1966 to 1973 Calvinator Model C 1.0

In 1963, after designing multiple different cars to replace the flagship Miara Model C that ran from 1955 to 1960, Calvinator finalized a small, basic pony car that could seat 5 and was decently cheap.

In 1965, the 1966 Calvinator Model C S hit dealership floors and was an instant success among the youth. Though the 0 to 60 was a dastardly 9.4 seconds and the top speed a mediocre 133 mph, the MSRP of $2199 (today, just over $21K) made it all worth it.

The Car was built, however, for the now more strict International Racing Association (IRA) regulations and made it a poor competitor in the Gasmean Association of Stock Car Auto Racing (GASCAR).

In late 1965, however, the International Automobile Racing Organization (IARO, pronounced "arrow") was founded, with the help of the Royal Motor Corporation, Calvinator's parent company. With this, Calvinator designed and released the SS trim in 1966 as the 1967 Calvinator Model C SS

With a top speed of 162 mph and a still sorta sluggish 0 to 60 of 8.1 seconds, it proved to be a better race car and even replaced the S trim entirely in 1970 with 1.4 million S trim cars and 8.3 million SS trim cars. The car was a bit more expensive with an MSRP of $2699 (over $25,600 today, which is what I financed for my current car in real life), but was still pretty affordable.

Also in 1966, a convertible version was produced, the 1967 Model C SR, priced at $2799 (over $26,600 today). Both the SS and SR trims were powered by a 365 BHP 500ci V8 Mastedon Block, while the S trim was powered by a 165 BHP 180ci 6cyl. 5 million were built.

In 1967, in the newly created CRM department, Calvinator produced even more powerful versions of the Model C.

The 1968 Calvinator Model C R Bulldog had a 426 ci V8 producing 470 BHP. This car came out swinging and hitting in IARO and GASCAR, especially in the new IARO-SCAR (like GASCAR, but international), and it was still quite affordable. But the car didn't qualify for all the events due to it's large engine, and still felt slow, despite going 185 mph and demonstrating a 7.6 second 0 to 60 mph. MSRP of $2899, today over $27,300

Late 1967, the Model C RM Warrior came out. Now equipped with a 372 Warrior V8 Midblock, Calvinator could race in more divisions. The new Warrior proved to be an instant success on track and in sales, despite being much more expensive than the Bulldog at an MSRP of $4099 (over $37,400 today). The Warrior produced 480 BHP, bringing the car to 190 mph and a 0 to 60 in just 7.3 seconds. 43 million of these cars were sold produced and sold due to much higher demand.

In 1968, however, the King of all Model C cars was released. The 1969 Calvinator Model C RM Warrior Racecar. Using a smaller 363ci Warrior Block, the new new car produced 650 BHP and 460 LBFT of Torque, had a top speed of 202 mph and a then lightning acceleration from 0 to 60 in just 5.6 seconds. Calvinator had to go before the Gasmean Parliment to explain how the car was street legal with it's specialized legal slick tires and it's heinous engine. It was bad enough that Calvinators are some of the only cars in Gasmea to strictly use left side drive when everyone else was using right side drive (that changed in 1982 with the Calvinator EXP-200S, but that was a Japanese built Calvinator that had to be imported into Gasmea, the car that started the CJM era (Calvinator Japan Market), which is where the 2TC4 engine comes from as well as the Calvinator J cars).

The 1969 Warrior had an MSRP of $4999, over $44,900 today. 36.5 Million were produced and sold.

In 1973, Gasmea banned Leaded Gasoline, which lead to the end of Gasmea's greatest car. Initially, production would resume in 6 months with a turbo charged V8 ST trim producing 300 BHP using unleaded, but some car companies from Japan, such as "Kyoto", spiked Calvinator's interest. Japanese cars were taking over the Gasmean auto market since 1973. When surveyed, the public said the Japanese cars were cheap to purchase, cheap to fuel up, easy to maintain, much easier to drive, and could drive many MANY more miles than the Gasmean cars. Even Calvinator, considered pretty reliable for a Gasmean Auto Maker, PALED in comparison to the Japanese cars.

In August of 1973, already behind schedule, Calvinator hired former Kyoto and Toyoki engineers Hinochi Kazama, Hakone Jinichi, and Akina Hanami, called "Nami" by Calvinator staff as well as a handful of other engineers, who would reveal the secrets to why Japanese cars were besting Gasmean cars in everything except being faster... well, being faster half the time. Nami explained how if the clients wanted faster cars, they could tune them themselves. Calvinator's job was to build a car that was matching market trends, and due to an ongoing gas crisis and a desire for more reliable cars, that meant building far more reliable and fuel efficient vehicles.

After 3 more years, retooling the factories to make better quality cars, training employees in TQM (total quality management) and new technology, purchasing new machines to make forged parts production unimaginably cheap, Calvinator began production in 1976, and in 1979, Nami would end up taking over the Royal Motor Corporation, the first time the company wasn't in control by the Calvinator Family and youngest President and CEO at 28.

In 1981, Calvinator had their sights set, and their main competitor was now... Toyota.