2013 Dimension Paradox 6 KHTIn order for Dimension to survive, it cannot simply continue what it was doing for the past 30 years, which was essentially being a manure plant that occasionally ships out fine quality gems. It has to go upmarket at every level, now that competitors have flooded their home market. We can't use Buy American ads anymore because we all know that none of these cars are made in America, instead being made in Canada or Mexico. Well technically they are still in America, but we mean the only America that matters. We can't churn out shit anymore and expect it to sell. We have to churn out incredibly formulaic bland designs that supposedly try to look more and more unique but ultimately incredibly ugly. Yuppies love ugly cars with a name badge.
This car is the prime example of that philosophy. Well minus the bland design. Or ugly. Well ugly is subjective.
The 2013 Paradox is a far cry from the working class retiree country club boulevard cruiser image that it had sported through most of its lifetime. It is now an upper middle class retiree country club boulevard cruiser. Well you can also lease it if your midlife crisis hits quicker than expected. But now it has actual sporting prowess. The car is now made of AHS steel with fiber glass panels, and double wishbones on all four wheels, a far cry from the tractor suspension found on the previous model. In order to be competitive with the world, we contracted renowned racing team and tuner Kraft Haus Technik to tune the suspension, chassis and engine. It now has actually acceptable handling for a sports car, and performance figures that can match contemporary sports cars for half the price.
The GE series overhead valve V8s are Dimension's new line of V8s for the current generation, featuring direct injection technology, finally. In this car a 5.7 liter V8 dubbed the GE57DE was installed, and tuned by Kraft Haus Technik. Unlike most American large V8s, the engine was tuned heavily towards high end power, and drives similarly to a European gran tourer than and out and out super muscle car. Which makes fuel economy a challenge. As you can see here, we made alot of compromises to ensure we don't suffer a hard blow because of CAFE. We still do. Ah who cares, we get enough tax breaks already. The engine produces 514 hp at 7200 rpm and 550nm of torque at 6000 rpm. Not the most impressive numbers, but not lacking either.
A lot of effort has gone into making this car go as fast as possible on track. While extremely difficult because FR cars in Automation have really awful traction, the car still manages a Ring time of 7:54:88 and an airfield track time of 1:21:12. To compensate for lack of traction, KHT has used special threads, and incredibly wide ones too, 345s on the rear with a 325 front. Power is delivered through a 7 speed manual gearbox with a geared limited slip differential to maximize power put down and remain as one of the last cars to still offer a stick shift. The car also features little in way of driving aids, because this is a burly chested macho sports car, and nothing helps compensate than one of these to prove your masculinity. For the first time in a while, the interior is not unremittingly awful, and is fitted with more than adequate safety features. Suspension is lifted straight off the Boson GT, standard springs, with adaptive dampers and semi active sway bars tuned for sports driving.
This car was meant as a world competitor. Can it?
Wed Nov 04, 2015 3:31 am 
