The Crowd Sourcing Competition 16: A Fleeting Moment in Diesel City
City Fleet Co. is the largest specialised company of fleet cars in the region, with its headquarters in one of the many towering skyscrapers of Diesel City. In the executive board room overlooking the jumble of clogged and hazy streets, all the highest executives and engineers are gathered for a meeting on developing a new model for one of their most lucrative segments: the taxi.
The new 2020 Fleet Cab II should become the standard for taxis for years to come, and as such the executives have decided to contract out the design in order to increase their chances at the best car possible. They will still be getting their engineers to do some work after all, as they have a newly developed V6 engine specifically for taxi usage.
The brief is simple: City Fleet Co. will send out a crate by express shipment to any interested party. In the crate there will be an engine, suspension, and a list of specifications to abide by. The companies will then have to build functional prototypes using these parts and abiding by the outlined specifications and send them to City Fleet Co. for evaluation. They are looking for a car that will be attractive to taxi companies, so it has to be cheap to purchase and cheap to operate while also being well built for the job.
Requirements:
2020 Model/Trim year.
4 door sedans with body unlock year 1940-1955 only, with the exception of “BodyEditor_60sSedan05” (unlocks in 1955 and has huge tail fins).
Use all the chassis settings selected on the example car (corr. res., monocoque, corr. res., front-long, macpherson, and semi trailing arm) BUT DO NOT USE THE EXAMPLE AS A BASE FOR YOUR CAR.
Use the engine from the example car and do not edit anything in it.
Must be RWD with a 6-speed advanced automatic.
Must have 2 seats in front and 3 seats in back (no +2 or +3), ESC, and advanced 20s safety.
Make it look like a taxi. Doesn’t have to be anything very fancy, but a mock livery would be nice.
Realism, the aesthetic is dieselpunk but the engineering should be akin to a modern car.
Trim ET limited to 125 and PU limited to 95.
Scored stats:
Most important: price, fuel economy, service costs, reliability, drivability
Also important: comfort, practicality, safety
Not stats but also scored:
Design, engineering realism
For the dieselpunk design, it’s essentially car designs from the 1930s to the early 1950s. Since this is in 2020, assume that the car technology is current, it’s only the aesthetic that’s dieselpunk. So things like LED lights can still have a place as long as they’re used in a way that fits the style. Feel free to ask any questions if you’re unsure of the styling.
Dieselpunk Examples
The cars in CSR65 (especially the finalists):
The Car Shopping Round 65 - On the Case in Diesel City
Example car with engine here: CSC16 - Example - Do Not Use This Car.car (13.9 KB)
Model name: CSC16 – YourUsername
Trim name: [Optional company] Fleet Cab II
Family name: Unchanged from example
Variant name: Unchanged from example