TMCC31: Estate of the Art
Plot
Our protagonist is a high powered executive for a state of the art semiconductor company, with a happy family and many enemies. His job usually entails ordering people around and overseeing development of ever more advanced manufacturing techniques. However, people are always trying to steal trade secrets, and our lead knows a lot of trade secrets. Thus production needs a car that can do duty for kids and their cargo, while also being fast enough to outrun dastardly saboteurs and corporate spies.
Summary: The producers need an estate wagon for the high flying main character and their family. The kids need boot space, but the driver hates SUVs and wants to be able to gun it on the motorway.
Rules
2007 Trim Year
Default (+5) Techpool
Wagon Body
2.75m minimum wheelbase
Five full seats minimum
No race headers or semi slicks
Maximum engine loudness: 40
Maximum Trim emissions: 225
Fuel: 98 RON
Road Legal Fixtures: Must have headlights, taillights, amber indicators, reversing lights, front and rear number plates, and wipers
Car model naming scheme: TMCC31 - [Forum username]
Max budget: $35,000
Priorities
Drivability: Our lead wants something to cruise in, not something that has to be wrung within an inch of its life just to get around an intersection.
Comfort: The kids will complain about the ride and then promptly throw up. This isn’t that kind of show.
Safety: This is a rich family’s car, and rich families want safe cars
Sportiness: There’s a reason SUVs aren’t allowed here
Performance: Sometimes our characters are in a rush
Prestige: They don’t want to be in a car that the police will pull over just for being near their upper middle class neigbourhood
Costs: This is a film production, and production companies are penny pinchers. Overall cost, fuel economy, and service costs will all be considered.
Reliability: No one wants to be stranded on the side of the road, least of all our lead family
Appearance: Would you want to be seen driving something ugly?
Practicality: The five seats and wagon body should take care of this
Offroad: Make sure it’s better than an Ariel Atom
Rules deliberation until 14 August
Submissions due 31 August
Inspirations
Now there is hardly any info what we are even making a car for.
