If it’s set in 1999 then surely you would want the bodies older than that?
What you dont want is them newer, ie 2000 and after
oh i just noticed i made a typo and got confused my bad
1999 Mara Asteri 1.6 LK and its 2-litre touring car version
(No road car interior shot because its very barebones atm)
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The Enigma 601. The Perfect Summer City Car. Or Summer Track Car. Whatever you like
Coming in at just 770 kg and 50hp, the Engima 601 as the base version, is the perfect city car. It being light and having a small 1L engine, helps it achive great fuel economy, averaging 6.1 l/100km (38.6 MPG US). Overall, a nice little companion for life.
On the other hand, the engineers at Enigma decided to spice things up a bit. Introducing the 601 road car’s big brother, the 601 Race Car. Coming in at the same weight as the base model, this little rocket produces 200hp from its 1.6L NA straight-four engine, that is capable of revving up to 9400 RPM. Paired to a 5-speed manual transmission, it makes for a cheap track missile that will surely bully some performance vehicles anywhere it goes. Just like the base model, it is front-wheel driven, giving it great cornering performance.
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So, to clarify, you want bodies to be 1999 and OLDER. Correct?
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im genuily confused, it is meant to be like 1999, 1998 1997 and all, it just cant be from 2000, 2001 or 2002 etc
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The year is 1999. It’s a crisp autumn evening, and as you walk home from work, a thick mist begins to settle, making it hard to even see your own hands. The cold bites at you, and all you can think about is the hot shower waiting at home, followed by the comfort of your cozy bed. In the distance, the Pont Valentré looms, signaling that you’re almost there. The end of this arduous walk is in sight, and nothing can break your focus.
You hear the faint sound of cars in the distance, likely workers heading to their night shifts. The sound is soothing, a small comfort on this chilly evening. Normally, you’d drive, but your car is in the shop, leaving you to make this long trek on foot. You find yourself wishing for a new, more reliable vehicle. Suddenly, a loud noise shatters your thoughts—a screaming engine approaches. It must be a performance car, something with a roaring V12, you think. You pause, expecting to see a Ferrari or Mercedes speed past, but what you witness is entirely unexpected. A bright orange car blazes by, unlike anything you’ve seen before. The last thing you catch are its taillights and the flames shooting out of its four exhausts before it disappears into the mist. You continue on your way, intrigued.
Once home, your curiosity gets the best of you. You flip through car magazines, searching for any information on that mysterious orange car. Then, you find it: the Agilità Una, by George Automotive. The description reads:
“5-speed manual transmission, capable of reaching speeds up to 220 kph, a roaring V12 engine producing 175 HP, with room for a family of four, all for the low price of $14,800.”
You can hardly believe it—a sports car with a V12 for under $15,000? There’s only one thought on your mind: You have to buy it.
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Years 1993, Your cousins 15K 260 CMT (When it was new) Is serving you well as a parts runner.
With that 5 speed and a decent 341 V8, it does what it needs to.
Hauling JDM engines, transmissions and the like without major issue. Friends borrow the thing all the time, so it’s not in the low digits mileage wise, and had a few OEM replacement parts put onto it in it’s life.
The truck’s doing well, but your a little unhappy it’s not keeping up with your JDM projects it’s hauling the engines for. Maybe it’s time to put some power into it? Maybe an intake, different heads and possibly a new form of Asperation?
After scouring forums for hours late into the early AM’s you come across a thread that shows a poor picture of a truck on a Roll Back that you’ve never seen before.
It naturally peaks your interest as someone always working on JDM cars, where, why and who made this truck?
Reading into the comments tell you it’s been spotted at local race tracks, not racing for anyone other than “Hokkaido Street Tuning.” Odd, why would a Japanese company that is known for tuning cars to very high tiers, tune an American truck?
You manage to find a link to the HST website, and it tells you not much other than a new line up of parts is coming out soon.
Unhelpful.
You give your contact that frequents the Japanese landscape a ring.
“Hey what’s up?”
“I’m looking at a truck here, appears to be in front of a Manga store, on a black roll back. Purple stripes on white paint. Have any clue what I’m talking about?”
“Have a rough idea of the team it’s racing for?”
“Hokkaido Street Tuning, and only that company.”
“Oh! I know exactly what your talking about, you mean the Test Truck?”
“…I guess?”
“It’s a weird choice of vehicle, but I was told the Owner of HST, Komoko Aomi, was offered a partnership with the brand Cthanil if she could prover her company was willing and good enough to tune a high performance truck for them.”
“H-How do you know that?”
“I spotted and have some pictures of the truck, caught it at the Daikoku PA one day by happenstance.
Talked with Komoko herself, nice gal honestly. It’s currently testing parts, like turbos and stuff.”
“I’m being bothered by someone else where, talk to you later. Oh and I’ll send those pictures your way.”
Now you know what parts your gonna buy for your truck when they become available.
In all reality, I had a lot of fun doing this challenge. Thanks!
Making something out of my comfort zone creates very cool cars like this.
Wanted a Wangan style look to the HST test truck, and a parts runner look for the non-race version.
(Also my very first post, so I apologize for the garbage formatting.)
((P.S. Don’t crank the boost up on the HST, it totally wasn’t done for 500 HP until I read the 300-350 limit.))
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1996 Vidar Leapstar
Based on the 1996 USDM Vidar Leapstar 220GL, the Leapstar Racer uses the same 2.2L v6 that been bored out to 2.4L and tuned for amateur racing.
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'99 GEC GC20
Small and light, with a sub-900kg kerb weight in race trim, ensuring that 225 bhp from a naturally aspirated I4 is enough for any situation.
1 DAY LEFT!!!
I love that truck already
TIME IS UP! no more entries.
it’s been almost a month, any updates?
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Are there any updates already?
First, i was gonna originally bin some entries for the mechanical part of this challenge but really it would’nt be really useful as this challenge should’ve just been more design focused instead than just giving some half-baked weird rules, but sorry if this part did actualy affect any entry, which originally really did not deserve to get binned, i will also explain to why this took so long in the end of this.
And now the actual reviews!
starting from the people with less points
@Kobalt619’s Samina Matador RR-One
this is just a absolute mess that i am just so confused by looking at it, like… the two tone is definitively questionable and all of the letters being lowercase chrome? awful rims and the one of the most generic front and rear i’ve seen on that body
Quiz’s Rate: 2.5/10
Frontera’s Rate: 2.5/10
so in the end the vehicle got 5/20
@PhirmEggplant’s Markov 4SC ATC
First, The car has too much wheel offset (in the picture it dosent look that weird)
The car has a… peculiar design i would say, but it really does not fit the 90s, as the headligths do look more like something from 2016, and the rear is also kinda weird overall, and the livery is quite lazy and the car itself did not have alot to stand out.
Quiz’s rate: 2/10
Frontera’s rate: 3/10
so in the end the vehicle got 5/20.
@George 's Agilita Una
the car itself is quite messy and the rear is also extremely weird, the livery is very very lazy and the doorhandles look weird, probally couldve been done better, but alteast the design does actually fit the 90s era.
Quiz’s Rate: 4/10
Frontera’s Rate:4.5/10
so in the end the vehicle has gotten 8.5/20
@AndiD 's Mara Asteri
the car does kinda look weird because it for some reason uses one of the biggest wheelbase version of the body for some reason which does make the car feel elongated, the front is okay’ish but the rims are awful, the rear is also quite bad and didnt really get that much effort put into.
Quiz’s Rate: 5/10
Frontera’s Rate: 5/10
so in the end the vehicle has gotten 10/20
@Sandstorm 's Summit Palace
the car is okay ish i guess but the main thing that is kinda annoying me alot is the headligths that do look too much modern and also for the fact that the livery is kinda lazy but anything else was “decently” built
Quiz’s Rate:5/10
Frontera’s Rate: 5.5/10
so in the end the vehicle has gotten 10.5/20
@machalel’s Vidar Leapstar
the car has probally one of the coolest liveries in this whole challenge, and the rear looks indeed quite cool, but i would say the only problem there is the fact that there is a intercooler inside the headligth for some reason, the rear is the part where it made it lose alot of points though, as the ligths werent really aligned with the stripes and the rear bumper is quite weird.
Quiz’s rate:7/10
Frontera rate:6/10
so in the end the vehicle has gotten 13/20
@abg7’s GEC GC20 SBR
for the styling? there’s the rear plate bracket, and also the foglights maybe a little too small for a 90’s car but the vehicle does indeed look like it would fit in the 90s, the livery is also quite lazy but atleast theres a bit of effort.
Quiz’s Rate: 6/10
Frontera’s Rate: 7/10
so in the end the vehicle has gotten 13/20
@yakiniku260 's Kanto Sport
to be honest the car itself is okay ish but the main fact that throws this thing down alot is the unecessary widebody that makes it look like a GT3 car and the fact that the ligths are DEFINITIVELY not from the 90s, and yeah, having a car from the 90s with a headlight from the 2020s is a big turn down
Quiz’s Rate: 8/10
Frontera’s Rate: 6/10
so in the end the vehicle has gotten 14/20
@Zertyz 's Enigma 601
its a car that gives really well the vibes of 90s peugeots that has the best livery of all entries for me but it dosent really give alot to the table, with also the tires being in default red
Quiz’s Rate:6/10
Frontera’s Rate: 8.5/10
so in the end the vehicle has gotten 14.5/20
@sweetener 's Kishi Neo
almost everything of this car is cool and fitting out on the era with the taillights and all, maybe the headligths could’ve gotten more effort into a bit and also for some reason the tires are in default automation red again for some reason
Quiz’s Rate: 8/10
Frontera’s Rate: 7.5/10
so in the end the vehicle has gotten 15.5/20
@Iryna_Zinovac 's CMT 260
definitively the most entry with the most effort by far, with its 2000+ fixtures that killed my pc twice while trying to load it, also has a really neat FULL 3d body while also being the only pickup in this challenge, theres a few weird little things here and there but its a perfect recreation of a 90s GM truck
Quiz’s Rate: 7/10
Frontera’s Rate: 9/10
so in the end the vehicle has gotten 16/20
(you can jump this wall of text if you dont care about the challenge)
I need to say, im really sorry for taking too long to do this, basically like 7 months of waiting for just a mediocre “ish” challenge as this really was not planned and made well, overall were just half-baked yet i still did go further with this, and for you all wondering why this did took so long, was for the lack of motivation, several mental breakdowns i’ve had in this time span and just not really having time at all, but first before giving any criticism at all, please just be constructive and not just straight up saying that i do suck at making challenges, (even though i know i do and thats why this will probally be my first and last one) as i just really wanted to finish this off for so long as i did feel a bit of guilt for not being able to do it, even though people asked to me in the dms and other places why it took so long and all, and also out on my fault, i could’ve stated right here in the own challenge reply part that i was working on it but everytime i tried to do another reply with this save i was afraid i’d lose it too so, anyways, thanks if you actually read all of this, and if you have any feedback or just tell me anything i missed or did wrong, dont hesitate so
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Yeah that’s an export/import error or bug. Doesn’t look like that on mine :S
But thank you for the kind words about the livery 