1975-1989 Cherrier Rhapsodie A French longitudinal front-mid-engined FF/F4 executive car, initially based on the Peugeot 604 with a Citroen CX interior and rear fascia with a Renault 30 front. Initial engine options on 1974 launch were a 1.7L version of their smaller family of H-series pushrod inline-fours, a series of their ancient N-series1.9/2.2 SOHC inline-fours, and a new J-series 2.7L SOHC inline-five made to replace the 2.5/2.9 B-series pushrod V8 of the outgoing car, as well as a P-series 2.5L diesel inline-four. The model was offered only at this time as a 4-door fastback sedan, with a 5-door wagon and a 2-door notchback being introduced the next year. Trims were A, B, S, SL, GL, GL-5, and GT-5. Reliability concerns were with the weak transmission linkage and the finnicky 1.7L engine. 1978 brought a redesign, with a redesigned look reminiscent of the 604 in the front and the Audi 100 in the rear, as a 4-door sedan, 5-door liftback, or 5-door wagon. Available engines were 1.9/2.2L I4s, 2.7/3.0L I5s, and a 2.5L turbodiesel, and the trim range was simplfie to GL, SL, TL, the sporty five-cylinder only GLS, and sporty diesel GTD. This update also replaced the transmission linkage issues with frail halfshafts so you can have you wheels fall off going around the arc. 1978 brought an entry into the US market, selling only the sedan, and only in TL (Toure for US) and GLS trims, and only with the five-cylinder and turbodiesel engines. 1982 brought an additional facelift, based on the Renault 25 and a Maserati Biturbo front, and a more conservative interior. A new series of lengendarily unreliable quadcam W-series 2.3/2.5 I4s and 2.9/3.2 I5s were released, keeping the N-series 8-valve 1.9L I4 and the P-series turbodiesel. The platform was at this point used to replace the executive car of Cherrier's Belgian luxury subsidary, Heolia, using much of tthe Rhapsodie's mechanicals and the same wheelbase, but with funky Italian coachbuilder styling, and Heolia's own 2.0/2.2/2.4 V6s and 2.5/3.0 V8 alongside a Cherrier P-series. The car received a second generation in 1985.
hear me out: MD-series based school bus something like this.. maybe?? quick PS mockup/concept drawing lmk what yall think
1984 - 1989 Hirochi 7T09 "1984's Pinnacle of Remote Control Technology" Based on the Tamiya Hornet/Grasshopper chassis A small 1/10 scale R/C buggy meant for the USA and Japan, this was one of the coolest toys you could buy in 1984. You can still find them at local hobby shops or R/C tracks if you look hard enough. Configs: The Estate Sale: An old chassis cobbled together with beamBay parts and things found at yard sales Sandblaster: 1/10 Scale R/C car sold in the USA and Japan, with a basic motor and molded plastic body Rabbit: 1/10 Scale R/C car sold in the USA and Japan, with a slightly faster motor and slightly cooler molded plastic body Berserk: Completely modded out 7T09 chassis that can reach 50+ MPH, this thing is a rolling Ship of Theseus debate
I think that we need something to fill the gap between the Pessima MKI and Pessima MKII. My idea if I had the skills would be to design a vehicle with the MKII Pessima headlights but have a more boxy and aggressive body style overall, and be a mix between the Subaru Legacy/Outback and the Toyota Corolla/Sprinter Carib in terms of styling. The MKII headlights are already super close to the Toyota headlights, and the taillights of MKI are super close to Subaru. Would just need round foglight bumper and more interesting grille. Give it the MKI and MKII engine options, but also 4WD/AWD. Also give it Wagon Body style, and maybe liftback would be cool. Also please give us JDM and classic 90's two tone paint schemes Images to illustrate my thoughts:
Well, I'm sure you're glad to hear that they might actually be working on an official school bus body, as referenced in the files for some (currently) unused materials!
I would actually prefer a Limousine --- Post updated --- yeah, a limousine should work.... who knows maybe one day they will add interiors in buildings and interactive dummy NPCS as well.
A 1980s really boxy car would be neat, like the Dodge Diplomat from the 80's, or the Plymouth Gran Fury. A lot of Beam's cars are from the 1980s, but most of them don't have that boxy look, like the Legran. This is one of my favorite, if not favorite, vanilla cars, and it's pretty boxy but not as boxy as cars can get. It could be something like the "Bruckell Flatlander".
