Wed Dec 30, 2015 4:37 am
Re: Automation Airfield Power Lap Times
All good, I can wait!
In the meantime I'll submit my own 'production' car. It's the only one that I can build at the moment given the current engine constraints, and I've referenced it in my own thread:
Company: Gryphon Gear
Year: 2016
Name: Salamander (current version is Test Phase 2, as the headlight design is present, but not complete yet)
Seats: 2
Format: M-AWD
Engine: 3.6L bi-turbo V6
Power and torque: 800hp @ 8400rpm, 749Nm @ 6900rpm
Fuel: 95RON
Price: 170K (34% profit with Tiny factory), with 94.0/95.8 competitiveness in Hyper market in Gasmea/Fruinia
Production run: 200 units, single year, strictly one limited edition run only
Blurb (because I like to get into the spirit of things...):
Salamander is the result of the intensive strategy formation from the Gryphon Gear core design and engineering team in the face of looming financial threat despite a booming international performance automotive culture. Taking a break in 2016 from making cars engineered for the sake of being the most extreme, they concentrated instead on two things: securing the next stage of their racing domination, and making things to a different budget, with a greater market relevance and connection to their struggling manufacturing environs. Salamander is therefore significant as instead of being a bespoke configuration, the engine is made from a bulk order of 200 of the last "High Feature" 3564cc V6 Holden engines to be made in the Australian plant for the express purpose of installation in an Australian made vehicle, if not altogether. The main difference is that this engine has been extensively treated to eke the most out of it with a Big Freaking Turbo treatment.
The result of this (and following the letter, not the spirit of the law of minimum safety standards) is a lightweight but fully-equipped hypercar that straddles a transcendent combination of power, accessibility, and, for once, doesn't require semi-slicks and perfectly dry track conditions to give it the beans. Unlike previous GG creations, this is a car you can easily use as a daily driver, then pootle down to the track on the weekends and discover world-beating performance for a quarter of the price, all on the same set of tyres. Is that going to wreak havoc on the maintenance bill? Let's just say it costs way more to insure than it does to actually run...
Should GG sell out all 200 units, it expects to make 14M in profits, adding the amount in tooling and engineering saved by not having to build the engine from scratch (so possibly closer to 20M).
In the meantime I'll submit my own 'production' car. It's the only one that I can build at the moment given the current engine constraints, and I've referenced it in my own thread:
Company: Gryphon Gear
Year: 2016
Name: Salamander (current version is Test Phase 2, as the headlight design is present, but not complete yet)
Seats: 2
Format: M-AWD
Engine: 3.6L bi-turbo V6
Power and torque: 800hp @ 8400rpm, 749Nm @ 6900rpm
Fuel: 95RON
Price: 170K (34% profit with Tiny factory), with 94.0/95.8 competitiveness in Hyper market in Gasmea/Fruinia
Production run: 200 units, single year, strictly one limited edition run only
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Blurb (because I like to get into the spirit of things...):
Salamander is the result of the intensive strategy formation from the Gryphon Gear core design and engineering team in the face of looming financial threat despite a booming international performance automotive culture. Taking a break in 2016 from making cars engineered for the sake of being the most extreme, they concentrated instead on two things: securing the next stage of their racing domination, and making things to a different budget, with a greater market relevance and connection to their struggling manufacturing environs. Salamander is therefore significant as instead of being a bespoke configuration, the engine is made from a bulk order of 200 of the last "High Feature" 3564cc V6 Holden engines to be made in the Australian plant for the express purpose of installation in an Australian made vehicle, if not altogether. The main difference is that this engine has been extensively treated to eke the most out of it with a Big Freaking Turbo treatment.
The result of this (and following the letter, not the spirit of the law of minimum safety standards) is a lightweight but fully-equipped hypercar that straddles a transcendent combination of power, accessibility, and, for once, doesn't require semi-slicks and perfectly dry track conditions to give it the beans. Unlike previous GG creations, this is a car you can easily use as a daily driver, then pootle down to the track on the weekends and discover world-beating performance for a quarter of the price, all on the same set of tyres. Is that going to wreak havoc on the maintenance bill? Let's just say it costs way more to insure than it does to actually run...
Should GG sell out all 200 units, it expects to make 14M in profits, adding the amount in tooling and engineering saved by not having to build the engine from scratch (so possibly closer to 20M).
