because to get the required economy, you wouldn’t be able to complete the 0-62mph run until 1950.
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Thank you it was initial styled to look like a Bristol 400 and that is very similar to a BMW in grille. The indicators in the vents idea came from Delahaye.
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my car admittedly has shit stats but 0-100 in 10 point something, 220kph and manages 8.75l/100km
Good thing acceleration isn’t being graded… 
Shit stats blimey that makes my car seem 3 legged in comparison. Edit when talking about 0-100 are you in kph or mph.
kph of course, 0-100 in mph is an odd statistic to measure 
Okay 
I found the struggle of keeping the speed and acceleration whilst still having at least the minimum mpg rather difficult.
Why bother keeping acceleration if it’s not being rated :^)
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I meant acceleration in the way of having the car not be sluggish off the mark in general rather than getting it to a certain point or under a certain time.
Acceleration doesn’t matter, indeed.
Also, just for verification purposes, I had a quick go at building a Continental based on the body @lordvader1 suggested. Does turn out to be a bit on the difficult side just to fulfill the requirements besides reliability, but definetely not impossible with the options provided for the class.
Don’t stangle yourselves thinking the continentals are supposed to be luxurious GT’s 
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nah just put a 1 liter engine and you are good to go
Then you end up with terrible drivability due to it being horrendously underpowered
Or take a 3l V8, with 21% efficiency
Oh damn, I already managed to read incorrectly and thought the Continental Commuters had a capacity limit
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Yeah I had that same issue initially but it’s not necessarily a bad thing to stick to 2L anyway. Though I am mystified at the amount of trouble being reported. Sure the stats are crap but it’s not that difficult to hit the fuel and reliability requirements if you don’t go Super ham on finnicky engineering choices. Keep it simple. And still choose a sensible body, or you’ll never achieve anywhere near ram’s stats.
What I do wonder is just how much extra cost the continental allows. For example I can make a decent commuter that satisfies the original rules for a bit under 7k (quite a bit cheaper now considering the change in top speed rule). So would a bit over 9k for a continental be ok? Too cheap? I’m still a bit lost.
I seem to have done the same thing and only put a 2 litre in my vehicle oopsie 
. However I have managed to hit all the targets and I hope I haven’t over done it price wise so a 2 liter might not be that bad.
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Think of the Continentals more as concept cars.
It is possible to excuse being the most expensive by being top in economy and speed. They are not supposed to beat the Commutes in price.
OK that has ceased my worrying a little I was afraid I had built overly expensive. I still believe that my car is too pricey but we’ll have to wait and see.
I still can’t find much reason to go full ham on everything. I mean I know what getting more mileage and speed involves when you’re allowed to use non-mass production parts, but for the premise of a post WWII build, I just think using aluminium would be a rather daft proposition (because there’s a world shortage of the stuff thanks to several years of making a lot of planes etc out of it).
Either way, I now realise my “continential cruiser on the cheap” is still faster than my daily driver and nearly as economical. I take consolation in the fact my daily is probably 3 times as comfortable and safe.
Carlton Centuries
As part of Carlton plan’s expansion to European market, Carlton Ltd design a simple standard compact people commuter that excel on fuel economy plus easy and cheap to produce. Carlton Centuries taking different approach compared to typical US car design especially on body dimension where the car itself considered small with only 3.6 meter long with 2.1 meter wheelbase.
not only lightweighted, Centuries also have have aerodynamic efficiency in term body shape to help reducing drags which also help to reduce fuel consumption and also top speed. for the engine itself Carlton staying with the V8 design except with only 122 cubic displacement and still able to produce 74.8 HP and still able to reach 100MPH speed which pretty much decent if you compared to most production car especially with bigger engine displacement and engine power output
it may not cheapest car with factory price $6900 however with $3345.40 production cost and 61.59 production unit the Carlton Centuries will be the best approach for the European economy market that still recovering
*note since i cant set license plate on front bumper and the grill overlap it, just imagine it was there so it doesnt look weird
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