people of Letara will lead long and healthy lives.
-Vilzahir Jupard Rhuthan-Selgald
To whom it may concern,
At Mayland Motors, we are all about looking towards the future and as such we have developed an extensive action plan for our future in Letara. Included in this letter is a list of the items that we will likely be allocating funds for.
First of all, we wish to establish an assembly plant near the Letaran capital of Lerance, to cut down on the amount of time it takes to import our cars into the country and to reduce the import tax on our vehicles to make them more affordable for Letarans. (6 Tokens)
Second, we wish to support construction of new road infrastructure for everyone’s benefit. We feel that having large capacity high speed roads will allow for better flow of goods around the country and make it easier for Leterans to get from one part of the country to the other. (2 Tokens)
The third investment we would like to make is the construction of an event center within the Letaran capital to provide a space to run an indoor automobile exhibition annually. We feel that this could bring benefit to car makers from anywhere by allowing them a place to display their experimental designs or show off their racing cars or even show off consumer cars they might bring to the market. (2 Tokens)
We at Mayland are fully in support of allowing the use of radial tires on Letaran roads. Radial tires offer better performance than cross ply tires, but despite this, we do not support an outright ban at this time. We have no further reasoning for our choices at this time. [6 power]
We also support a ban on leaded fuel. Recently, our R&D department began development on the next generation of Mayland engines which are being designed to run on regular unleaded fuel. The company board has ruled that if future Mayland vehicles will not use leaded fuel, then there is no point in continuing to use it. Furthermore, recent studies have concluded that leaded fuel produces toxic materials that pose a significant threat to the environment and we at Mayland do not wish to be the cause of irreparable environmental damage. We will try to establish contact with AMCW and ask them how they wish to approach this action plan for the environment. [4 power]
Alongside the ban on leaded fuel, we also wish to implement emissions standards to cut down on emissions that we cannot avoid. Burning unleaded gasoline might be less dangerous for the environment because of the lack of lead, but gasoline is still gasoline and it will produce other dangerous chemicals. Our current plan of attack here is to make it illegal (or a heavy tax) for vehicles with emissions above 6500 units of carbon emissions to be sold on Letaran roads. The number will stay at 6500 as no emissions control technologies have been created yet. [3 power]
Best Regards,
The Mayland Public Relations Team
@Madrias @TheYugo45GV have you sent in your lobbying yet? If not, HMU, I have some ideas concerning fuel.
Previous post (previous era)
23 September 1963
New Boardroom, Mara main factory grounds, just outside the town of Mara, Archana
As usual, Mara’s comrade directors met before the start of the last quarter of the year to discuss any adjustments to the previously made short and long-term plans. The meeting took place in a recently newly furnished and less austere boardroom, a sign of improving times in the country and the company.
This time, they were joined by Inna Horyova, Comrade Director in charge of the Letaran operations, who had flown in for the meeting.
Comrade Executive Director Henri Nordhov summarised the meeting so far. “Alright, so our domestic and Fruinian first year sales of the Irena met or exceeded expectations. How about Letara?”
Inna answered: “Pretty good as well. Sedan and wagon were well received especially by those workers benefitting from the recent recovery of the Letaran economy. And for the many smaller shopkeepers, the delivery van was apparently the best thing since sliced bread.”
Fedor Piechov, Comrade Director for Engineering frowned. “Why would anyone sell bread sliced over bread loafs? There is not much added value in there?”
Now Inna frowned as well. “Well, they do over there in Letara. And apparently, it is appreciated so much, they made it a well-known figure of speech.” She paused for a second to shift her thoughts away from tasty Letaran sandwiches back to the Letaran car market. “Anyway, many other marques catered to the decadent upper crust or frivolous and almost non-existing market segments such as sports cars - so it was up to us to finally deliver the bre… basics for the Letaran people.” Inna had to stop herself from saying ‘bread and butter’, as she did not inadvertently want to anger Fedor - who could be a bit… temperamental at times.
Henri allowed himself a slight smile. “Looks like they could benefit from some central planning over there… How are we for capacity?”
“Everyone is now used to assembling Irenas, and the old pre-orders are almost taken care of… so from next year on, we can assemble as much as you can deliver”, Inna replied confidently.
Mykhaylo Andov, production engineer in charge of the Archanan Irena production factory added: “Same here, so we can ship plenty of crates to Letara, if needed. Question is, however, what exactly shall we ship?”
Henri nodded appreciatingly. “One thing at a time.”
“Oh, and by the way”, Inna added. “The privateer racing your old Tovarysh prototype in Letara” - she looked at Henri - “he has won in 1961 and 1962, and came in second in 1960. Not on outright speed, but on reliability. So our brand still counts something over there for everyone interested in motorsport. And I guess we can approach the guy for further involvement, if we wanted to.”
“We definitely should ensure that we race something there that resembles something we actually sell…” remarked Alexandra Koroleva who had recently taken over as Comrade Director for Sales.
“I agree”, said Henri. “But first, something else…”
Vausse speaks up on lobbying
As we have barely touched on this yet, we would like to present our Lobbying idea. We call it
The Thunder Cruise
This is an enthusiast event that we propose, something for our people to use and enjoy our cars. We propose a run around the entire country, stopping at the big landmarks, exclusively for the better off in the crowd
its essentially road legal racing but comfort and luxury, as well as power are priorities. It is just a big cruise so its less of a race until the last leg. Basically the event is held in legs that are about 40ish miles a piece, but the last leg is a sprint from one end of the country to the other. There is no clear route, so maybe a bit of all terrain would help here. This is where the actual power part comes in
The biggest part here would be the entrance fee, as the fee isnt from the owner, its from the car. The car must be priced at 25,000 or more in game to enter.
VAUGHN REVUE LETARA
The magazine that goes out to all of you Letarans driving a Vaughn, Wraith or VCV
Summer 1962
EDITORIAL
A hot topic at the moment is to phase out leaded fuel completely. That, since it has been discovered that the long term consequences for the health is much worser than anyone has ever believed before. Of course, this is a serious subject that we are taking seriously at Vaughn. Currently, all our six cylinder engines, and some of our eight cylinders, are already accepting unleaded fuel. So, why can’t we adapt all of our engines to that?
The explanation is that the tetraethyl lead is used mainly for two things. It prevents wear on the valves and seats, and it raises the octane rating of the fuel. The former is easily solved by installing harder seats and valves, which are already done on some of our engines. We could as well install them in every engine more or less overnight, that is not a major problem.
The main reason, however, why our high output versions of the Vaughn V8 still requires lead, is that their high compression ratios also means that high octane fuel will be needed. At the moment, there is no better alternative on the market than leaded gasoline. That is why we see a conflict there. The motorists of the future will not accept less power than today, they will demand more.
The only solution as we see it, is to replace the lead with alcohol. Ethanol blended fuels are absolutely viable alternatives to pure gasoline, and the alcohol contents will help raising the octane rating. Fact is, that the Vaughn Torpedo Coupé de Lerance has been running as a test bench for the E70 fuel for years now, with positive results. E70 actually has a higher octane rating than the leaded fuel, without the toxic lead contents.
The Letaran economy is another thing to consider. Since it is still kind of struggling, importing oil is not the solution as we see it. The more fuel we can produce in this country, the better. Ethanol blends would reduce the amount of oil we need to import by a fair amount.
Now, for some reason, people critical to ethanol blends have had their eyes locked on producing the fuel from agricultural goods, and yes, we are skeptical to that too. With many people still struggling, seeing your breadloaf literally disappearing into someone’s fuel tank is not the most fun experience. No, agriculture is mainly needed for food production at the moment, and that’s why we need to turn our eyes in another direction.
The Letaran forestry industries have taken a hard hit during the crisis. With acres and acres of forest burning, there is an enormous need to replant the forests now. That means that we will have a quite young average age of our Letaran forests for years to come. That also means a great demand for clearing work, which means lots of residues. Instead of just leaving them to rot, we could as well make fuel out of them. Because I think we all can agree on one thing - wood is not food. Of course, all kinds of residues from forestry could be processed into alcohol based fuels - which we see as the future at Vaughn.
So, our opinion here stands strong. It is wrong to just take away something that is in wide use without giving a good alternative. As we see it, E10 should replace the regular gasoline (leaded or unleaded) while E70 should replace the premium leaded variety. That would just require minor re-engineering of already existing engines, and would be a benefit to both the Letaran economy, and the motorists of the future that will demand even higher output than the engines of today can give.
Because of that, we at Vaughn are willing to support rebuilding our forestry industry, and to support research in the petrochemical industry, to make the switch possible.
General Automotive Letaran Spending and Lobbying Press Release: January 1st, 1964
Part 1: Spending
This section will answer several questions that our consumers or other brands may ask regarding our monetary contributions to the state of Letara.
Over the following decades, General Auto and our Subsidiaries plan on spending a generous amount of capital in the area of Education. We plan on doing this in 2 important ways:
Expanding Lower Education (AKA Elementary Schooling)
Financing and building a new University for Technical Education and Liberal Arts
As for Lower Education:
At a large scale, Elementary schooling is incredibly important for a populous because it teaches children basic skills that, if developed, can make for an incredibly efficient and effective work force.
Letara is severely lacking in Elementary schools, and many children are unable to attend, either because they are unable to afford it, or they are required to work from a very young age.
For these reasons, we are spending 2 tokens on this area.
As for the University:
Letara’s Automotive Industry has gotten off to a rather excellent start, and it would do us well to help bolster it. Building a University would do this by: Teaching students the skills to succeed in research fields; and directly develop new technology at a much higher rate than is possible in the status quo.
Having a Letara-based University would also make Letara look better on the International Stage. Having smarter, better educated citizens is a win-win-win.
For these reasons, we are spending 8 tokens on this area.
No matter who you are, this spending will be exclusively positive! For the consumer, expanding Education has the effect of cheaper, more efficient, better driving cars. If you choose to interact with the education system, this spending will make for a much improved experience, and make way for improving it further in the future.
For other car companies reading this: What this entails is faster, higher quality research that has the possibility of greatly improving your cars, making for a better experience for everyone. There is no reason for you to oppose this spending.
We at General Automotive would implore any other brands that may be reading this: Consider joining us to help build this University, and in the process help us build a better future.
Part 2: Lobbying
This section will cover what change we want to see in legislation and regulation over the next decade in the state of Letara, as well as why.
Over the past years we’ve noticed a number of patterns both in car development and in consumer spending that we would like to address. We at General Auto are being held back by some of the regulations currently in effect, and we feel the need to change this. We will be spending our lobbying on the following issues:
Expanding Tire Selection
Expanding and Recognizing Racing
As for Tire Selection
Radial tires have been demonstrably proven to be perfectly safe and effective. To still have these much more efficient and effective tires banned in this day and age is an anachronism.
For these reasons, we are spending 2 tokens on this area.
As for Racing
Racing has served as Letara’s Guiding Star over these past decades, keeping much of this country grounded in these troubled times, a stable source of enjoyment. We would be remiss not to recognize this.
Though the erection of Vizzuri Raceway was a huge step forward, we believe that a further step is required: The recognition of Auto Racing as the national sport of Letara.
We do believe that the Vizzuri Raceway venue is in a great location, but that further development is required. Expansion of spectator areas, expansion of infrastructure around the raceway, and the complete separation of public roads and raceway are just a few items that would make racing a better, more efficient experience.
On the topic of Racing:
We at General Auto are proud to propose our draft for possible racing regulations:
Class 1 (Limited Production Cars/Rally)
Class 1 cars are to be run on a mixed Tarmac/Gravel surface in either hill climb races or short circuit races. Races should not last in excess of 30 minutes.
Class 2 (Unlimited Production Cars)
Class 2 cars are to be run on long tarmac circuits. Races should not be shorter than 2 hours nor longer than 12 hours.
Class 3 (Unlimited Sports Cars)
If you do not interact with racing or do not plan to, this spending will not affect you. If you do interact with racing, this spending will make for better, more engaging racing.
We at General Automotive would implore any other brands that may be reading this: Consider joining us to help make racing, this hugely important sport throughout Letara, a better experience for everyone.
Presented by The Aero Company
In collaboration with Anhultz, Kessel Werks, SAETA, and Vaughn Corporation
The Letaran True-Safety Initiative
Not too long ago, we published an essay detailing flaws with the nation’s current safety legislation, inviting collaboration from other automakers to help create an improved law. Now, after discussing and combining our ideas, us and 4 others have put together a finalized proposal that is not only accessible to all manufacturers, but truly effective at keeping people safe.
The True-Safety Initiative is divided into 3 separate sections, which each must be lobbied for separately as per how the Letaran lobbying system works. To support the plan, simply copy the text in the boxes into your submission for the next lobbying session. Ensuring that the text we submit is identical will help our ideas have the most possible impact to the Letaran government.
Allocate as much or little lobbying power towards it as you’d like- even a token gesture (rimshot) is enough to show the government that support for the plan is widespread. Also, if you do not support the entire plan (or your lobbying efforts are stretched too thin to), feel free to only lobby for the sections that you agree with, and ignore the others. If it makes no difference to you, we would most prefer you emphasize Section 1 over the others.
Section 1: Safety Regulations
The current safety law shall be replaced, with a new one requiring:
This law replaces the old flawed and overly restrictive point-based system with one based on safety features. Requiring a minimum of proven safety features is not only more effective at making cars safer, but cheaper and more attainable for most automakers. (Note: This also would remove the safety tax)
In addition, it makes sure cars have good enough brakes and tires to stop properly in an emergency situation, helping to avoid many accidents. Our research shows that even very large trucks should be able to stop within 50m with the help of disc brakes and radials (see section 3); and most cars on the market probably already can anyway.
Section 2: Lighting Regulations
As a new lighting regulation, all vehicles must have 2 pairs of fender-mounted side marker lights; amber in the front corner, and red in the rear corner.
These lights shall illuminate with the headlights. They may also flash with the turn signals, but do not replace any turn signal requirements
Side marker lights make a vehicle visible in low-visibility conditions, such as nighttime and heavy precipitation, and thereby reduce the likelihood of low-visibility crashes. The placement and colors of the lights allow drivers to gauge a vehicle’s position, heading, speed, and approximate size in situations when detecting even just said vehicle’s presence would otherwise prove challenging.
Section 3: Tire Regulations
The current ban on radial tires shall be immediately lifted.
Many other manufacturers have already fronted this idea independently of us; a decade of research has shown us that radial tires are just about unilaterally superior to cross-ply tires, and their use both at Lawrence raceway and on public roads in several other countries proves that they are more than capable of everyday use.
Thank you for your consideration. The best way to convince Letara to repeal its unpopular and ineffective safety law is to offer a truly attainable and effective solution to replace it; and we hope you’ll join us in bringing said solution to them.
Please reach out and contact us if you have any more questions or suggestions concerning The True-Safety Initiative.
The Aero Company.
5-chōme-325 Komaki,
Aichi 485-0041, Japan
+81 568-XX-XXXX
To whom it may concern,
Due to poor communication, and a staff oversight, it is likely that some confusion has arisen due to our previous letter.
We would like to make it absolutely clear that Mayland Motors never planned to support any construction of a second large exhibition center in Letara. Our goals lie with bettering the road infrastructure and making sure it lasts for years to come. Funds have been allocated to provide financial assistance for the Letaran government to begin a road maintenance initiative. More information will be provided at a later date.
Best Regards,
The Mayland Public Relations Team
Amador Amador enters a fine, rustic office, large inside with high ceilings and an entire wall of intricate windows with stout, wrought-iron frames. On the other side of a carved hardwood desk large enough to park a car on top sits Congressman Victor Maldonado. Victor is heavyset and aging - signs of a well-to-do career politician who survived the Harvest War, typically by dishonest means. It is a stark contrast to Amador’s unassuming, lank figure and simple grey suit.
“I read the memo, Mr. Maldonado. You’ve set aside an hour for what I presume to be a rather short conversation.”
“Yes, yes, we all know you’re very good at your job. I found out when I spent two years trying to replace you.”
“You also voted against my proposition to open trade with Letara.”
“This is not another Session, Amador, this is merely a professional meeting. You are not here to defend your stance, it’s already won out; what I want to know is what you plan to do next.”
“Is this a statement of support?”
“Truly, you’re the worst politician I’ve ever met.”
“SUMA is a business; you are the ones making it political.”
Victor chuckles, and once again gestures Amador to a spindly wicker chair across from his luxurious leather seat. It mismatches the one next to it, a simple wooden dining chair. It seems some of the original furniture still has not been recovered or replaced, even in such an important place. Amador abides and sits down, setting his small suitcase next to him as Victor produces a bottle of some ale with only a single glass.
“Why am I here, Victor?”
“Your project in Letara. It’s impressed a lot of people, including me. I’ve made a decision. I’ll keep you around, as long as you’re useful. If I like what you’re doing, you have my vote.”
“And if you don’t, you’ll go back to proposing new Directors.”
“Now you’re getting it. It seems so straightforward once you say it out loud, doesn’t it?”
The Congressman pours the glass half full and leans back with a small swig. Amador chooses not to react.
“It seems disingenuous to share my plans with you before they’ve been added to the minutes of the next Session.”
“Don’t be stupid, you know as well as I do they all have their fingers in everything. I’ve graciously offered to have mine in yours. You don’t have a lot of friends in this Congress.”
“You are not my friend, Mr. Maldonado, you’re an opportunist.”
“Venom! In my own office! You should be ashamed of yourself; but I’ll be happy if you’ll detail my what SUMA plans to do to stay on top of our priorities. If it’s any incentive, I know what your cousin is doing at the Fillcrete program; they’ve been grinding it finer and pouring it into the littles holes in all the bricks. It’s vastly improved their product expenditure.”
“I’m not competing with my cousin, I’m competing with every country in the world who’s doing better than we are. This is about recovery, it always has been and it will remain that way until Ospiana is a beacon on Eucura once more.”
“Ech, spare me your nationalism.”
“Congressman, I’ll say this. I plan on doing what I’ve been doing. SUMA will continue to move product into Letara. Nothing so spectacular as our grand entrance, but we will remain the principle export program.”
“How unimaginative. My vote remains where it is until I see something real. I will see you in session, Amador.”
Taking this as his invitation to leave, Amador calmly gathers his suitcase and rises, leaving the room.
SUMA has elected to spend their tokens on an Assembly Plant in Letara. Following the numerous disasters, a large swathe of abandoned or damaged industrial land and buildings became available in the ports, and SUMA - once they’d gained their foothold - swooped in on a suitable building relatively near where their ships would be unloading with a buy-out bid. By only having to ship in chassis alongside the spare body parts they were already moving, costs have been shaved significantly, making the already reasonably-priced Selecta that much more available to Letarans.
With a combination of direct investment and development of full proposals and programs for certain farming incentives, SUMA has heavily involved themselves in the agricultural sector on Letara. As a country that depends heavily on imported food to support themselves, Ospiana is of course highly supportive of this sector in all their trade partners, and they’ve taken great strides to make food cheaper overall within Letara’s borders.
Part of this spending has involved a full poster campaign in grocery stores discussing the increase in family spending power for other goods (such as cars and fuel) once food is less of a concern and more jobs are created. They’ve even footed the bill for shipment of tractors and other tools made by Brache, another major Ospian manufacturer.
In several letters to the Letaran government as well as public information campaigns, SUMA has spent a whopping majority of their lobbying power on prohibiting the introduction of ethanol fuels to public roads. While they’ve recognized its octane-raising capabilities, they’ve heavily emphasized the long-reaching effects of corrosive, hydroscopic chemicals in the fuel network. Besides the immediate effects of gas being more difficult to store, there is also the long-term costs of maintaining and replacing degraded tanks and fuel lines, the price of making cars resistant to ethanol making things more expensive, and identified several additives already found within refined oil that can serve as a lead-free octane-raising mixture with no such drawbacks.
Particularly, they’ve been heavy-handed on the impact an ethanol fuel network has on food prices. With so much arable land being dedicated to feedstock production, food variety will fall, and along with the anti-corrosion expenses that are ultimately passed on to the consumer, rising food prices will forever harm the purchasing power of the family unit, making the fancy new ethanol-capable cars more difficult to obtain and expensive to maintain than ever before.
Letara is, economically, in a very careful position, where they must make choices that put them in a better position rather than choices that make it look like there isn’t anything wrong to their rivals. Poverty is widespread, and the introduction of ethanol production into the supply chain will only worsen the issue. SUMA has communicated their stance clearly to the government, and been diligent in informing the general populace of the ramifications:
Would you let your KIDS go HUNGRY so you can SPEND MORE ON GAS?
Ospiana, being a primary producer of crude oil and derivatives, considers this to be a very important issue worldwide.
Lobbying power remaining after the campaign was spent trying to prevent new lighting regulations, with the specific points of lights introducing dangerous weakpoints into the body panels and flammable additional wiring to the body, making them more visible but worsening conditions in the event of an actual accident.
I’ve also taken the time to improve my original Rd 2 submission post, with some improved writing and story, for anyone interested in the RP aspect of the challenge. It can be found here.
Vizzuri’s Proposal '63
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12hr Endurance racing at Lerance Raceway
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The great success of racing at the Vizzuri designed Lerance Raceway was apparent; from highway section being stood still with spectators, the stands all sold-out and crammed to bursting. With this, Scuderia Vizzuri has a proposal for an exciting twist to the racing in the next year.
The R1+Road going and R2 classes would be discontinued in favour of two new classes: Touring Cars & Super Competition. Touring car class would consist of homologated racing machines that are based on road-going models, using sports radials and E70 ethanol fuel, where as Super Competition would be true racing cars made for the track, using slick radials, E85 ethanol as well as other rules (See the details).
Super Competition (SC):
Touring Cars (TC):
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Caring for Letara, the Vizzuri way
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With us at Vizzuri witnessing first hand the abundance of natural disasters over the past 9 years, we are investing towards a new government agency being established: The Letara Natural Disaster Response Force.
The proposed new team of government workers would identify, alert, respond and coordinate each and every disaster that the future may hold in a way to protect lives, livelihoods, homes, industries and infrastructure.
As with the outstanding crowd attendance at the races ever since opening in 1959, we believe investment to the Lerance Raceway grounds is a grand idea: Changing the motorway straight into a closed circuit, having a new motorway segment follow around the track, extra stands for spectators, as well as new on-site camping locations and a ferris wheel for spectators is sure to improve revenue from the track as well as provide a much more fascinating experience for fans. (See below for revisions)
We are also investing towards higher education in mechanic and petrochemical engineering, to provide Letarans a much more thrivous development, perhaps even gaining employment in the Vizzuri assembly plant some day!
As per our first Letaran proposal, we are heavily against additional taxation towards luxury cars, making it more unobtainable for those of a lesser income to afford our luxurious vehicles. We wish for all Letarans to be able to afford and enjoy a comfortable driving experience at Vizzuri.
Make your dream car reality: Vote against extreme taxation!
We are very glad to see other manufacturers also aiding in the push for a much more cleaner and renewable Letara with ethanol fuel. This is the way forward to a healthier future of Letara.
After the success of our Drago race car in the R2 racing class, radial tyres have showcased the advantages in grip, fuel economy and safety. We will be lobbying for the introduction of radials to the civilian car market. We urge fellow competitors within the racing leagues to follow suit, after all having much more long-lasting, comfortable, fuel-economical, and safer tyres is a must have.
We believe that the licence-plate situation should be addressed on Letaran roads. A regulated black plate with embossed silver font as found on each road-legal Vizzuri would be preferable.
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We hope other car marques can collaborate with Vizzuri’s efforts for a Letara safer from natural disasters, as well as aid provide better higher-education, and finally an even better racing decade.
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Henri tries to steer the meeting back to the planned agenda. “First, we need to plan for our expenses in Letara.”
“We keep the assembly plant right?” Inna hands Henri a small stack of paper. “Here is the maintenance plan with expenses for the next five years.”
Henri nods.
“Next, let me guess: CHS4.” That was Fedor with hardly masked disdain.
The brand new Archanan CHS4 electric locomotive pulling the Lenagrad-Terso-Express into the station of the Fruinian capital.
Henri nods again. “As you all know, electric power is the future for trains. We have again been asked by our government to market the newest Archanan locomotive, the high-speed CHS4, to Letara, along with funds to kickstart the electrification of their rail network.”
“I guess we can’t say no to that then.” Fedor again. “At least it’s not our money.”
Another nod by Henri. “We are also to lead another push for the Letaran coal industry. Hopefully this time enough to allow exports. Again…” - with a side glance to Fedor - “… not our money.”
“They can certainly take all support for industries they can get at the moment, given their state of the economy”, remarks Inna. “I have read that other companies support agriculture and forestry, but the latter strangely in the context of alternative fuels.”
The crowd at the table exchanges puzzled glances. “That can’t be efficient. I’d rather build houses with wood, thank you”, mumbles Fedor.
“One last proposal is to educate the Letaran workers on employment and workers rights. A quite effective way would be to have the Letaran workers party to take care of the organization here, would it not, perhaps through a push to establish workers councils?”
Another exchange of glances, this time with an added dose of wariness to the puzzlement.
“Let’s just say…”, Inna starts cautiously. “This was a quite foreign concept to our assembly plant workers in Letara at first. But they got the hang of it after a while. And I am happy for our plant to be used as a role model for a format that can work in Letara…”
VAUGHN REVUE LETARA
The magazine that goes out to all of you Letarans driving a Vaughn, Wraith or VCV
Fall 1955
B-SERIES SETS RECORDS!
Beating sales records in an economy that is in a downfall is not a bad thing, and speaks for something. The new VCV B-series utility vehicles does exactly that. They are the fastest selling new vehicles that Vaughn corporation ever have released in Letara. Now that speaks for something. The B-series gives the customer a combination of utility, practicality and ruggedness that no other vehicle on the market can match. The car magazines seems to agree completely. Here is some examples of what they are saying:
“The VCV Enforcer B20 may be the perfect vehicle for, for example, farm use. The simple mechanics means that it is reliable, and should something happen, repairs are easy. The large bed can carry hay bales, pigs, well, everything you may need. This is a far cry from the so called “utility vehicles” from the past that never was up to the task.”
“For years large families have been asking for a vehicle that could carry both the whole family AND their luggage, and doing it with confidence and reliability. It is like if the VCV Rural B24 all of a sudden appeared as an answer to their prayers. 8 seats, a huge loadspace, sturdy mechanics and lots of ground clearance. It is obvious that this is a vehicle that is sacrificing absolutely nothing when it comes to giving you the perfect workhorse.”
“If offerings from, for example Popas or Capable, feels too much like regular cars with lift kits, you should consider a VCV Rural B44. Just looking at it, it becomes obvious that this is a purpouse built go-anywhere utility vehicle. And a test drive does nothing to change our mind on that point. It does exactly what it promises.”
Specifically, there should be five classes in total: one for cars with engines displacing up to 1.6 liters, and another for cars with engines displacing between 1.6 and 2.5 liters. The former class will be called R1 and the latter class will be called R2, with R3 having a capacity range of 2.5 to 3.5 liters. R4 will henceforth be used for cars whose engines have a capacity of between 3.5 and 5 liters; R5 is reserved for cars whose engines displace more than 5 liters.
We are also proposing a similar class structure for road legal cars, but these will allow less extensive modifications than those for dedicated race cars, and each road legal class will be called S1, S2, S3, etc. At any rate, the distance for any race between road legal cars will remain half that of any race involving purpose-built race cars for now.
Forgot to type up my post on here.
Knightwick company 1963 recap
The Knightwick motor company is overall very happy with the sales of the two cars offered in the current sales period. We see room for growth in the small car market however in the premium sector for people who want a well made prestigious car without having the purchase something large and uneconomical.
For the 1964 model year in Letara we will be introducing a new more modern small car into the family and premium family segments. We are expecting this to cement our place with our current market demographic but also appeal to the younger buyer and introduce them to the Knightwick family of cars.
Spending and lobbying proposals
As a forward thinking company our lobbying and spending for the next period will hopefully further the health and well being of the Letaran people.
The spending breakdown is as follows:
The lobbying breakdown is:
The Letaran Government wishes everyone who is celebrating Happy Holidays! Please note that our offices will be running at much reduced capacity, so expect response time delays. The Lobbying Office is keeping their mailboxes open and is eager to receive your letters. Currently 16 companies have sent in their proposals. For those 23 companies that have yet to sent in theirs, you have 4 days and change to send in your letters. Reminder:
Spending and lobbying is open until 23:59 ET on Tuesday, December 27.
A notice detailing our spending and lobbying plans within Letara.
To follow what other companies have done, we would like to put out this notice detailing our lobbying and spending plans for this coming session.
Spending
In addition to maintaining our current factory, we will be putting forward money to expand the aluminum industry, making progress towards full aluminum production in Letara someday. Aluminum is an extremely useful material to build car engines and bodies with, being very light and having very good resistance to corrosion. Our goal is to gradually reduce the cost of this material by expanding its production and infrastructure, with the hope that one day it may be as cheap and accessible as steel.
As well, we will be putting a small investment into the nation’s forestry industry, to aid in its (and by extension, Letara’s) economic recovery.
Lobbying
We have already written at great length about safety, and the Letaran True-Safety Initiative. This 3-part plan involving a revamped safety law, side marker lights, and allowance of radial tires will make up the majority of our lobbying efforts, and we hope it may factor into yours.
We’ll also be speaking against the government’s recent proposal to mandate double head lights. We can find no practical advantages/disadvantages between single and double headlight setups, especially when custom composite designs are involved. The only affect such a law would have, then, is to control cars’ artistic style, which no government has any place doing. Plus, a dual setup would be hard to tastfully incorporate in small cars such as ours.
Finally, as we did last time, we’ll be putting a word towards the banning of lead fuels. We now have common alternatives that are nearly as capable as lead fuels. And though we may experience a minor loss in performance from the minor drop in octane, this will easily be made up by natural refinements in engine technology within just a couple of years. Note that, beyond the ban on lead fuels, we’ve no interest in or opposition to the introduction of emissions standards or gas guzzler taxes at this time.
Thank you,
The Aero Company.
5-chōme-325 Komaki,
Aichi 485-0041, Japan
+81 568-XX-XXXX
This is a notice detailing our spending and lobbying plans within Letara as the decade plays out.
To follow through on what other automotive companies are doing or have done, we would like to put out this notice detailing our lobbying and spending plans for this coming session.
Spending & Lobbying:
In order to capitalize on reducing import costs and all that, we will be spending significant expenditure towards a brand new factory in Letara - aluminum industry and all.
It’s not just the factory in Letara that we’ll be spending capital on, we’ll be assisting Vizzuri in developing the LNDRF (Letara Natural Disaster Response Force), freely accessible higher education along with petrochemical engineering to provide a safer and cleaner future for Letaran society - safety laws are never meant to be written in the blood of those that came before them.
We are also very much strongly in support of Vizzuri’s proposed endurance racing at Lerance Raceway - in fact, we might consult with them regarding the possibility of 24 hour endurance racing. We are considering all offerings from them and will be considering them as such.
We are very pleased to announce our collaboration with Vizzuri and their efforts for a Letara safer from natural disasters, as well as aid provide better higher-education, and finally an even better racing. We are looking forward to seeing all other lobbying results.
Canadian Motors
A company for all.
1 Canadian Motors Circle,
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
+1 519-XXX-XXXX
