Wow, so many of these designs look so good! Mine's kind of a bit more minimalistic, and maybe some might catch the references I made to a certain hatch of the early 90s... I submitted my car a while ago, but didn't have any time to reveal it, so here it is in brief:
Armada Motors had always been committed to building sportier. Sportier than the next competitor, with more power, sharper handling, for the same price, even if it meant at the expense of comfort and reliability. Their uncompromising commitment to advancing valvetrain technology won them fans in motorsport and a cult following of revheads, but they never turned much of a profit, and their financial balance was further endangered by some questionable engineering choices in other departments, particularly the 3 speed slushbox in the Feltram, which was only heroically salvaged by the ultra ridiculous final iteration, EVO RallyX.
Redemption came in their swift response to the emergence of the Hot Hatch market, starting with the Fore GTi, released in the early 80s. Designed as a Golf beater, the Fore GTi used the latest in Armada's valve technology, coupled with the carburetted turbo combination made famous by their original hardcore roadster from two decades earlier, the Talon, to make an impressive 180hp. Unlike many of its emerging competitors, Armada refused to invest in mechanical injection, due to its complexity and expense, but understood that the day of the carb was rapidly coming to a close. Nonetheless, the Fore's engine was a properly feisty powerplant, and they were able to cash in and win a bit of breathing room... until the economic crisis struck.
Suddenly, after decades of sense-defying stubborness, Armada had only two choices left to them: adapt to the mass market, or go under. The Fore was their obvious choice to revamp and refresh, but for the first time, it needed multiple trims for multiple types of consumer.
Introducing, then, the:
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True to form, the Fore Gen.II's standout feature was once again in the advanced valvetrain tech, namely, the incorporation of VVL and VVT...
This was a daring choice to make, especially given that Armada sneakily chose to use
the same engine family across all three trims. Only instead of the full 1998cc as in the GTi and Rallye trims, the 'Birdie' was destroked and debored to a much more economical (and lighter) 1.3L, tuned to give a flat torque curve and better economy. As for the Rallye version... all I can say about that is
VTEC JUST KICKED IN YO!
Sat Jul 11, 2015 9:35 am 
. I'm aware the design is a bit basic but I tried to focus on performance a little more (the best I could), so I present the,
