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Post Fri Jan 16, 2015 11:52 am

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We'll see, the Comet is a lower cost luxury car than the Brougham was.
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Post Fri Jan 16, 2015 12:25 pm

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haha yes I was actually already imagining what I'd write about it if I was going to feature it in a review;
"Centauri have decidedly made luxury more accessible with the Comet after aiming high with the Brougham (road tested in Auto August 2014 issue); it is a FWD V8 whereas almost all of its competitors have the prestige of RWD. Centauri's focus on practicality and its blue collar roots reign supreme here, for despite making it less appealing to badge snobs, this results in a near flat rear floor and superb cabin and boot volume.
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While its more upmarket competitors use direct injection, Centauri have opted to go for EFI. While not as powerful or efficient, it makes for substantially cheaper upfront and ongoing ownership costs in terms of servicing."

Which is what your brand is all about! (if I understand correctly). I see your brand like Chevrolet or Ford - they make good reliable cars, but every once in a while they upset the established order like with the Corvette Z06/ZR1 sticking it to the GT-R as the performance bargain, or the Ford GT40 beating Ferrari at Le Mans as the working man's supercar.

I quite admire how youve pitched and focused your brand; unlike many other brands that "build everything from cheap hatchbacks to luxurious sedans", or just dime a dozen luxury brands like mine, your one is aimed squarely at the mainstream and this is evident in most of your creations that I've seen; they don't use sport compound tires, they don't blow out production units or material costs and have a focus on reliability and servicing costs.

If my board of directors was to decide to enter the mainstream market, instead of starting a new marque, we'd probably just buy or merge or enter an agreement with your brand heh. But then there'd be no more rivalry :)
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Post Fri Jan 16, 2015 1:06 pm

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Sadly I had to go forgo a few of those for this contest, I couldn't make mpfi fwd just could not meet the emissions and acceleration required. i really like that you remember my company that way though.:)
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A few more pics of the SC-500 :) and an estate car i built earlier. ;)
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Post Sat Jan 17, 2015 10:54 am

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doncornaldie wrote:A few more pics of the SC-500 :) and an estate car i built earlier. ;)

Definatly the best looking car here.
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Post Sat Jan 17, 2015 12:10 pm

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V10I10ilove10cyl wrote:
doncornaldie wrote:A few more pics of the SC-500 :) and an estate car i built earlier. ;)

Definatly the best looking car here.


:D Thanks...almost 600 hp too..
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Post Sun Jan 18, 2015 3:02 am

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doncornaldie wrote:
V10I10ilove10cyl wrote:
doncornaldie wrote:A few more pics of the SC-500 :) and an estate car i built earlier. ;)

Definatly the best looking car here.


:D Thanks...almost 600 hp too..

I'm more around the 450 mark but my economy and emissions are awesome.
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Post Sun Jan 18, 2015 3:12 am

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Since people don't mind sharing some stats here, I will state that my current draft model tune has an evil amount of output :twisted: Economy? Well, let's just say it comfortably qualifies and has emissions that would make a Prius green with envy. (I kind of sunk a lot of money into the engine. A lot. I dislike luxury, so, well :lol: )
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Post Sun Jan 18, 2015 4:32 am

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400+ hp is good for a performance luxury car. 500+ is m5 territory, and over 600 is unrealistic. ;)
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Post Sun Jan 18, 2015 5:14 am

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Well, you know, the Audi S8 has been proven to produce about 575+ HP at the crank, although Audi claimed it was much less.
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Post Sun Jan 18, 2015 6:08 am

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titleguy1 wrote:Well, you know, the Audi S8 has been proven to produce about 575+ HP at the crank, although Audi claimed it was much less.


That would be around 500 hp at the wheels (or less), and would still be about average for that class.
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Post Sun Jan 18, 2015 6:22 am

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Damn it, when I get home tonight I'm going to look at repowering the Comet. It's too late for this contest but the more I think of it the more I feel the N/A 4.5ish liter CCPC V8 I picked just isn't suited to a high end luxury car
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Post Sun Jan 18, 2015 6:26 am

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It's not too late, you still have 10 days ^-^
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Post Sun Jan 18, 2015 6:34 am

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I can resubmit?
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Post Sun Jan 18, 2015 6:39 am

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EYah, you can. No problem.
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