This is an area where you can come up with origin stories for some of the car models in BeamNG.drive. I just came up with one for the LeGran: Year: 1978 Location: Bruckell Motor Company HQ, Michigan, USA The Bruckell Moonhawk was a perfectly fine car. It was capable, sturdy, built well (well... well enough, that is), and reliable. However, after the oil crises and the passage of new laws in 1975, even the straight-six version of the car's 15 MPG wasn't enough to attract buyers. On top of this, Civetta's Bolide and even Gavril's Barstow were absolutely pummeling the Moonhawk on the track, with the Barstow going further & decimating the Moonhawk on the dragstrip. The lighter, smaller, more nimble Barstow RoadSport wiped the floor with the Moonhawk V8 Sport not only on the road, but in the showrooms. In fact, every trim level of Barstow, even the straight-six, matched or beat out the Moonhawk in sales figures. Used Moonhawks, some with under 20,000 miles on the clock, began piling up on Gavril & Hirochi dealers' lots, while new Moonhawks piled up at Bruckell dealers. It got so bad that dealers were willing to take significant losses just to shift excess inventory. Bruckell didn't even bother to release the car for the 1979 model year, instead opting to discontinue it entirely. Sales slumped dramatically, and with the company losing money hand-over-fist, it seemed as if nothing could stop Bruckell from going bankrupt. As Bruckell bosses prepared to hand workers their final paychecks, the CEO then remembered a small Japanese brand he had seen while on vacation in Tokyo: Ibishu. Bruckell's CEO contacted the CEO of Ibishu Motors, and what he learned shocked him: Ibishu was beginning development of their newest model, the Pessima. What shocked Bruckell's CEO, however, was not the car itself, but the fact that it was front-wheel-drive. Further talks between companies revealed that Ibishu strived to enter the US market, where it believed that its new Pessima's fuel efficiency and low cost would help save American buyers money, especially since the American buyers were faced with rising fuel costs. What followed was the business deal that saved Bruckell from bankruptcy. As part of this deal, Bruckell would help Ibishu gain entry into the US automotive market, and Ibishu would send a team of engineers over to the United States to help Bruckell produce a small, fuel-efficient, affordable car in order to help Bruckell regain its competitive edge. In 1979, Bruckell's LG platform went into development, and by 1981, the first prototype Bruckell LeGran rolled off the production line ready for testing. Its completion was a series of firsts for the company, being Bruckell's first car with front-wheel-drive, a 4-cylinder engine, an optional V6, and the first Bruckell to be equipped with both a driver's airbag and a 4-speed automatic transmission. In 1983, the vehicle's rigorous testing was finished, and the car passed with flying colors. In 1984, the first LeGrans were sold. The vehicle became a hit with consumers and even attracted the interest of the government, who ordered tens of thousands of the LeGran's V6 SE trim. Consumers loved it for its low cost, fuel efficiency, reliability, safety, and decent performance. Government agencies loved the car for many of the same reasons, and also because the 3.8L V6 was tough and made the little economy car extremely fast. The small wheelbase also allowed government cars to make short work of narrow streets in the occasional chase. The LeGran is known in the BeamNG world today as the car that saved Bruckell from extinction, and it isn't uncommon to see old SE trim LeGrans on the roads today, either still in service or as consumer cars.
This is a great story, but from my knowledge, the Barstow was discontinued in 1971 or 1970, the Moonhawk was more of a Malibu-esque car rather than a muscle car, this means that it's only competitor would be something entirely else.
Year: 2012 Location: ETK HQ, Brappelburg, Germany In 2012 ETK is reported developing a new car, to replace the outgoing 2005 - 2012 I-Series. That time, the I-Series is starting to be outdated. Also, it was later confirmed that ETK's new car will use a number lettering scheme instead of using alphabets. The new car, was later confirmed as the 800 Series. The ETK 800 series was later launched in 2013 to compete with the Claudia Magnusson CM300 and Videre V4, just like the I-Series used to be. The 2.0 and 3.0 engines used in the 800 is the all new F engines. The F engines are advanced, smooth and reliable, and it make the company obtained it's first profit after 5 years of loss.
Ah, ok. Thanks for letting me know. For some reason, I always picture the Barstow more as a pony car and the Moonhawk as a sort of faux-muscle car that outlived its time.
