J.E.C.B (Junior Executive Car Brawl) 14th PLACE RELEASED

[Mason148]

THE JUNIOR EXECUTIVE CAR BRAWL


2015 has been a good year for you. You have just earned a promotion that has now given you your own office with your name on the door and a fancy title that isn't made up. You have decided that you must now upgrade to a car more befitting of your new-found status. Your 20 year old rustbucket that you had had since uni just isn't going to cut it in the company car park anymore. You weigh up your options but find out that you cannot get the best three cars on the market. Your neighbour had just got a BMW 340i last week which means you can't get one of those. Your best friend is having his Jaguar XE S delivered next week and the Mercedes-Benz 450 AMG does not come out till next yea. and you can't have this 50 grand burning a whole in your pocket whilst you struggle with your (t)rusty old hatchback. So what do you do? you decide to look further afield and seek other car manufacturers who can provide what you need. AND FAST! Your yearly inspection on Lil' Rusty is coming up and you want to get rid of her before that pops up.



Rules and Regulations

YEAR - 2015
MODS ALLOWED - All Steam mods apart from badge mods and Ix35 grille
BODIES ALLOWED - 4 Door Sedans less than 20 years old
WHEELBASE - Less than 2.75m
CYLINDERS - 6 or less
VALVES - No 5v per cylinder
DISPLACEMENT - No more than 3799cc (231.8ci)
INTAKE - No Race Intake
FUEL TYPE - Premium
HEADERS - No Race Headers
CATALYTIC CONVERTER - One must be equipped
MUFFLERS - 2 must be fitted
POWER - No more than 350hp (261KW)
WHEELS - Alloy only
BRAKES - No Carbon Ceramic
SEATS - 5 only
DRIVER ASSISTS - All needed
TOTAL COST - $16,999.99 or lower

How Competition Will Be Scored
Using the criteria below, you must decide what route that you want to take. I will not set any minimum requirements, but the stats will be weighted as such:

HIGH IMPORTANCE (Points x3)
Drivability - You don't want to buy a car that would try to kill you every time you drove it would you?
Sportiness - But you also don't want it to be so boring that you try to kill yourself either.
Comfort - Long journeys to meet clients means that you want this to be your home away from home.
Fuel Economy - You want to be able to fill the tank once a week and not have to worry.

QUITE HIGH IMPORTANCE (Points x2)
Prestige - Brand snobbery is a real thing.
Reliability - A car is useless if it is always in the garage.
50mph-75mph Time - This is all about being able to overtake with ease.
Practicality - A car like this has to be able to accomodate your family too.

AVERAGE IMPORTANCE (Points x1)
Safety - Hopefully you don't have to test this but just in case.
Braking - Being able to stop quickly is a benefit for speeders like yourself.
Service Costs - You don't want to be crippled by keeping this car on the road.

VERY LITTLE IMPORTANCE (Points x0.5)
0-62 Time - How often can you actually do this really?
Top Speed -Again, illegal in most places. But you never know when the road might open up
Quarter Mile - This is mainly for bragging rights as this will be your daily driver
Emissions - Cheaper tax is a benefit I guess?

Points will be awarded for each stat with the best car receiving the most points whist the worst car would receive the least.
Points will be as follows:
1st : 25 points
2nd : 20 points
3rd : 16 points
4th : 13 points
5th : 11 points
6th : 10 points
7th : 9 points
8th : 8 points
9th : 7 points
10th : 6 point
11th: 5 points
12th: 4 points
13th: 3 points
14th: 2 points
15th: 1 point

The stats will be weighted as shown above and the 3 cars with the highest total scores will receive a review each. The 12 other cars will receive a breakdown of their scores but no review.



How To Enter

Entries will be accepted until the 10 spaces fill up.
The cars must comply fully with the rules stated.
Car must be exported, zipped and sent to me through PM.
Tell me your Car Company, Model and Trim name in the PM as well as the nationality of this company.
Feel free to give me as much or as little information as you want about the car as well so that if you make the reviews I can include some extra info.
Cars must be named in this format

MODEL - JECB-[Username]-Model
TRIM - Whatever you want
ENGINE FAMILY - JECB-[Username]-Engine
ENGINE VARIANT - Whatever you want

Accepted Entries

1. RoyalStig - Griffin Teulu LXR (Welsh)
2. BlastersPewPew - Desert Motors Igneous Ignimbrite (American)
3. WoarLord - PMW Jumpoff 186 Limo (German)
4. Gooles - Motasan Octopus Limited (Canadian)
5. oppositelock - GSI Scythe (American)
6. Leonardo9613 - Yucatan Zavala RS (Mexican)
7. victorgarcia - Garcia Motors 350 (Brazilian)
8. Tycondero - Astana Tempest Deluxe 3.1L (Dutch)
9. DoctorNarfy - Nickel 7-Spec (American)
10. harizvet1 - Infinity Motor Q50 3.5 AWD (British)
11. kimaru - Mancini Conqueror II Speciale (Italian)
12. nialloftara - Centauri Neutron LTS (American)
13. strop - Sei Indera Premier (Norwegian)
14. GenJeFT - The Wooden Cog JECBL E61 Da Sedan (American)
15. DeusExMackia - Erin Tauga Vox (British)

[nialloftara]

I am displeased by your limit on both cubic inches and cylinders, however I think I'll try and adapte something as the concept is interesting

[DoctorNarfy]

I Agree, Both cars you used in the example have forced induction, leaving us at a little bit of a disadvantage. Maybe just make NA V8s a choice?

[Lordred]

rules say nothing about not allowing Turbos, so.....

[DoctorNarfy]

Yeah, but V6 Turbos are not implemented yet, meaning the only option is an I6 turbo. It's his choice wether or not to change it, I just think it might diversify the competition a bit.

[Mason148]

I didn't allow v8's because these cars rarely do come with v8's unless its the actual performance version (m4, c63). But turbos are allowed and it is possible to make a NA v6 perform well. I just tried to make it realistic rather than have a bunch of v8's in every car. Also, people have started to submit cars so it would seem kind of unfair to them if the rules change. There is a lot of flexibility in the car you want to create, just under a few regulations rather than minimum stat requirements.

[BlastersPewPew]

So just to confirm, total cost is NOT part of the scoring, only service costs?

EDIT: I only ask this because almost every other competition scores the total costs as well, tends to make the cheapest cars the "best" cars.

[Mason148]

No total cost weighting because the customer has 50 grand regardless and so all the cars must be around that price. Just to make things easier.

[WoarLord]

PMW proudly presents their part for this contest. The PMW Jumpoff 186 Limo

[DoctorNarfy]

Here is My Entry to the competition, The Nickel 7 Spec.

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Made using only the finest Aluminum body, and using an Engine that weighs 450 Pounds, You might think you are facing a very lighweight peformance sports car. But then you find out it weighs almost 2 Tons. Why? Because 'Murica.

[RoyalStig]

Well, I guess I should show my entry so here it is, the Griffin Teulu LXR:

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[BlastersPewPew]

Not a bad looking car! Someone likes chrome! I cant imagine what it would be like to replace one of those taillight bulbs though.......

[Leonardo9613]

I would like to present the first publically shown car from Yucatan Manufactura de Coches y Autos.

Starting out in 1942, this company built rugged off-roaders and reliable family cars for years and years. However, on the early 80s, they didn't follow the trend for ever more refined cars, nearly went bankrupt, and ended up being bought by Baltazar Automoveis, who turned YMCA into the cheap-car arm. The brand went through a major rehaul, phasing out the YMCA name in favour of simply using Yucatan. On the new group, it became the cheap car arm, using old platforms to make budget, entry-level cars. And this is where this car comes. Using the shell and monocoque from the well-regarded 1999 Baltazar Basil, only with panels made of aluminium and a new engine under the hood, the Yucatan Zavala should be a step upmarket for the low-tech, low-rent company.





Disclaimer: This company will soon be on the game, with cars made by me to compete on the off-road segments. I thought I might introduce it to the forums, albeit in a completely different application, just because I couldn't use the modern big not-XF body

[victorgarcia]

here's Garcia Motor's entry, the 350

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[victorgarcia]

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