Blue Marlin Motori Auto & Žnoprešk Avtomobil

[NormanVauxhall]

[TurboJ]

Very nice stuff! Carefully designed cars with a real personality - a big thumbs up!

[NormanVauxhall]

From the the 1965 Znopresk Z300 series wasn't totally exciting on the design point of view

So in the 1972 there was a restyling (with the help of the Iurlaro deisgn atelier)

Way better...

[NormanVauxhall]

After 7 years of development and tuning in 1995 there was unvailed the new Znorpresk Zenit.

ZNOPRESK ZENIT (MY1995)

1.8 AZZURRA

This was the eco-friendly, low fuel consumption and commuter oriented version.
It shares the same looks of the 1.4 Prima.

1.8i SALA

The more comfortable edition of the Zenit (except for the special Iurlaro edition) that winks to the premium market.
A must have for the family.

2.0i TOP

The finest interior with the most powerful Znopresk ZN-L4.2014 family engine. A family sportcar with no compromises.

One year later, in 1996, the Reparto Performance presented the ZRP version of the Zenit.
2.0 ZRP

A great masterpiece from Znopresk Reparto Performace.
A purebreed family sportscar, trackdayready!

[NormanVauxhall]

The eighties are strong in 1984, and the looks of the new BMMA Shark is the perfect sum of all the eightiness. It can only be driven by Kurt Russel with John Carpenter direction and Duran Duran music.

BMMA SHARK (MY1984)

GT Limited by Iurlaro

[NormanVauxhall]

The ZAP! is a great seller, and the new tech developed for it, along with the brand new small engine born along with it, gave to Znopresk the chance to go down to the supermini segment (A segment) with the ZZ.

ZNOPRESK ZZ (MY1983)

1.0 Prima

[NormanVauxhall]

"It was the car your dad bought while you were a kid. Looking at it now, it isn't the best, but at the time it was great for you. You still remember the endless trip in the back seats... looking outside and sleeping, while your father was driving for hundreds and hudreds of kilometers... you still remeber the the cloth pattern and the smell of it; as you perfectly remember the squeaky suspension that make that particular sound while jumping on the bridges' junction... a lot of memories are linked to that car, even if now it looks bland and boring, it was your father hard earned dream car"

In 1978 the old Z200 was obsolete and the new model was unveiled.
In 1982 it will renamed (in occasion of a minor restilying) as Znopresk Zenit (for the sedan) and Zest (for the hatchback) to match the new namig politics (right after the presentation of the ZAP!).


ZNOPRESK Z200 (MY1979)

Z215 Sala (market value for Fruinia)

[NormanVauxhall]

The famous Dolphine MK.II (http://automationgame.com/phpBB3/viewto ... =20#p68503) it was almost 10 years old when the new model launch. Same engine family, revamped with MPFI and 200hp and increased to 2.7 liter.

BMMA Dolphine Mk.III (MY1986)

2.7 Opicina 200 (market value for Fruinia)

[NormanVauxhall]

In the 1984 it was unveiled last model of the Narwhal, in the 1985 the GT-Sprint trim was presented and immediately became a must in the executive sport sedan (http://automationgame.com/phpBB3/viewto ... =30#p91632)

BMMA NARWHAL (MY1985)
GT-Sprint (market value for Gasmea)

And the advertisment.

[PMP1337]

Znopresk is easily the best Brand in the community. Huge Brand Identity.
You make alot of models from the past years. Do you use the same engines and families or you're not doing chronological sandbox creations?

[NormanVauxhall]

I do not necessary work starting from the older model to the newer... When I see a good body I'll work around it.
Like this...

Based on the same platofrm of the BMMA Narwhal, the Zm group developed a Iurlaro and a Znopresk.
Žnoprešk Zenit (MY1985)
2.0 Linea (market value for Gasmea)

Iurlaro Teodora (MY1985)
V12 Perla (market value for Gasmea)

[Awildgermanappears]

I wonder how building a luxury car on the same platform as a basic family car would affect prestige...

[strop]

That may be an interesting thought for when brand image gets factored into tycoon mode.

I mean, companies well known for budget tend to attract a fair bit of skepticism when it comes to making luxury vehicles (i.e. Hyundai Equus). Toyota and Nissan kind of addressed this by using sub-brands Lexus and Infiniti. But sharing the same platform, that's different again.

[squidhead]

Bentley Continental sales are booming, VW Phaeton sold like 20 cars. So, Im guessing it's not a big deal.

[NormanVauxhall]

In this case things are little bit different.

The Zenit and the Teodora are based on the platform temporary called H8, that was born for the BMMA Narwhal, a sport executive sedan.
The H8 have Double Wishbone fon all 4 wheels and aluminium panels... so the big "drawbacks" here is to have a basic family saloon based on an more expensive platform.
Anyway I will be very curious to see the prestige will be affected on the brads (various brands, there are 3 here, Znopresk-basic, BMMA-sport, Iurlaro-luxury) and how the engineering costs, caused by the same platform, will help to keep a lower price for the Zenit.