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1992 SAARLAND KOSMOS Mk1
When the first generation Saarland Kosmos was released in 1992, it was hardly with ground breaking technology as a sales argument. Fact is that technology was more or less a carryover from the Saarland Adjunkt that it replaced, with a transverse inline four, Mc Pherson struts up front and torsion beam rear axle.
However, for a buyer that did not care about technology a lot, the Kosmos offered economical, practical and reliable transportation, as the sanely priced compact car it was.
The Mk1 Kosmos was produced until 1998, when it was replaced with the more technically advanced and modernly styled Mk2.
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I really quite like the front end design of that.
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I like the front and rear for sure, reminds me of a Kia/Hyundai product from back in the day.
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Thanks!
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A slow but faithful companion for the early post-war family man - that’s the Winslow in a nutshell.
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1965-90 IP ROYALIST
Hand built in a few examples every year, the Royalist has been the finest vehicle IP has to offer ever since its introduction in 1955.
The second generation was introduced in 1965, and introduced lots of new technology. The suspension now was hydropneumatic, and it was propelled forward by an all new 4 litre V8, mated to a 3 speed automatic transmission. A power output of 185 hp would not break any land speed records, but being able to reach over 200 km/h wasn’t bad in this era.
When it came to standard equipment, almost everything you could think of in 1965 was there. The passengers were riding in comfort in four individually reclining bucket seats, upholstered in the highest quality leather.
Like its predecessor, it was built on a ladder chassis, which IP had abandoned for the rest of their passenger car lineup. It was also the first IP to feature a semi trailing arm rear suspension.
The second generation Royalist had an unusually long life-cycle for an IP vehicle and was not replaced by the third generation until 1990.
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Most variants of the '84 Muni body (in all sizes, with the exception of the 3- and 5-door hatchbacks) have a glasshouse that’s too tall for its length, not helped by the lack of roof and rear window morphing zones (at least the former of which the '88 405/E36-esque bodies have) - but with the Kosmos Mk1, you have made it look fairly decent.
Well, I think the tall glasshouse gives it a little character. A car where practicality trumps styling. Also, this was the era when you still could see out of cars, so…
But I have never liked working on the Muni body, it is kind of hard to make it look decent.
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I can see your eye is a diamond - you definitely maded lift the front axle over the back.
I absolutely love the stern look of it auto and the coolness of the design as a whole.
Maybe Royalist a little powerful for its era, but it’s got a lot of fun.
My Assessment:
Appearance: 8/10
Chassis: 9/10
I’m also a little surprised by the positive camber on the rear axle, but to be honest, I don’t really know how it affects the ride.
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I do agree that it looks like positive camber on the pictures but probably something is fooling the eye since it is -0.1 degrees in the game.
Also, it should be kept in mind that it is a luxury car, compared to some other similar cars of the era it is slightly more powerful than the Mercedes 300 SE, slightly less powerful than the Jaguar MkII 3.4, so I’d say that it has a relatively normal power figure.
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In fact, I’m surprised that such powerful machines could be maded in the 50s. It seems to me that in the 20th century there was a rigid division of vehicle classes: tractors remained tractors, sports cars remained sports cars, off-road cars remained off-road cars and motorbikes remained motorbikes. The 1950 Ferrari 340 F1, for example, had a 340hp power unit and was suitable only for the track.
And yet, in those days it was a big challenge to build reliable, powerful engines.
Just think of your favourite US musclecars: their displacement could easily reach 7 litres, but they did not take much power from them - the efficiency was rather low. I am reminded of the example of the 1967 Ford Mustang Shelby GT500: it only had 355bhp. 16 valves and a displacement of 7 litres! 427 ci.
Maybe the Americans liked to build cool and simple bars to brag about afterwards by opening the bonnet!
Such pistons required an extreme amount of fuel. And the fuel consumption could easily reach amount around 30 litres per 100 km. Or 7.8 mpg.
But there was never any problem with fuel in America, so only scientists could make automakers limit the output of such harmful hot substances.
I, on the other hand, perceive such cars extremely passively, because I’m aware of all the harm that one such steam locomotive does to the environment.
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Well, enjoy the pictures…not only did the morphs reset behind recognition, half of the fixtures are gone too! 
I now genuinely hate Automation.
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Dude, that’s a bummer.
Damn that sucks!! Was there a recent update?..ive been playing Zelda for the past few days
No update AFAIK…game crashed and the next time I opened it, it was broken. 
A shame since this is the car I have put the most time and energy into ever.
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Ive got one rn that ive put a lot of time into as well, im kinda scared to open the game!
Sorry that happened to you!!
Lesson learned: Do backups of the cars you want to keep. 
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