Confessions of an Automationeer, Part 151: Ute Reboot
Recently, I had the opportunity to participate in a round of the Crowd Sourcing Competition on the Automation forums. This time, the premise was as follows: to design a coupe utility (usually abbreviated to "ute") for the fictional car company Helron. After a few hours, I came up with the Helron Yokie SP Ute, powered by a big naturally aspirated V8 (6.3 liters) driving the rear wheels via a six-speed manual gearbox and a geared limited-slip differential.
It may be a simple design, but the Helron Yokie SP Ute easily gets its point across.
Much to my surprise and delight, my design proposal went on to win the round - it was a simpler design than what most of the other entrants had come up with, but it had more than enough presence to get the nod from the host. This also marked the first time I had won a forum challenge since my overall Car of the Year prize in the 1974 Letaran Auto Convention, and with this latest CSC wrapped up, I set about hosting the next CSC - but that's a story for another time and post.
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