We are contracting the next-generation Police cars in this era… and we don’t want to make the same mistakes as the other Gasmean Department a decade ago. Do note, this is right in Smog Era, and in a certain level of choke. But we still want relatively TRADITIONAL large cars [in this time, slightly downsized, Europeans would still call them large] (Yes… I am taking as many stabs at PDC5 as I can)
Vehicle must have a traditional seating arrangement, full benches/2 Fronts, bench rear, full seats only
Engine choice unrestricted, but FRONT ENGINED RWDwe don’t want to retrain cops for different setupsBut Pushrod V8 is heavily prefered
Vehicle must contain a Standard 8 Track
Vehicle must be a 4 doorSedan
Price rough cap is $24,000
Engine to run Standard Unleaded and to have a Catalytic Converter
Vehicle to have an Automatic Transmission there’s no room for a Stickshift when there’s a shotgun in the way
Vehicle to have an attempt at a livery.
Engine ET Limit: 155
Trim ET Limit: 95 they are limits… not recommended to maximise one.
Naming convention
Model/Family: PDC9-Username
Variant: Anything, do include name of vehicle.
Judging Criteria.
Service Costs
Looks
Reliability
Boot Space
Fuel economy which seems weird as a secondary priority, but considering Police cars of this era didn’t run all the time or need to run computers in the car… they were barely running anyway to warrant fuel costs
Drivability
Cost
Safety what’s that?
Comfort
Sportiness if you even get a score
if you try to get a score in a market you are doing this wrong
The ruleset will be left for a day for public scrutiny before we open up.
While I get that pushrod v8 is heavily preferred how will the penalties for differing from that work? Would a pushrod 90* v6 get a lower penalty than for example a DOHC boxer?
I know police cars in the US now, are speed limited to something like 130, so I’d say aim for at least that. Just so long as the performance is of its period really…
