A Step Up
These next two cars are here by virtue of their score, simple as that. There’s a 10-point difference from the higher of the two and the next car.
@HelloHi - Warbler Salton
Statler Salton: Oh, look at that one!
Waldorf Warbler: What about it? It’s a boring minivan! Oh-ho-ho!
S: It’s so boring, it doesn’t even have any standout features! But look at the scores it gets?
W: What about them? All I see is the new Muppets cast - Mostly zeroes!
S&W: Oh-ho-ho!
S: It’s not even good in the land of the mediocre!
Yep. The Warbler is at one of the quartiles in four different stats - drivability, reliability, economy and service costs. It’s at the worse of the two quintiles for each, too. For comfort, it’s low too but still gets 6.9 points (nice). Safety and price are on the good side too, gaining 6.7 and 2.9 there. Unlike the previously-judged cars, this car does not really have any massive outlier stats dragging it down, which makes it the first car to post a positive sum of stats - and one of only three to post no negative scores.
On styling, this runs into the lack of side markers again… But with front markers mounted on the inside of the headlights, you don’t even get to rely on those. -2 points. Otherwise, bland and boring - good job!
Final Score: 83.5 points.
TLDR: A solid entry, but spends too much time at the quintiles.
@shibusu - Ilaris Ilis SLX
The Ilaris, like the Warbler, spends a lot of time near the edges. 3.5 points from safety, 3.6 from service cost, 7.5 from price… It even manages to get 17.1 from drivability, and 8.2 from economy. It’s just a shame you got caught in one of the game’s biggest black boxes - reliability. I have no idea why. Your car seems perfectly fine, all told. Maybe it’s just using no quality anywhere. Whatever the case, you have the lowest reliability of them all, getting smacked with a -11.7 point penalty. That’s what holds you back.
It’s a shame, because this is honestly my favourite-as-mediocre entry. It’s just so, so very much a blob. This is blob styling, condensed down to its purest, blobbiest, boringest form. The full 50 points, and a gold star of commendation for excellence in blob.
Final score: 87.0 Points
TLDR: Let down by one singular stat, hate to see it.