With a new round comes more bins. Unfortunately, two entries did not make the cut.
Reasons: So close, but it only qualified as WES 10 and not 11. A very nice and competitive entry otherwise.
Reasons: First, the engine Tech Pool was all set to 0 - not a bin, but it would have been hard to compete. The real reasons are the 230mm wide tyres and it only qualified for WES 9. It was a unique design among entrants.
Maybe it had something to do with me changing engine family year to the more lore correct one, without double checking WES. Oh well.
Most likely yes, setting engine family year to 2005 instead of 2002 made it pass 
@ldub0775 To whomever took those photos, there’s a very fancy plaque on a very high office of my Ad & Marketing department ready to have your name on it. Name your price.
Troll, ill-fitting or simply cars that did not impress Peter.
These cars are nearly all neck and neck, not a lot differentiates them. All good options with many compromises. Unfortunately none are the best options for Peter, but might be for others.
Never thought that the Buchanka would make it in the Top Ten. I count that as an archivement.
Hearse 
trolling failed : HQ will self destruct
Style. Practicality. Efficiency.
These are the most likely to please Peter, not all are perfect (see post-mortem below) but the 5 contenders are really anybody’s game…
… while most of the previous entries were close, very close, the winner was ahead of the pack by a lot (as much as the difference between 13th and 2nd in scoring). Actually, the winner would still have won if it would have been designed by BetterDeals… but thank god it was not and ended up the best looking entry of the class!
Congrats!
Thanks to all entrants, that was fun to judge. As a QFC, which was a very simple ranking, no realism bins, just dinged on one priority. This allows everyone to send in something.
First and foremost I really expect SUV and offroad to fare a bit better… but they also did not compromise for Heavy Duty and stayed true to themselves, which was not great here. A dedicated trim would have fare much better.
I think raising the budget was a mistake, as I thought it would be. It allowed to easily pick the Env Res meta (Alu + CR steel). Also moving Load Capacity to top priority (to curtail more/better luxury SUV a bit) was maybe a bit much. Still, overall the stats balance worked individually, but yeah, overall a lot more priorities related to trucks than others, so they fare much better here. Still think a properly ruggedized Cayenne could have been a contender.
The biggest thing was towing - 2 of the top 5 entries had anemic engines that would not tow much. They were dinged in cohesiveness a lot, but overall there was not actually any rule that pushed for being a good tower. I actually had some basic rules (wheelbase, weight, torque, etc.) but did not post them explicitly so since this is QFC I decided to not apply them.
Feel free to comment here or on discord, always happy for feedback!
Congrats to u the winner! Great round!
Wooooo!! Haha really glad to win one of these. As for the next round, me and @iivansmith are definitely interested in hosting, but are still finalizing some stuff - so expect some news in the next couple of days!
