Update Speculation thread

Not that I know of, but some of your mods could be playing with the game's inner workings. Considering almost nothing has happened with the bus since it came out in 2017, I don't think anything is changing anytime soon.

 

My bad. Anyways, it's still looks like a massive enjoyable update.

 

We went so far off topic that the devs were forced to put together a car with parts from other cars quickly to get us back on topic. /s

 

I've been looking through GM's lineup throughout the years, and I've realized several things:

(This is based on my own findings of the different cars of GM, and could be wrong)

The Bruckell Moonhawk seems to best represent GM's A Platform (1936 - 1981).
It looks the most like a third gen Chevy Chevelle.

The Bruckell Legran with the new facia best represents GM's A Platform (1982 - 1996).
It looks the most like a late fifth gen Oldsmobile Cutlass.

The Soliad Wendover best represents either GM's E body or W body.
It looks the most like a seventh gen Buick Riviera (E Body) or a third gen Buick Regal (W Body).

***THIS IS BASED ON WHAT I'VE FOUND ABOUT THE REAL WORLD CARS OF GM AND IS MY OWN SPECULATION OF WHAT COULD BE***

IF the Wendover is based on the W Body, and the Moonhawk is based on the A Platform, there is a POSSIBILITY that the Moonhawk and the Wendover could be the same car but just from different companies, as there have been cars sold from one of GM's subsidiaries that used the A Platform in the 70s and the W platform in the 80s. Basically what I'm saying is that IF THE DEVS WANTED TO they could have Bruckell and Soliad produce a "Moonhawk" from 1973 - 1978, and that "Moonhawk" could then become a "Wendover" in the 80s.

 

I could be wrong but the rear window pillars look thinner than in the derby picture. I guess its the same body but they tweaked it?

 

Probably

 

The Wendover is a full-size model. More realistically, the Wendover and Bluebuck/Grand Marshal are related product lineages like the Bonneville and Impala; the Wendover moved to FWD while the Marshal stayed RWD.

 

In that derby picture, window pillars are entirely exposed as the rear quarterlights were removed...

 

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On the other hand, Bruckell and Soliad sort of are.

 

How do you know? There is literally no such information in the game.

 

Bruckell Road Cruiser or something like that. According to the wiki, Gavril's subsidiary is Burnside, not Bruckell.

 

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Wiki is fan-made and deprecated.

Looking at the Grand Marshal and D-series, they have more in common with GM products than with Ford or Chrysler models. Both the LeGran and Wendover are clearly based on GM models as well.
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ok but I've updated my posts with a better argument for BeamNGM. I'm looking at whole models, not just parts

 

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I'm not literally saying "Bruckell is Oldsmobile" because that would be stupid, just that the currently existing American marques have more in common with brands that are related in real life. Plus if the separate-Gavril theory is true, then the Bruckell/Soliad group has no entry-level offering.

 

The wiki is often unreliable, but in this case, we have some developer statements to back this up:

For Burnside.

For Soliad. Note that this one came two years after the Burnside statement - the relevant portion is:

 

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My original argument was that it would make more sense for the Wendover to be a descendent of a separate full-size RWD model rather than the midsize Moonhawk, and that such a model could have been related to the Bluebuck or Grand Marshal at one point. Everything that has been said is speculation, including whether or not Gavril is connected to Bruckell or Soliad in any way - but it would be even less plausible for the Wendover to have been promoted from a midsize model at some point, especially when it has little in common with Bruckell's own midsize from the era.