4: The model and trim name of your current design, the button can be used to switch between them.) Often the available bodies can be several types and as such if you go by visual reference you could miss the perfect body for your build.
2: Filter out what kind of car body you want to use. Keep in mind that modern car development takes about 6 years, and in the early days (1950’s) about 1-3 years. 1: First off, select the year the model development will start at at in the upper left. These costs have a large influence on the required vehicle markup in order for an automotive company to turn a profit. This especially is common in modern automotive industry as more advanced engineering and tooling caused these costs to skyrocket. Why do trims exist? Because without engineering a brand new car and building/retooling an entire factory, you can make a model that can be adjusted to be sold to multiple target groups. Engineering time is how long of a development cycle the car will need for everything to be designed and function properly. Production units is how hard a car is to produce, 110-120 PU in total (including engine) is approximately the effort required to build a modern VW Golf. Also a “facelift” would be a new trim of an existing model, and as such trim and model years may differ in Automation.Īsides from outright cost also the production units (PU) and engineering time (ET) are to be considered. As such trims within a model are bound to the body and the chassis/panel design choices you made for the model. A real world example would be Ford Focus as model, and RS or Vignale as a trim. As of right now in automation, for a car you have a model and trim.
This guide still is heavily work in progress These are not absolute truths, but may stray for min-maxing in certain scenarios.Īdditional context information may be given in cursive and are not required to complete a car build.
Also several mentions will be made as how design choices can lead to good, or poor performance. This car designer guide will go through the entire car design process, asides from engine design, as this is an topic on its own.
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