Fun & unique facts about... Ibishu Pigeon

Hello and welcome, to what is hopefully a fun series of threads about the BeamNG vehicles & their unique traits which makes them stand out from other in-game cars!
Depending on the community reception, there will be more threads like this, especially for upcoming vehicles.​

Here is some fun & unique facts about the Pigeon:

• It is the first car to have an engine removed/replaced altogether, going from a 660cc diesel engine to a 550cc Petrol engine
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• It has an unused "migratory bird research station" skin, to go along with the buildings on Small Island by the same name
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• In its early days, the Pigeon used a strange front suspension, which used a belt-driven steering pulley, but it was replaced with the more Reliant Robin-like system with a linkage-based steering system.
• It was the last car to still be using hubwheels, after every other car had been converted to pressurewheels
• The dashboard sports a warning label claiming "do not make a steering sharply at the high speed", a reference to poorly done machine translations which were common at the time
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• The engine has "121500" marked on it, implying the mileage since an engine service, and the Pigeon's odometer reads "132130"
• The aftermarket 4-link rear suspension is completely unique to the Wigeon's 5-link suspension
• It is the first vehicle to feature a front-mid engine layout
• It originally was a 3-wheeled vehicle, but has gained a 4-wheeled chassis as an option in its most recent remaster
• One of its configs comes with unique stabilizer wheels to keep it from rolling over
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Feel free to add some fun facts of your own
Made in collaboration with @CaptainZoll ​

 

• It's the smallest vehicle in the game
• It was the second car to share it's frame with another car, after the Wendover/Legran
• It's the most memed vehicle in the game
• At high speed the car will steer to the left by itself on the 3-wheeled configuration
• Along with the Piccolinia, it can glide if the engine is removed and a mattress is attached.
• It's cute as hell
• The Cool version features a bed bench facing towards the rear (I'm sure those have a name but i don't know what it is)
• Prior to it's remaster it was suprisingly tough.

 

...of which the internal name is "bird abduction"

 

I'll throw in a few more facts about the Pigeon since I have some to share:

• The name is a reference to the Reliant Robin. Both pigeons and robins are types of birds.
• The Pigeon was the first diesel-powered official content vehicle in BeamNG when it was introduced in version 0.3.1.0 on June 22, 2014. Obviously, the remaster in version 0.23 removed this diesel engine in favor of a regular gasoline engine (at least DaddelZeit managed to retain that option via an add-on), but regardless, it is the first official content vehicle with a 3-cylinder engine, predating the Cherrier Vivace and its 3-cylinder engine by almost 6 years.
• Arguably the most iconic color on the Pigeon is Seafoam Green, which was its default color since its release in 2014. Even though said remaster changed its default color to Verdant Green, Seafoam Green is still available to pick in the vehicle and parts selection menu.
• The idea for a 4-wheeled Pigeon first started out as user-created mods, the most well-known being from mike94 (as well as another from former staff member DrowsySam). These and the official 4-wheeled version are separated by a few years (around 4 years for the former, approximately 7 years for the latter).
• Someone (don't remember who exactly) made a 3-wheeled D-Series mod back in 2014, using the same concept as the Pigeon. It doesn't work properly in the latest build today (obviously), but that was the supersized version if you thought the Pigeon was too small for your tastes.
• You can use the Pigeon from version 0.3.1.0 in even older copies of the game between 0.3.0.0 and 0.3.0.5! Attempting to port over the rest of the vehicles from 0.3.1.0 (D-Series, H-Series, Grand Marshal, Covet, Bolide, and Moonhawk) into these initial builds won't work though, but why would you still use version 0.3.0.5 in this day and age anyway?

I hope you enjoyed these interesting facts I provided

 

One question.
I downloaded an old version of beamng (dont remember the version) and there was the belt system.
Its soo undrivable and the version i played had no body jbeam or a very stiff one.
So im asking if someone remembers the version of the belt steering pigeon.

 

Woah, this thread makes me more curious about this car, would love to add insights too here after delving into it.

 

Since when was it sold in the US?

 

It once had a 660CC 9,5k rpm reving engine.
I miss it

 

Think there is a mod for it maybe?

 

AFAIK no

 

I am unable to find it, link plez

 

Great thanks for sharing this

 

It is the first car to feature aftermarket configs instead of Factory configs ( sorry for bump btw )

 

the d series offroad, covet race, and various stripped/drift missile versions of cars came way before the pigeon was even released.

 

Oh . Even tho i was about to wrote that it was the only one but then the bus came into my head