(Formerly Pink Pony Car Club) (Formerly My Little Pony Car)
Late 1964, and FordFjord has been making a killing with their MustangMustard, garnering mass appeal among the youthful demographic. Now there are rumours that other manufacturers will be coming out with their own take on the compact sedan with a sporty body, and now you have to do the same to. You are tasked with preparing a competing Gasmean (i.e US) domestic model to be released for the 1967 model year that has to be sexy, sporty, and most of all, cheap!
RULES
The Cars Must:
- be on the stable version of Automation
- be model, trim, and variant year 1967. Engine family can be older
- be no more than 2.8 m wheelbase rounded. (2.84 exactly)
- be either a 2 or 3 door (coupe, sedan, and hatchback preferred). Can be a convertible but a solid roof is preferred
- be road legal (i.e Headlights and Tail Lights, Wipers, Muffler, etc). These are for USDM/GDM
- have a minimum of 2+2 seating arrangement
- have a solid rear axle (can be leaf or coil spring)
- have an all iron OHV V8 or I6 (block and heads) SOHC allowed with a $1000 price increase
- use the default techpool (+5)
- use either ladder or monocoque chassis
- use Crossply tires
- use Leaded 98 RON/93 AKI edit: and use only Carburetors
- not exceed 400 CI (~6,600 cc) in engine capacity (if it says 400 CI in the engine designer, good. 401, bad)
- not have any âRaceâ Parts on them (No Semi Slicks, No Race Intake or Exhaust)
- not exceed an Approximate Cost of AM$22,000
- not use any of the bodies from the Legacy Car Bodies Mod
- not use ATS to change the wheelbase length. All other ATS settings are allowed
Breaking any of these will result in being binned: YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED
PRIORITIES
3 Star:
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Appearance
Since a fair number of the buyers will be younger, there is likely to be a higher emphasis on what is in vouge and looks the part for this segment. (Also, I personally would prefer more period correct looks.) -
Performance
These cars are made to appeal to the younger audiences that are into the current car culture, fuel economy and emissions be damned. (0 - 62 MPH and 1/4 Mile times will be mainly looked at, 1 Mile times and skidpad numbers will be used as any tie-breakers)
2 Star:
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Drivability
Even though the majority of the buyers will be enthused about performance cars, many of them will be on the lower side of driving experience, so something that will be easier to handle and less likely to go off the road is preferred. -
Sportiness/Comfort
This demographic may have some compromises with how sporty or comfy their new performance cars are, but they would like a good blend of both best
1 Star:
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Practicality
Even though these cars will be mainly bought for the performance capabilities, they are also still going to need to have enough space for crusinâ, carpoolinâ and any other major life events that will be bestowed on the owner, for better or worse -
Safety
Killing this newly burgeoning market is likely not going to do well when the company wants to build lifelong customers
INSPIRATIONS
Chevolet Camaro/Pontiac Firebird
Ford Mustang/Mercury Cougar
Plymouth Barracuda
AMC Javelin/AMX
SUBMISSIONS
Submissions are to be done via Discourse DMs, and I am happy to allow resubmission. I will use the most recently sent file unless otherwise stated.
Please label your cars appropriately, using âPCM - usernameâ for the model and family name. Trim and Variant names are not restricted
DEADLINES
Rule discussion as this is posted
Submission deadline TBD
FINAL NOTES
Some of these rules might seem a bit restrictive to some, but I would like to have a couple of extra restrictions to be based on what I have been looking up with regards to the âpony carâ market. These arenât hard and fast rules for real life pony cars (there were Mustangs and 'Cudas that had engines up to 427 and 440 CI around this time respectively), but this what the majority of real world examples would have. And yes, I did copy some of the descriptions from one of my other challenges for the priorities, cause Iâm lazy.
Iâm not going to make this a super quick challenge either, just something in the background that people can work on if they feel like it, with no pressure about having as many entries as possible. It is going to be a little bit of a niche comp, and there wasnât a lot of real world examples versus a straight up sports car, but thatâs part of the fun of Automation is the âwhat ifâ factor.