This Challenge is about building minivans that are meant to race. Contestants will build a racing minivan, post a front, side, rear view images and a Gasmean market image and test track image with the track time. May the Best Minivan Win.
Rules:
Model Year 2019 or newer (we need more model years for kee engine)
Must have atleast 4 cylinders but limited to 8. (Judge’s request)
Must be a minivan
Must have atleast 7 seats
Quality may not exceed 3 on anything
You may use racing parts except Carbon Fibre and Fibre Glass
Minivans must have a drivability of atleast 35
Minivan production costs must not exceed $30K
Minivans must be faster than 140 mph
Minivans must be fuel injected
You must use Kee Engine to build the Minivans
You are limited to one entry
What will be scored?
Aesthetics (this will be 1 - 10)
Top Speed (higher)
Acceleration (lower time for 0 - 62mph)
Drivability (higher)
Seating (more points for more seats)
Price (or lack thereof, but must be selling)
Economy (higher mpg)
Track Time at automation test track (shorter time)
Presentation (1 - 10)
Votes (more votes)
Performance Index (Higher)
I will also be in this competition with a new minivan, so I won’t be judging. Can anyone judge, preferably one that makes youtube videos of Automation Challenges? Cause of this there will be two winners, Judge’s Winner, and Popular Winner.
How to Submit
Car Name (format: Year, Make, Model, Trim/Package, Engine, Engine Variant)
Images (front, side, rear, Design tab, Automation Test Track with time, and Gasmean Market)
Stats that will be scored
Statement on why your minivan is better
Deadlines:
Entries due by Friday, January 5th @ 3:00pm Mountain Time Zone
Voting due by Saturday, January 6th @ 3:00pm Mountain Time Zone
Lets see some racing minivans.
-Notes: I removed MPG cause some of us will say eco mode or what not so you will not be scored on that.
Bit confused as to why more cylinders gets you more points. That’s seems like a bit of a cop-out in terms of competitiveness. Also:
“Racing” challenge; how come there’s no racing actually involved, just track times?
“Racing” again: top speed =/= best race car every time. Is that really a fair way to score ‘race cars’?
Presentation: how is that being judged? What are the criteria? Or is it just subjective.
“Price (or lack thereof, but must be selling)” - So the car can have a price, but it doesn’t have to, and it doesn’t matter how much or how little it is, but it “must be selling”. As in the car must be sellable? This doesn’t make any sense.
Why are you hosting yet another challenge with no intention to host? Is it just because you want to enter it yourself? You should be judging your own challenges and if you really want to enter your car it should be a non-competing benchmark to give entrants an idea of what to aim for. Otherwise you’re just going right back to the “here’s a car I made and I want someone else to do the work of comparing it to other cars.”
Top Speed: 231 mph
Acceleration: 0-62mph @ 3.3 seconds
Drivability: 35.3
Seating: 8
Price: $59760 (that includes 20% markup)
Economy (with modes): economy will no longer be scored so be creative
Eco Mode: 35 MPG
High Way: 32 MPG
City: 28 MPG
Sport: 15 MPG
Track: 7 MPG
CRM: 2.7 MPG
Track Time: 2:13.1
Performance Index: 831.3
This is the Power Wagon, a reincarnation of the very first Minivan developed by Calvinator in 1961. The CRM Power Wagon is a faster, lighter, more responsive version of the Super Wagon. This Minivan boasts almost 1500 BHP, and a speed of 231 mph.
After some consideration, this challenge was a bust, sort of. I will redo this challenge later, but will participate in some others to get a feel for what to do when I do host a challenge.
