While the recenetly released 1986 Criado 6 was quite successful, Midgård Cars was not pleased with the fact that the most basic Criado 6 cost 11330$. They were also not pleased with the fuel consumption of the Criado, even though it was hard to keep fuel consumption down with carburetted engines, even at low displacements such as 1400cc, compared to fuel injected designs. The design team went back to the drawing board to try to lower production costs and running costs of the car.
First of all, the panels would be made with polymers instead of steel to lower both weight and costs. The car would have three doors instead of five like the Criado 6, and it would only have a four speed gearbox. The car would be named the Criado PQO.
After a design draft was made, the team built one (mostly) functional Criado PQO to see how it would perform. All calculations and estimates were brought to the management office and the numbers were disappointing.
The Criado PQO was only 110$ cheaper than a basic Criado 6 and it was less drivable and comfortable than the Criado 6. Running costs were estimated to be the same as a basic Criado 6 and fuel consumption was slightly higher than the Criado 6.
The CEO and management team decided that the Criado PQO would not go into production since it was “…] basically a shittier and uglier version of the Criado 6”, according to the CEO.
There isn’t much information about the Criado PQO concept since most of it is confidential. Some believe that the documentation is confidential because Midgård might revive the Criado PQO project in the future.
Below are pictures of the concept design and parts of the calculation and design documentation that aren’t confidential.
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