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Post by adrian on Feb 22, 2007 9:42:48 GMT -5
How do new makes, models... even manufacturers of cars come about in the Cars world?
I mean... surely someone has to be the first of any model of car. but... how? i mean... different types of 911, ok, i can see that... but... say.... the first RX7, or Jag XJ, the Lamborghini Miura... first mid-engined supercar. so... how? and the Audi Quattro. or the first Kia even. how?
any ideas? anyone else figured this?
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Post by Evangeline on Feb 22, 2007 17:10:11 GMT -5
I suppose if enough of an obviously new type are born to parents of an existing line, the clan would get together and find a name to classify this new subgroup. Now and then, a car would be born that doesn't have enough others of its type to qualify for "new model" status, so I'd guess they'd be the equivalent of "concept cars" or "prototypes."
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Post by Tracker89 on Feb 22, 2007 17:23:22 GMT -5
For new models, I believe that they're simply born out of older ones. For example, my character Cam, who's an '03 Land Rover Discovery, has a father who is a '71 Land Rover Series III.
For new manufacturers and makes, on the other hand, things get difficult. Koenigsegg, for example, is a very new make(first car was produced in 2002), and isn't directly related to any other make. So where would have the first generation of Koenigs have come from in the Carsverse? They couldn't have just popped out of thin air...
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Post by elizar on Feb 22, 2007 17:35:17 GMT -5
Mutts! Mutts that became that defined they became a new seperate make and model. But as for the other stuff, I am going with Tracker. One of my first ideas of the carverse was that there were no mutts at all, figuring that it was bit ridiculus as with the freedom going on now would end up with everyone being mutts.
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Post by pookydoc on Feb 22, 2007 21:13:57 GMT -5
like some of the rest said..like how you come up with different new dog breeds and horse breeds.. though i think mutts are possible if the child is not of any distinguishable breed..like Jibby..who's father is doc and some unknown female..a hornet mutt XD
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Post by adrian on Feb 23, 2007 8:31:22 GMT -5
so what's the Koeniggsegg? like... a... saab and a Mclarren F1? wouldn't make anything as fast as the koenigsegg. a saab fighter jet and a TVR maybe? the mind boggles.
Though Mater did seem to have a thing for helicopters. and nless I'm mistaken, the one he goes up in is a girl. hmm... now i think i need a shower. dirty thoughts. dirty thoughts. out of my mind. out of my mind.
one thing though. i did consider very similar to what has been said above after i'd posted... like with people... a bit of mum, a bit of dad and for the rest it's the individuals personality etc... that'd determine. course how you'd not therefore wind up with like... a handfull of millions of different makes is beyond me. (though you could argue that that IS the case with all the engine variants, trims and "limeted editions" etc...)
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Post by Evangeline on Feb 23, 2007 20:16:46 GMT -5
Heh, that helo looked perfectly masculine to me. All beefy and jowly like a tomcat. Now the Agusta A109 on the other hand... that looks very feminine.
New makes would generally come from crossing existing makes, though new models within a line could also come about that way... In the carsverse, a Veyron would come from crossing the Bugatti EB110 with a high-end Volkswagen of rare type, mirroring the real-life merger of Volkswagen and Bugatti. A real-life equivalent would be the crossing of Shorthorn and Bhraman cattle to create the Santa Gertrudis breed.
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Post by pookydoc on Feb 23, 2007 20:31:43 GMT -5
gawd you guys are confusing me with these "exotic" breeds XD
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Post by Insane Pirate Dragon on Feb 23, 2007 21:09:45 GMT -5
Chase is a perfect example of a concept or a prototype car, him being a Dodge/Pontiac cross.
He'll probably be what would be called a 'Vipes Am' of sorts.
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Post by Tracker89 on Feb 24, 2007 4:46:21 GMT -5
I just realised that a new make can be made up of a mixture of more than 2 types of "genes"...Koenigsegg could be a mixture of any Swedish make(Volvo or Saab) with a bunch of other supercar genes(TVR, Mclaren, Lamborghini, etc.) and probably a bit of Ford too, since real-life Koenigs use heavily modified Ford engines.
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Post by adrian on Feb 24, 2007 8:49:53 GMT -5
maybe the koenig' had a racecar parentage?
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Post by Amethyst on Feb 25, 2007 4:54:44 GMT -5
my theory on this... there are purebred cars,cars that may have just a few odd features (say a beetle with wrongly shaped headlights) and then there are mongrels. Purebreds would be things like Doc since he seems to be a complete Hudson Hornet with no alterations. *I can't think of any cars that have small alterations* Mater would be a mongrel since he's lots of different tow trucks smooshed together. As for new models and makes... if lots of errr...lets say.... Beetle/Gremlin hibrids were born with the same sort of variations then these would be a new "purebred" model..... a Gremble hehehe...just trying to imagine the offspring of a vw bus and a beetle ;D ;D ;D
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Post by adrian on Feb 25, 2007 7:47:59 GMT -5
wouldn't it be some VW estate car? maybe a Passat?
what's a Gremlin btw? other'n the little monster things that are inadvisably mixed with water (and our smaller dog has a very creepy knack of sounding just like when she growls), I've never heard of them
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Post by Tracker89 on Feb 25, 2007 7:57:04 GMT -5
*I can't think of any cars that have small alterations* I remember reading somewhere that Sarge looks a bit different from an actual WW2 jeep. Also, my own RP character Cam fits this...he is half-Jeep, but the only Jeep features he actually has are a few internal parts...on the outside, he looks completely Land Rover.
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Post by Amethyst on Feb 25, 2007 15:35:57 GMT -5
that be a Gremlin!
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