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The evolution of premium sedan product by Taiman the only car manifacture of Taimania Socialist Republic.
Coming soon the the descriptions of individual model.
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1972 Essex Leviathan Custom 100
The Essex Leviathan was the full size sedan offering from the Essex Motor Corporation from 1952 through 1990. This is an seventh generation Leviathan, which was produced from 1970 through 1977, and had occasional updates within that time span. During this generation, it was offered with two inline six options, and 4 v8 options. Since this is the “value” model, it has a 255 cubic inch (3.9L) inline six, which makes 153 horsepower and 212 ft-lb of torque. That gives it a 0-60 time of somewhere around 19 seconds. Additionally, the custom 100 has steel wheels, reduced amounts of chrome, taxi grade interior, among other things.
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1975 AMS Starjet
Originally created for QFC2. Powered by a 4.0L I6 developing 170 bhp, so it’s not very fast, but it didn’t need to be.
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At the end of the 80’s, the German brand Krüger wanted to enter the high-end sedan market, in order to increase its revenues and profits, due to its recent alliance with the Pegaso brand, already bankrupt at that time.
The vehicle, soberly named “3-Series”, consisted of a simple, inexpensive, and easy to manufacture sedan (with respect to its exterior design) in order to offer the greatest amount of luxury for the lowest possible price.
While Krüger was in charge of designing the exterior and interior, Pegaso was in charge of developing a new platform and engine. Specifically, they developed a naturally aspirated 3-liter in-line 6-cylinder engine, manufactured with an innovative indirect EFI injection system.
The engine generated an output of 201 horsepower (148 kW), a 5 speed manual transmission (or also a 4 speed automatic), a weight of about 1500 kilograms (3306 lb) and a total traction system designed specifically for this vehicle, made it a good competitor both on the track and for everyday use.
Surprisingly, it competed with vehicles like the Hansel Atlas V8, the Wagner Sigma, there was even a somewhat mediocre German sedan that tried to compete against the 3 Series, it was called… uhhhhhh… Crab… Craber? I don’t know… anyways, I don’t remember the name well.
Photos of the XD 3-Series, featuring a 3 litre Turbodiesel engine, and the X-Motion AWD System
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1967 Concord Venus
The Concord Venus was the compact car offering from the Concord Motor Corporation from 1962 through the company’s bankruptcy in 1998. This second generation model, produced from 1965 through 1971 is optioned out in the “200 Deluxe” trim. This mid-level trim features AM/FM Radio, an 8 track tape deck, 2 speed “Dual-Power” automatic, as well as some other assorted extras. This particular model also has the optional 185 Cubic Inch (3.0L) V6, which came out a year prior to this car. If the V6 isn’t ordered, the standard engine is a 172 Cubic Inch (2.8L) I6. Additionally, a V8 engine had been an option since 1964, but it was only available on the sportier “Sprinter” coupe and sedan models, stations wagons, and coupe utilities.
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1978 SAARLAND KARDINAL
When the fifth generation Kardinal (black) was introduced in 1978, it was a much smaller car than the outgoing model (green). The reason was that it no longer used its own platform, instead it was built on the Bischof. This also meant that there was no 6 cylinder Bischof available anymore, leaving that market to the lower spec Kardinal models. The main differences between Kardinal and Bischof body wise was a more slanted front end on the Kardinal, and a different roofline where the Kardinal was a “faux hardtop” with frameless doors and a hidden B-pillar. The engines, all inline 6 cylinders, were more or less inherited from its predecessor, though the top of the line engine now was bored out to 3 litres and had a power output of 181 hp.
All the Kardinals featured quite upmarket interiors with leather or velour upholstery, and most of the gizmos you could want. What was a little bit less upper class, though, was the chassis engineering. Shared with the Bischof, it was a quite unremarkable Mc Pherson / solid axle coil setup, doing its job but not as refined as some of its competitiors.
The fifth generation Kardinal was produced until 1986.
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My would-be ALC2 entry- the 1962 Somboy 1600L 4-door
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1978-86 SAARLAND BISCHOF PILGER / KARDINAL PILGER
In 1978 the last generation of the Saarland Bischof (blue) was released. In the same year, the large luxury car, the Saarland Kardinal (silver), was downsized and now used the same platform as the new Bischof. That meant that the six cylinder Bischof now was discontinued, from now on a major difference was that the Bischof had four cylinders, and the Kardinal six.
For the first (and last)time ever, there was now a wagon version (“pilger”, as Saarland wagons are usually called) of the Kardinal available.
While the Kardinal sedan used its own, faux hardtop body, the Kardinal wagon was actually a mish-mash of the Kardinal front end and the Bischof wagon body. That meant that the wagon had a visible B-pillar and used the Bischof doors, without the frameless glass of the Kardinal.
Other than the front end and engines, the Kardinal of course had a more luxurious interior, other differences included a sunroof, chrome roof rack, different bumpers and trim, chrome mirrors and 15" alloy wheels instead of 14" steel.
When the Bischof was replaced by the Ambrosia in 1987, the new Kardinal kept building on the Ambrosia platform, however, the station wagon was gone (as well as the Zandvoort coupé), leaving only the 4 door sedan left in the lineup.
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