1996-2001 Tokis GlowStik
A Strangely named Japanese subcompact hatchback (remake of a car i made 2 years ago)
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@ketchup66
The different stylings on each body type all look really good! Very nice work and an inspirational design, imo.
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Here is something I have been working on, the 2009 production model of the earlier concept Van Zandt Avant. An eco-friendly and economical car built for the daily commute, the routine go-gets, and the occasional outing.
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2006 Yamaguchi Tesuryo
Beats walking.
Cheap and reliable.
Not too bad at cornering.
Everything you can expect from a car in this class and price range.
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2024 Tartan Tripoli (in 5-door guise here), your standard economy long hatch AKA Škoda Octavia rival.
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Ioniq 6 reimagined are the vibes I’m getting
1988-95 STRENUS SYLPHIDE
To start with, what is a STRENUS???
Well, some people may remember this thread:
The lack of brands on the “affordable, emotional” side made me think. There’s room for one. Also, I have thought a lot about how A&D survived some of the toughest times (mainly after WW2, 70s oil crisis and the waning relevance of small scale manufacturers in the 80s and 90s)…
Enter Strenus. It’s not really supposed to be a budget brand from A&D either. I think of it more like a cross ownership like the VW-Porsche relations in the older days, where I think Porsche was the largest shareholder in VW/VAG, and VW the largest shareholder in Porsche. Also, since there’s sort of part of the lore that A&D was in trouble by the 80s, I think I want to fuse them closer by then.
BUT… I have nothing but vague ideas (more or less the ones I am giving you) about the backstory which is one of the reasons why I don’t want an actual thread yet. The other one? Eh…
I kind of want to make V4 engines a thing of this brand, but until we get the small engine DLC, which seems to be far away still as I have understood it, there will be flat 4 engines in place for them. So, to not have to wipe and rewrite too much of the history, I don’t bother with starting too much of a thread just yet.
But anyway. The Sylphide was a rather typical late 80s C-segment car, and a descendant to the first Strenus, the 1953 Strenus 1100.
Semi quirky styling and some oddball engineering made it stand out from the crowd a bit, but it was still not too weird to be accepted by Mr. (or Mrs.?) Average. This is a 1.5 GL, kind of a mid range version, powered by a 1498 cc, 78 hp engine. The top of the range version? The HT4, a homologation special for rally, with almost three times that power output. But that’s a story for another time.
The Sylphide was only available with one body style, this 5 door hatchback, and was built relatively unchanged until 1995.
Even on the inside, it was obvious that Strenus tried to stand out from the crowd.
Playful upholstery patterns and digital instrumentation made the car feel a bit more than just your average 80s hatchback, despite acres of the typical dark plastics of the era.
The rear seat could be split and folded for maximum versatility, which probably was needed since the luggage compartment weren’t all that big. The headrests were designed to impair visibility as little as possible.
Well, there you had a little story about Strenus, and the Sylphide, and I hope it was enjoyable enough despite me not really knowing in detail what I should do with the brand just yet…
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