Confessions of an Automationeer, Part 216: Another Birthday Gift

Confessions of an Automationeer, Part 216: Another Birthday Gift

As part of my impending 33rd birthday celebrations, I have decided to give myself a special gift: a fully detailed Automation build. This one was originally built for a recent Discourse forum challenge (as shown here), and a more detailed writeup can be found here if you want to take a closer look.

Above, from top: As my 33rd birthday gift to myself, and in honor of everyone who follows this blog, the AMS Acheron 1.6R is a reflection of the virtues I desire most in a performance car - light weight, agile handling, minimal electronic assistance, sharp throttle response, and modest dimensions, with the right amount of power and braking force to exploit its chassis, thus preserving an ideal balance.

I enjoyed making this build, considering that I had prior experience with this body set (albeit not in the variant with a detachable hard top, as shown here - I simply changed its material to transparent to hide it) and found it to be very useful for lightweight sports car builds due to its small size. Here's to many more happy birthday celebrations!

But if you find the R trim to be a bit too hardcore, the slightly detuned S trim, with its softer suspension tune, regular sports compound tires, and premium interior/sound system (with the Touring Pack) may be for you.

Above, from top: The S trim offers most of the thrills the R package offers, but its greater level of standard equipment makes it slightly more usable.

In short, whichever trim level you pick, there's no chance you'll be short-changed by the AMS Acheron and its otherworldly ability to leverage a small, light platform with a modest power output.