Yup, send me a pm with your car by the 6th.
Iâm just going to say, I found a way to go max strop on this. Iâm a bit bored of making cars that aim at the challenge. Itâs time to see just how much power one can cram into a shitbox that still gets 40mpg xD
lol⌠i quite literally just submitted the exact opposite of what strop is trying to doâŚ
a facelift and a rebuilt version of the Komodo Logic from the 1990.
this time with an FF trans
Consider me as a competitor in your target market 
Entering the brand-new for 1993, Baltazar Quark, here on mid-range trim 1.4 EX.
Based on the requirements of the american market, this fuel efficient car has a 74 hp engine and a radio fitted as standard. We felt that the 1.1 BS entry-level car offered in Europe and Latin america wouldnât be up to the american standards, thus we decided to use this higher powered, better equipped car.
I had this car lying around from the time I tested the formulas and limits for the somwos, and wasnât changed in any way to fit the requirements of this competition better. I only chose it over the 1.1 engined trims, despite it being more economical and cheaper, because those were too slow, at 18 seconds to 100.
Welp, Leoâs in it. Iâve lost already. 
Well, Leo did say he didnât change anything (who are we kidding, itâs already a great econobox no matter the metric).
Meanwhile, I realised that the original Fore Birdie would have cost not very much, especially if I were to retcon the use of the VTEC system which was very expensive. So I fell to the dark side and I think the car may be⌠quite quick. Itâs fast around the track, sure, but⌠the doors may fall off.
Whatâs this? Why, it looks like an advert from an early 90s car magazineâŚ
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Built on borrowed time between all three of the Storm Automotive companies, the Storm Spiteful has arrived.
Using a re-badged and cheapened version of one of Pharte Auto Worksâ engines, with the steel and white enamel paint supplied by Arctic Motors, and squeezed into the retired-ten-years-ago production line back at Storm Automotive, the Spiteful isnât exactly the most prestigious car.
So, why buy this over some other companyâs design? Well, for starters, itâs not a rinky-dink little two-door coupe, or three door hatch. This is a proper 5-door wagon. We also have an engine that requires little in the way of expensive service, so you have nothing to fear about bringing the car in for maintenance, which means itâll be on the road for a very long time.
Have we also mentioned itâs not some tiny little toy car? You wonât feel like the entire world is laughing at you when youâre driving a Spiteful.
(Note to my fellow competitors: No offense meant to your cars. 1990-1996 was a time where Storm Automotive was, at least in my written lore so far, not doing so good, so they took it upon themselves to try to smear other car companies with mud in hopes of boosting sales. The tactic probably didnât work, and certainly wouldnât have earned them many friends in the marketplace. By 1997, things picked up because the quality returned to the cars, and they fired the marketing âgeniusâ behind the smear campaigns in all the car advertisements. Iâm just playing it true to the company for the year.)
well⌠at least you didnât go overboard with the taillights again.
thatâs something
also. for fun. i also tried to make something for SPEED, POWAH
end up with almost 100HP/liter engine out of a 1.1l with 108HP
getting slightly more than 40mpg, 8.9s 0-60 and low 2:30 around the ATT.
while surprisingly⌠still gets more than 73 reliability 
i donât understand.
The extremely crazy tail light designs take a lot of effort, and donât exactly fit the theme of a really crappy 90âs car.
Nice specific output koolkei. Thatâs what I was getting until I started feeling my total output was nowhere near enough. I sacrificed a bit of efficiency but have what I consider to be âadequateâ now 
Reliability remains good if youâre sensible with the redline and the boost. And with no negative quality, basic parts and decent panels trim reliability starts out at about 85.
To be honest mine is really shonky at 64.6. Because I made the steel panels really flimsy.
hmmm
stropâs level of âadequateââŚ
itâs at least twice mine isnât it?
[quote=âstropâ]Nice specific output koolkei. Thatâs what I was getting until I started feeling my total output was nowhere near enough. I sacrificed a bit of efficiency but have what I consider to be âadequateâ now
Reliability remains good if youâre sensible with the redline and the boost. And with no negative quality, basic parts and decent panels trim reliability starts out at about 85.
To be honest mine is really shonky at 64.6. Because I made the steel panels really flimsy.[/quote]
Sounds like you built an Alfa again
As I was just asked in PM I shall confirm in thread, yes revisions will be allowed, please show some restraint in the number of PMâs however.
Hmm, as I see for this type of challenge, everyone can feel like a winner, yes? 
Yep⌠consider what the MM Excelsior was like in an earlier challenge. It looked cool, it drove like the blazes, but if you so much as shut the door too hard, itâd probably fall off. Same deal here.
But it goes really fast. I am working on a nice tagline for the ad. Something like if you must drive a shitbox, youâll want to get from A to B as fast as possible or something⌠has to have punchy phrasingâŚ
I love how almost every advert so far is just a re-iteration of âWell I mean⌠Itâs not⌠so badâŚâ
Then youâve got mine, trying to reassure people that you should at least buy the bigger shitbox, because thereâs no way to recover your dignity after squeezing yourself out of a shoebox.