New game engine, new ideas? Here I’ll be posting a few builds I like.
1988 Smoove Leopard Coupé S is a stylish, comfortable and efficient commuter car for an adult contemporary audience. Featuring an all aluminum 2.0L, 24V V6 with a pair of electronically controlled carburettors and inbuilt Smoove Electronic Engine Management system with diagnostic functions the Leopard S offers outstanding refinement combined with never before seen ease of maintenance.
realistic design with a bit of an oddball engine choice; very 80s! the use of a 2.0L V6 rather than a 1.6 or 1.8 I4 will providea very smooth idle and acceleration, along with more than enough pep for city driving and enough torque to keep rpms low on the highway. great looking car!
I really like the design of this one, keeps it minimal yet realistic. That small displacement V6 adds to the cool factor as well.
Single point EFI can be used to simulate them, but it only allows one throttle body.
Regardless, the Leopard looks like a late-80s/early-90s mid-sizer should. And a twin-turbo version of that V6 with multi-point EFI would be a logical choice for a high-performance version.
Many people would love a high performance version of the Leopard. So we delivered. 1989 Leopard Lynx SE.
Smoove Talladega NTE, or what happens when you take a luxury coupe (i.e. the Smoove Talladega) and turn it into a road legal Stock Car. Not necessarily conforming to stock car regs (Turbo Straight Six with EFI and Catalyst) but besides the point.
1996 Talladega NTE 410 has a 4.1L DOHC 24V Straight Six with 511hp and 750Nm, driving the rear wheels through a five speed automatic transmission. The low drag, high downforce aero kit help propel this 1.8 ton tank to a top speed of over 200mph.
The engine and transmission were chosen because Smoove only had one engine block and transmission capable of withstanding this kind of power, their E7 normally found in trucks and vans. The E7 is a 12V OHV engine but extremely durable. Earlier Talladega NTEs used the 3.7 and 3.9 E7 Turbo engine with up to 410hp. The 1996 model has an E9 4.1L overbore DOHC engine with much more power at high rpm.
Kinda looks like a Blazer in my opinion.
That might be a stretch considering its dual live axle setup, even though it is fully coil-sprung.
It is not to be seen as an early interpretation of current High-Performance SUVs, I don’t think anyone was seriously considering SUVs heavily optimized for track use at that point. Even the GMC Typhoon was still half a decade away. The Ranger is more a traditional muscle truck, a mid-size SUV with a potent V8, a Jeep Cherokee on steroids. A Grand Cherokee so to say. 
@desperatedonut5 I see where you are coming from. I tried my best but the bodyshape paired with the square headlamps made it look like an S10 anyway lol.
The 1993 Smoove Sabre 500 and Sabre 1000 are your friendly neighborhood Landyacht, even if it is rather compact. Comes in a 3.8L V6 or a 5.1L V8.
1991 Smoove Omega Limited Series 55, old school luxury meets new school slickness.
Engine is a 4.8L Iron Block Pushrod V8, engine code Smoove E4, making 210hp and 290ft-lbs paired to a 4-speed automatic only. The Omega is sitting on Smooves long running L-Body Chassis which now features multi-link IRS suspension. 0-60 may still take 10s, but few cars are as quiet, relaxing and comfortable as an Omega Limited.
Such realism! I simply adore that front end!
The Omega was updated for the 1994 model year, featuring minor visual changes and more powerful enlargened engines, a 5.5L for the Omega Special and a 5.8L for the Omega Limited and Touring Sedan with 240hp/325ft-lb or 265hp/345ft-lb respectively. Also AWD became an option for the Limited.
Why does nobody build a full-size, V8, body on frame Landyacht anymore?
Well there is plenty of reasond for that. But that won’t stop me from trying. Introducing the 2020 Smoove Spectre Limited, keeping the american dream alive with a proper seperate frame isolating the occupants from the road like nothing else and a full bore, full roar, naturally aspirated, 520 cubic inch (8521cc) 16 valve Pushrod V8 up front providing 540hp and 620ft-lb. 15mpg city and highway!
