@NormanVauxhall Now I haven’t seen that car in a very, very long time!
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even more absurd graphs
i need photoshipping skillz to make the ads that i want…
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Post more.
will that fix it
Yes. You need to reach a certain rank to be able to PM and Upload attachments.
It’s a spam prevention method.
i waited a week or so
Its about the number of posts, and viewing threads on the forum.
Not time.
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Once upon a time… in 40’s… 4 (some more some less) bright men were discussing the future of transportation. Anton, Leonardo, Max and Rodrigo. They were on a yacht, sitting on lounge chairs, smoking cigars and drinking some classic Smooth whiskey.
On the first day they couldn’t agree on anything but as time passed so did the whiskey. And the concept started to get shape…
On the second day, Anton as a car guy and the oldest and the wisest of the bunch, declared 4 wheels were past, present and future.
On the third day, Leonardo as a young designer, who was at the time obsessed with trains, showed his sketches. All resembled train shapes.
On the forth day, Max who was an ex military pilot, obsessed with engines, power and speed, demanded a powerful V8 was the only way to go.
And Rodrigo? He was the owner of the yacht and on the fifth day he spoke for the first time, insisted on interior resembling his favourite lounge.
On the sixth day, dozens of pigeons led by hawk named Zipp were send with sketches, blueprints and material samples to nearest R&D department.
On day seven 4 men passed out. They were so exhausted, drunk and smoked, their hungover lasted for 40 months or so. So when they woke up, their first future car was made.
Smooth Zipp
Spacious train shaped car capable of exceeding 200 kph while keeping 4 gentlemen relaxed in mahogany lounge with first class armchairs.
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In the late forties, the OSM 1500 high-speed racing series was steadily increasing in popularity in Pannokia and seeking to expand its range. New tracks were sought in surrounding countries for additional races to the calendar and doors opened for new contestants, factory and independent teams alike.
Not ones to back down when a racing series came calling, Howler Automotive decided to rebuild their tried and true Rogue platform with completely new internals to show the series’ veterans what for. A state of the art DOHC 1500cc V12 engine was developed from scratch, along with considerable effort into improved braking systems and cooperation with Stik Tires in high performance compounds.
To meet homologation for the series, the existing Rogue sold to the public proved unsuitable. While its sales numbers were many times beyond the requirement, the common Rogue was built with steel panels on a ladder frame with relatively sensible powerplant choices. To validate the racecar, a version had to be built which had its aluminium panels, tube frame and - albeit simplified and detuned - the new V12.
The result was the barely street legal Howler Rogue R12. It was loud, relatively uncomfortable and very expensive for something that came off the factory floor without a radio. It was also very quick.
While initial sales were not stellar, the homologation requirements were met and the Rogue greenlighted for the grid. The rest became history.
The Rogue decimated the opposition in the OSM 1500, with a Howler Automotive factory Rogue taking first place in the championship four years in a row after fierce battles with DeLannigan Sunbeams, Foddorov KZ149-P’s and the odd Gnoo. In addition, every year two or three modified store-bought R12’s from independent teams finished in the top ten. The popularity of the series grew exponentially as the competition became ever more tense and from having been a solid, popular sports car, the Rogue became a racing icon. Demand skyrocketed, including for the R12.
Only twelve hundred R12 models were sold in total, as the chassis and bodywork required considerable time and resources to build. The buyers included many public figures, musicians, movie stars and racing drivers, and the car was further immortalised in film in the fifties’ private eye series “Hard Cocker” where gentleman, marksman and all-round good guy Frank Cocker put his life on the line to get to the bottom of things every week, Thursdays at eight o’clock PM.
Having been a collectors item from the beginning, and thanks to continued technical support from the factory, the cars that have not been wrapped around a tree have generally been well preserved. While a Rogue R12 has appreciated to become a fairly valuable car, it is not as absurdly expensive as some others thanks to almost eight hundred known specimens in reasonable working order around the world today.
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1946 was the year Solo Motors Co. released its first car: the Beaver. It was a small and cheap family car that quickly gained popularity in Canada. 1946 was also the year that development began for something rather special. Three years of design and engineering brought Solo to mid 1949, where the Beaver had a sizeable share of the Canadian market and the larger 1948 Wolf was gaining in popularity. This is when the iconic first generation Velociraptor was released to the public.
At first glance you might think the Velociraptor is a typical touring car with a high ride height, but that’s quite far from what it is. The Solo Velociraptor is a 4x4 supercar, unleashed on the unsuspecting masses at a time where the supercar didn’t exist.
Powering this beast is a 5.5L OHC V8 producing 220 hp and 297 ft-lb of torque, launching the Velociraptor to 100 km/h in 10.5 seconds and to a top speed of 230 km/h. The 4x4 system with manual locker, offroad skidtray, chunky offroad tires, and raised suspension allow it to remain agile on snow and ice or off the road entirely, making it a practical car for all seasons in Canada.
The galvanized steel frame and aluminium body are what allowed it to survive the last 70 years while the optional luggage rack on this well-preserved model made it a great car for long trip. Fuel economy is 15.4 MPG and was considered adequate for this level of performance at the time.
Inside, you’ll find a high quality luxury interior and radio as well as high quality safety features. Aside from on- and off-road performance, the Velociraptor was designed for comfort and prestige.
1582 examples were produced from 1949 to 1958, and of those just over 900 are known to remain. This particular example is one of 97 built that first year, it was restored to original specifications in 2002, and it has only seen car shows and the odd Sunday drive since.
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today is the deadline and i still havent made my mind up about what i want to submit…
Me also 
That first-generation Velociraptor looks like it could tear up a contemporary rally stage with its off-road gear. I had no such plans when I submitted my entry, though - I wanted it to be simpler mechanically by comparison.
Hopefully I can make a whole car in just 5 hours because I completely forgot about this.
##VELO C-T
[spoiler][color=#111111]no your computer doesn’t have any problem. the gif is choppy on purpose[/color][/spoiler]
before there was the bubble car. there was this type of car. post war, people had no money. there was even no market for any type of cars in some part of Archana. made in a hurry, cheaply, but did NOT disregard any aspect of the driving experience for the drivers. it only costed $700+dealer markup at the time the sale starts in mid 1948. the car was not remarkable from any way you look at it. not even if you look at the spec sheets. the sales started slow, because the remaining riches didn’t give a second look to the car when choosing a car, and also because at the time the rest of the population had the mindset of car=expensive toys for the rich, so they didn’t even looked at any cars, the fact that the Marketing barely get any budget also didn’t help.
but slowly, the car started to built some reputation thanks to the quality it did have. what quality? we’ll start with the bad. it was slow, but, fortunately, not unbearably slow, and the overall built quality was rough, not bad, just rough because it was made from a relatively new company. but what really made it famous was the economical value of the car.
a full tank of gas only costed about $3.5, some people spend almost the same amount of money on cigars in a week. and with only $3.5 you could go to the next town and back and still have half a tank left because it gets up to 38.1MPG(US) / 45.3MPG(UK). what else is amazing? the reliability. you could travel up to 8000miles before it needs any servicing, and was guaranteed to be problem free.
but when it does go down. it’s easy to fix, you don’t need a mechanic. it’s so simple, most of the time, all you need is the manual book, the standard tool kit that came from the factory, and a little bit of time to do it yourself. easy, and cheap. don’t be scared to make a mistake. it can take it. the engine is forgiving to repair mistakes, good for total beginners that know next to nothing about cars.
the drive is also extremely nice. also forgiving, and fun when you push it. the suspension is setup to be easy to handle first and foremost, but the side effect was that it could take any corner with your foot flat to the floor and it won’t be scary since there’s practically no body roll
and did i forget to mention? it fits 5 people, WITH their luggage. it has 3 speed manual gearbox instead of 2 in the other car of the same class. it has a sunroof, a big one. it has suicide doors for easy access to the passengers in the back. fog lamps came as standard.
but in the end it’s just an economy car. a pump and dump car. while it can actually last through time, most people just forget it once something that’s better came out because of the newer tech it had. it was meant to be used, and abused, up to a certain point. what was possible at the time was already being pushed to the boundaries of the time, which means once the boundaries expanded, it’s just another stepping stone to be forgotten.
######this ended up as an essay and not a backstory. dammit. i can’t write for shiz
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Now this is a breath of fresh air… an early post-war people’s car in a field packed with prestigious classics. But for something so slow, it actually looks decent for a start, and was cheap to buy and run - just the thing for cash-strapped Archanans. But I’m sure prestige factors heavily into the scoring for this round - it’s something that most people’s cars rarely have in large amounts, although the one you just made could turn out to be an exception to this rule.
Edit: You meant overall statistics of the vehicle relative to other cars in its class. These are what this round’s rankings will be partly based on. And I will continue to use the term “Archanans” to refer to the people of Archana simply because the devs haven’t come up with an official name yet.
oh yeah… actually… do we have a name for the people in archana? or that is it?
you’re getting ahead of yourself. and please recheck the facts
your assumption was wrong. it’s not the raw numbers. but the numbers based on what type of car it is.
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I call them Archans, Fuinisans, and gassys.
sorta like cubans, artisians, and yankies
for some fucking reason. at first i read that as ‘gays’…