Ackshually…you’re right. The ad lies. That goes for the other specs as well (-0.1L/100km and +3HP)
IMPORTANT UPDATE
Hello I seem to have caused a bit of dumbassery and set the deadline countdown wrong.
The countdown I hyperlinked in the OG post before counted down till 11:59 AM. However, it’s supposed to be PM.
Which means y’all have 26-ish hours to submit/resubmit your entries
Good luck! And apologies for the mistake.
New countdown has been hyperlinked to both OG post and here.
angrycock out.
Submissions Close: 12/1/2024 11:59 PM UTC
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Updated horsepower to correspond with rules,
big thanks to Ludvig for catching that! Much appreciated.
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The '14 Bearcat, even in base form, reminds me of a post-facelift 6th-gen Camaro, but with a more elegant-looking nose and a sleeker rear end. Underneath all those body moldings, however, it seems to be based on one of the '98 Challenger-esque body sets, but with strategically placed fixtures to make it look less like a Challenger, while also disguising the protruding rear bumper that can’t be morphed to be fully flush with the rear fascia.
Also, as soon as I saw the typo in the deadline, I took some time to revise my entry for the purpose of a resubmission, using all of the available budget to increase its comfort, reliability and drivability without losing any sportiness.
2014 Régal Lion 2300 Sport
New facelift for the Lion and a new Sedan trim now sees the day, the 2300 Sport. The budget Hatchback/Sedan Lion has been upgraded and tuned for the enthusiast market.
The 2.3L liter inline 4 engine develops 175hp and allows the 1200kg sedan to get to 100 km/h in 6.5s thanks to its 6-speed auto gearbox and the 4RM four wheel drive system from Régal.
Reliability and fun are the keywords here and it will not break the bank - the engine is not as thirsty as it would seem and servicing it is easy. Truly a gem in your driveway. Starting around 23300 AMU.
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2014 Volato Fission XE-S (G51)
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The 2014 Volato Fission would mark the last year of the G51 generation sales in Australia and Japan, replaced by the G52 in 2016. First introduced in 2005 with the G50 and updated in 2008 to become the G50.5, the Fission started as a practical midsize sedan perfect for the North American and Australian markets and was the largest offering from Volato in the European market.
Replacing the G50 would be the G51, large enough to be called a full-size sedan and being replaced by the smaller Venria C-Dan in the European market.
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The G51 Fission trim options included:
C - Basiest of Base (The least Based)
- 2.3 or 2.5 VolatoMM L4 engines
- CVT or 4/5speed auto, 5speed manual
X - Lower-Mid trim
- 2.3 or 2.5 VolatoMM L4 engines
- CVT or 5speed auto, 5speed manual
X S (X-S) - Sportyish Lower-Mid trim
- 2.5 VMM L4 or 2.7 VMM V6
- CVT or 5/6speed auto, 5/6speed manual
(CVT and 5speed auto not available with 2.7 V6)
X “Edition” (XE) - High-Mid trim
- 2.5 VMM L4 or 2.7 VMM V6
- 5/6speed auto, 5/6speed manual
(CVT and 5speed auto not available with 2.7 V6)
X “Edition” S (XE-S) - Sportier High-Mid trim
- 3.0 VolatoMM V6
- 6speed auto or 6speed manual
X 'Edition" L (XE-L) - Very High trim, sold as the Valor Symmitri in North America.
- 3.0 or 3.2 VolatoMM V6
- 6speed auto
S-VRD - The VRD-tuned XE-S
- 3.2 VolatoMM Special V6
- 6speed manual
The X “Edition” S (XE-S) with a 3.0 VMM V6 and a 6speed auto has been chosen.
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Submissions are closed!
Judgdement on de way. Thanks to everyone who participated. Grazie Ragazzi.
angrycock out.
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What is the Fission based on exactly? It could be one of the '89 Ice Cream body sets (instead of any newer 4-door body sets), since I don’t see any features indicating the use of anything else as a basis. If that’s true, then it’s more convincing than it seems - careful morph/fixture selection and placement can make the Ice Cream body sets look fresh into the 2000s and even the 2010s.
Anyway, with hatches, sedans, and coupes all on the entry list for this QFC, it’s a very diverse bunch!
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It definitely does look like the Millennia/Ice Cream, and it is “modernized” pretty well in this instance. Were I to hazard a guess, I would peg that car at the end of the 00s design language-wise.
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Yeah, the Fission is based on the '89 Ice Cream body. The late-00s styling thing is probably my fault… I changed that up last minute (last few hours) and tried pushing it 2 or 3 years forward. I am very satisfied with the result. I’d like to play around with Ice Cream a little more and see what I can get out of it.
How (i think) my brain was working
So… take an 09 Fusion, make it the size of a Taurus, and add a little bit of '10 Fusion, put it into Automation using a well-shaped Ice Cream body, then forget halfway through that the last year of it is 2014 and not 2012. Then, later down the line, correct this last-minute (last few hours) by going a tiiiny bit more Japanese instead of American and/or European with the styling.
The front kinda became its own thing, separate from the Fusion and Taurus.
Theres… Mercury? Lincoln? maybe a little Saab in the rear. All late 2000s-ish models, another thing that kept it from being more early/mid-10s.
So if you really wanted something to explain it all, then the design language probably was a few years behind.
Everything is mixed into it…
It’s everything!
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You could have just made it like a facelift of a 2009 model instead of trying to push it into 2014 like that
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The '87 Boat and '89 Ice Cream body sets (in all sizes) are among my favorite body sets for all manner of late-'80s, '90s, and even early '00s builds - both of them have such a wide range of morphs that you can make them as rounded or boxy (for the era, anyway) as you want. Using them for 2010s cars is possible, but with difficulty (especially without inventive fixture choice, placement, and sizing).
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Let's Get The Uglies Out, Shall We?
Instabins
If you’re pinged at any point in this round, you dun goofed and I will now bonk you for it.
9 entries out of 26 got instabinned, 3 of which could’ve fixed their issues by simply clicking two different buttons at two different places in the engine designer. Solid stuff.
Halvson G3E Harrier Sport-X by @lotto77
Instabin reason: WES 8.
Literally had to fiddle with these. Would’ve taken 30 seconds max. Shame because decent entry otherwise.
Rear styling was done very nicely and looks better than most Holden rear ends. Can’t say the same about the front. The outline of a nice styling is there, but it needs more depth. Right now it’s about as flat as Keira Knightley.
MKB4K by @OptimusAlpha
Instabin Reason: TRX Tyres, questionable engineering, styling.
TRX Tyres, aka tyres that end on 0s instead of 5s. Not for standard road and consumer usage.
Why does it have 2 lower fascias? There are better ways to do the Lexus/Honda covered middle grille look, and this isn’t one of them.
You really don’t need to align the lights with the seams perfectly. That’s not a thing. Or make your own custom seams.
Roamer Park by @Mausil
Instabin Reason: Extremely Questionable Engineering Decisions
AlSi 4 banger in 2014, pretty normal shit, right?
???
Ogey.
Huh.
The car doesn’t know what it wants to be. It’s got a 6 speed manual with a helical diff but it has adaptive air suspensions. It has AlSi for weight saving but it also has cast iron internals. Not mentioning the looks because… it certainly looks like a car but that’s about it.
Forrest Motors Mako 270S by @JustARandomCrackhead
Instabin Reason: Extremely Questionable Engineering Decisions
Let me get this straight. This is a partial carbon fibre, semi spaceframe, Rear Engine and RWD 7 speed auto, 1.2 ton weighing superlite sportscar with staggered tyres, solid rear discs, 3 seats at the back, electric steering and passive sway bars. The alsi block/head engine has 5 valves but somehow also has cast iron crank and low friction pistons???
This 184 hp producing engine has the opposite issue of a first gen GT86. The GT86 torque falls flat for a bit and then goes up again. This takes the torque all the way to 242nm and then just falls straight below 160nm from then on, while the horsepower just stays stagnant.
Not to mention the first gen GT86 would do 6s or even under while costing less, unlike this car at 6.6s. Partial Carbon Fiber, I remind you.
Shibuya XBS 2.5T Quadcoupe @ArizonaCaseo
Instabin Reason: ABS only, illegal car
Driving aids are a requirement in the modern world in most countries. Yes, I do love my no aid, all analog race cars and this isn’t supposed to be one.
Certainly looks like a car, almost reminds me of the models from GTA San Andreas. Badging too big. Pretty cheap but it also has an all steel construction and pretty terrible drivability compared to the competition. Comfort is high up there, but that’s more of a cheese reason than the car actually being very comfortable.
Uyemura Magistra RK @doot
Instabin Reason: WES 9
My guy… You have a pushrod V6 you oughta be more careful about this stuff.
Very cute front, unfortunately not done by you.
Forget the whole rear, what is that ducktail supposed to be???
Auburn Tungsten Limited AU-Spec by @nate21
Instabin Reason: WES 7
Great looker, dig the E60 eagle-eye ish headlights, side and rear also look very coherent. Unfortunately, you have committed Volkswagen.
More or less solidly engineered otherwise. A car like this would probably have all arounded vented discs at this point, and it’d definitely have an undertray of some sort at the very least. Standard interior at this price is kinda shit though. Work on your techpool allocation.
Pittsburgh Premonition Estate by @Rise_Comics
Instabin Reason: ABS Only, Illegal Car
Same offense as the Shibuya, ABS only in a 2014 car would be illegal almost pretty much anywhere, let alone Australia.
This SICK (not really) RS6 wannabe lookin-ass has premium interior with basic infotainment. Classic minmax. Also an 8 speed slushbox, epic!
Turbo takes 5 business days to reach boost. More Epic!!!
Volato Fission XE-S by @DoesStuff
Instabin Reason: Wrong Engine Variant Year.
Smallest offense but an offense nonetheless. Not forgivable considering hard rules are pretty much set in stone. Decently engineered car otherwise, probably needs a diff. VVL Curve needs adjustment. Techpool allocation could’ve been better to have more budget headroom. Decent looker but looks 5 years too old for 2014. The looks are there, just need modernization.
If you weren’t here, good job. You’ve made it to the prelims.
Just a small announcement. Judgement was finished a long time ago actually, down to figuring out finalists. Just need to figure out the winner. Unfortunately, both hosts are going through a busy patch of lives hence the delay, but we're doing our best.
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its over, need to binmaxx
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If that’s not the definition of a meme build, I don’t know what is. It might even be the most memey and minmaxed challenge build I’ve seen since the infamous Red Rambler from CSR145:
Full marks to its creator for having the audacity to combine partial carbon/aluminum bodywork on an aluminum semi-spaceframe with a rear-mounted 5v/cyl miniature V10, though. But as the review pointed out, the resulting car missed the mark by a wide margin:
The Pittsburgh and Roamer also committed similarly egregious sins, with the latter’s omission of VVT unjustifiable in this day and age - if it had VVL (which I’m assuming it does unless otherwise stated) but not VVT, it would have been even more jarring:
I’m only bringing this up because, back when I hosted CSR137, I received an entrant whose engine had VVL but not VVT.
As for the Pittsburgh, it may have had an 8-speed automatic, but that one wasn’t of the advanced variety (which explains why it was called a “slushbox”).
At least I’m glad my car is fully rules-compliant, without a hint of minmaxing anywhere.
Love you LOL
good luck to everyone else though
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Yeaaaa don’t worry the Fission won’t be like that for long, I’ll figure something out for the future. I usually rework my cars a little post-submission and end up with something that is much better
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Due to the low power rating and higher fuel efficiency required, I saw no need for forged internals, it just would have been a waste of money, and I couldn’t put too much more power in it anyway because of the power/weight limit. Yeah, in hindsight I probably should have gone for an I4 or V6, but I just had way too much fun building it. As for the power curve, I wanted it somewhat flat at peak power, mainly for consistent performance at high RPMs without too much turbo lag. Admittedly, the torque is terrible, but can a GT86 fit three people in it comfortably? Also, another error, the 1st gen GT86 does 0-100 in 7.1 seconds and consumes fuel at a rate of 10.5l/100km average, which makes the Mako not only faster, but cheaper to run as well.