Welcome to the forums! That’s a slick car.
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Schnell XL53 V8 (totally not the poor man’s luxury car)
If you had a bit more cash, as in a wad more, you could get a V12 model.
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Those are among your first 4.27 builds (and your best-looking as well), but seeing that even this most recent version of Automation still doesn’t support battery electric powertrains, what kind of engine did you fit to them as placeholders?
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I put a relatively torquey 3.0 I6T with 330lb-ft of torque and 275 horse power mated to a dct7 to mimic electric perfomance
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Come to think of it, this would be a great combination for a pure internal combustion variant, taboo as it might seem in some markets. A different tune for this engine, probably with an extra 100 horsepower but a similar torque figure, would be perfectly appropriate for an M340i/S4/C43 rival - and the pure EV version would have the i4 and Model 3 in its crosshairs.
As for the way they look, I slightly prefer the exterior styling of the Essence, but both have a generally clean appearance that helps them stand out from the crowd.
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Cool car, looks like an Austin 1100 and a Matra Rancho had a baby 
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How long have you been on here designing cars? Do you have a link to any of your earlier works because I’d like to see your progression from then until now. I’ve told you before and I’ll say it again, you’ve got 
designs.
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It’s a sharply styled lifted wagon, with a distinctive front-end treatment that brings to mind the original Ford Focus. Given its appearance and market positioning, I’d expect it to have AWD as standard. At any rate, I’m also assuming it was made in 4.27.
As for the car I just posted, I was glad at how well it turned out, and in retrospect I think it looks better than my actual CSR 142 entry, with better fixture proportioning inside and out.
1970 RAZ-600 Universal Series
Produced in the Soviet Union and Ukraine from 1967 through 1993, the 600 series was produced in either a four-door sedan, four-door estate, or a very low volume three-door estate. It was initially powered by a carbureted 1.9L flat four, later stroked up to 2.1L. By the time 1993 came around however, the design was pretty old and the technology was even older, so it was quietly killed off.
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Looks genuine, I like it.
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1966-77 SAARLAND KARDINAL
In 1966 the somewhat antiquated Saarland Kardinal from the 50s was replaced with a model sharing not much more than the name with its predecessor. The jet-age styling from the 50s was completely gone and replaced with clean, modern lines. The old pushrod inline six was replaced with the new Saarland HICAM inline six, featuring direct acting OHC, that would be produced along with its four cylinder sibling way into the 90s.
There was new stuff everywhere you looked. Disc brakes all around replaced drums, radials replaced crossplies, there was power steering, and advanced safety features for its era, like a collapsible steering column and 3 point seatbelts.
Also new was the size, with the car now having almost american dimensions. One thing that was a bit conservative, though, was the solid rear axle, albeit now resting on coil springs instead of the old leaf springs.
The 1966 Kardinal sure was a well appointed luxury car when it arrived, but it should at the same time mean the end for the really big and luxurious Saarlands. The 1978 Kardinal that replaced it was a smaller model sharing its platform with the Bischof. The oil crisis, as well as raising costs of development, was said to be some of the reasons behind it.
The fact that it could survive for over 10 years, though, is proof enough for how forward thinking the 1966 Kardinal was when it arrived. It should be mentioned that between 1967 an 1969, there was actually a coupé version as a companion to the regular 4 door sedan. Very few built, even less of them have survived to our day, making the Coupé a rare beast.
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1954-58 SAARLAND KARDINAL
In 1954, the old Kardinal with its pre-war roots was replaced with a much more modern looking Kardinal. Technically it was still rather conservative, though. A double wishbone suspension up front, a solid axle with leaf springs, and a pushrod 2.5 litre inline six with a 72 hp power output, giving rather moderate performance, at least from a modern standpoint. The main news was probably that the BOF construction was replaced with an unibody.
However, the strong selling point of the Kardinal was that it was a roomy and comfortable car, as the flagship in the Saarland lineup that it was.
The second generation Kardinal was produced until 1958, when the chubby design was starting to become a bit long in the tooth (remember, car styling evolved quickly in the 50s) and a more space-age styled model took over.
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Heres my old Ladeo Starlight build, originally posted on steam community artwork.
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I love how strange and 70s this looks with the square headlights to throw you off. Its exactly what i would imagine a car like this would look like designed in the 70s, without headlight regulations. well done! (lol two posts up [the green car lol])
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Well, there was no shape/size regulations on headlights in Europe, so square lights was already a thing in the 60s. Thanks!
Yes, it’s a real antiquity! I particularly like its pink colouring and the good, simple and old thorough built construction.
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