Car Reviewing
Posted: Sun May 04, 2014 12:26 am
This is an idea I have come up with. You could say that the tameness, sportiness, comfort, prestige and safety factors give us a review of some sort on our cars, but it isn't a very accurate way of reviewing a car, it is more of an absolute value of some of the characteristics of the car. Therefore I decided I was going to attempt to do some car reviewing from the stats that are given from the engine or model creator.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
I put the data into separate categories for reviewing the car and give them certain percentages of the total score for that category. These categories are performance, ride comfort, handling, refinement, quality, reliability, running costs, safety and equipment. Each of these categories are worth a certain percentage of the total score for the car which depends on which class of car it falls under, for example, a sports car will concentrate on handling and performance as a majority percentage, whereas an economical city car will concentrate mainly on running costs and ease of use (a combination of pretty much everything). This gives an overall score which will be adjusted according to the rest of the scores for that category. If the best car's overall score is x, then this will be the 5 star car. If another car gets a bit less than this x, then it will be a 4 star car. This applies to all categories of the review. More than one car can have 5 stars.
ARE THERE ANY ISSUES WITH THE REVIEWING?
There are still categories to consider which we don't have much data for yet. Space & practicality is rather hard to evaluate at the moment. There is another category that could be added but I consider it unfair to add it because it is mainly down to personal opinion: styling. There are certain things you can do to review styling, such as work out if it is fitting for the class of car. Also the price of the car is yet to be added. This will not fall as a category but as something to consider as relative data. If a car was only a bit better but costs quite a bit more than another model falling under the same category, in theory it should be the cheaper, slightly worse car with the better review. If you feel there are ways I can improve the reviewing then feel free to let me know.
HOW CAN I SUBMIT MY CAR FOR A REVIEW?
Anybody can submit any car that is available to "buyers" in 2015 for a review simply by putting the model in a PM and sending it to me. Also, the first .zip you send is the one that counts. If you see it got a poor rating you can't resubmit a revised version of the car because it is too much work for me and is probably going to go unnoticed. Also, keep total costs below $150,000 and production units (total man hours) below 1500.
LIST OF CURRENT ACCEPTED ENTRIES
The following post will be a review of an example small hatchback designed for the current day market.
HOW DOES IT WORK?
I put the data into separate categories for reviewing the car and give them certain percentages of the total score for that category. These categories are performance, ride comfort, handling, refinement, quality, reliability, running costs, safety and equipment. Each of these categories are worth a certain percentage of the total score for the car which depends on which class of car it falls under, for example, a sports car will concentrate on handling and performance as a majority percentage, whereas an economical city car will concentrate mainly on running costs and ease of use (a combination of pretty much everything). This gives an overall score which will be adjusted according to the rest of the scores for that category. If the best car's overall score is x, then this will be the 5 star car. If another car gets a bit less than this x, then it will be a 4 star car. This applies to all categories of the review. More than one car can have 5 stars.
ARE THERE ANY ISSUES WITH THE REVIEWING?
There are still categories to consider which we don't have much data for yet. Space & practicality is rather hard to evaluate at the moment. There is another category that could be added but I consider it unfair to add it because it is mainly down to personal opinion: styling. There are certain things you can do to review styling, such as work out if it is fitting for the class of car. Also the price of the car is yet to be added. This will not fall as a category but as something to consider as relative data. If a car was only a bit better but costs quite a bit more than another model falling under the same category, in theory it should be the cheaper, slightly worse car with the better review. If you feel there are ways I can improve the reviewing then feel free to let me know.
HOW CAN I SUBMIT MY CAR FOR A REVIEW?
Anybody can submit any car that is available to "buyers" in 2015 for a review simply by putting the model in a PM and sending it to me. Also, the first .zip you send is the one that counts. If you see it got a poor rating you can't resubmit a revised version of the car because it is too much work for me and is probably going to go unnoticed. Also, keep total costs below $150,000 and production units (total man hours) below 1500.
LIST OF CURRENT ACCEPTED ENTRIES
- - 2015 Mactori 197 GT-Stradale "Tourna" - [Completed]
- 2013 Venisi Strada 2/6 - [Completed]
- 2015 Daiki Minerve GT - [WIP TheTom]
- 2015 BKOO Minivan Luxo - [WIP USDMFTW]
- 2015 Mactori Glitz Limited
- 2015 Hawker Ambassador Silver V8 Sport - [Cheeseman WIP]
The following post will be a review of an example small hatchback designed for the current day market.