Update Speculation thread

I really like the idea of the new vehicle! Especially the modularity of it, I can already see a crossover variant of it or reusing the whole drivetrain in a whole different body for a small MPV for example, great modding potential.

Visual design of that car though is very much not my favorite part about it, that's for sure since I prefer a more toned down look similar to the new clio, but I do appreciate what has been done and it most definitely looks like something peugot-like company would do, great job with that as well!

Now onto drivetrain, lets start with suspension, especially the rear one (or ones I should say) - often modern hatchbacks and small SUVs will have a different rear suspension assembly for FWD and AWD models, look at dacia duster for example. FWD models use a very common in french cars Torsion Beam rear suspension, while 4wd duster uses double wishbone or some variation of it. Its often done to preserve trunk space for the FWD models, since lack of differential allows for mounting a spare tire in the trunk, or adding additional storage under the floor.
Now onto the rear brakes, again I will use the Clio IV and V as an example: More basic models, like the 1.0 TCE or the old 0.9 TCE used Drum Brakes in the rear, which is definitely a great french compact car quirk to include in the game... Drum brakes in 2020 am I right?!

Engines wise I'm concerned about one thing as well, that is the "just slap some different ecu and make moar powah" - Sure that works for an Audi, BMW or a Ford, but french tend to do stuff a little differently from what I observed over the years. Sure there are a lot of different power options for supposedly one engine option... however, its not just the engine tune! Sometimes just the engine block with its internals stays the same on the whole engine range (not always) Quite often for power increase of over 5-10hp they will use different turbochargers, intercoolers, injectors and ECU since modern engines are engineered to be as efficient as possible, why would they waste the energy on spining up an excessively large turbocharger for the lower output engine? Often the same 1.3 or whatever engine goes into 10 or more different cars, so making different turbos and other accessories unique to power specification isn't a big deal costs wise and it may even save the manufacturer some money. (as we are on topic of engines... some stuff regarding renaults and their engines variations is truly weird, like in late 90s, when mk1 megane saw the daylight some of the available engine options had 2 engine block options, depending on if you got AC or you didn't - since AC equipped cars had different accessories mounts such as an alternator and AC compressor and guess what... they of course made the mounts a part of the engine block casting, so you can't easily just throw an AC compressor onto a car without AC from factory.)

I think you get the point of this post by now, to me french cars are amazing to me mostly due to the weirdnesses you find when you get to know them a little bit better.

I really do look forward to seeing if you guys (devs) manage to pull of the exact feeling of a french compact car (hint: much different than any german car in the way it drives, especially the way they go about turbo 3 cyl engines).

 

Or it could be a fresh car we wanted to make...

 

Not quite

 

Both a petrol configs, yellow is Vivace S model.

 

*cough* Last Gen Megane Trophy *cough*