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AMMT SolsticeS
Okay then, the way that the automotive industry has gone, perfomance cars carry different tags.
Take for example the following:
This is an M3. Well, an M3 GTR to be precise. It is a work of genius, but it says certain things about, well, you know, your manhood. Sure it is spectacular to drive, but if you drive one you must be compensating for something.
Next victim:
Ahhh the Zonda C12S. What a nice car, a hypercar to trump the rest in terms of lunacy. Technical marvel as well, to tell the truth. Buuttttt, well, you know. You look like an idiot. The car will draw a crowd, but you will only draw ridicule.
And herein lies the problem. You see, their are not that many 'stylish' performance cars, cars that will be fast around a track, but at the same time will get you through life fast. No divorce, lawsuit or midlife crisis is ever far away from a performance car (or people carrier, but lets not go there). What is needed in the industry is a performance car that looks sporty, fun and stylish.
Now the good news. The evil Empire, otherwise known as General Motors, discontinued the Pontiac brand earlier this year. Guess which company managed to get the rights to use the Solstice chassis dirt cheap? That's right, AMMT had found a stylish base for its performance car. We were permitted to produce a run of cars following the chassis and bodywork of the Pontiac Solstice Coupe Concept from 2002, and so we set to work.
We took the stock Solstice, and added the following:
Racing Exhaust (legalised, as the four-potter lacks excessive noise even now)
Okay then, the way that the automotive industry has gone, perfomance cars carry different tags.
Take for example the following:
This is an M3. Well, an M3 GTR to be precise. It is a work of genius, but it says certain things about, well, you know, your manhood. Sure it is spectacular to drive, but if you drive one you must be compensating for something.
Next victim:
Ahhh the Zonda C12S. What a nice car, a hypercar to trump the rest in terms of lunacy. Technical marvel as well, to tell the truth. Buuttttt, well, you know. You look like an idiot. The car will draw a crowd, but you will only draw ridicule.
And herein lies the problem. You see, their are not that many 'stylish' performance cars, cars that will be fast around a track, but at the same time will get you through life fast. No divorce, lawsuit or midlife crisis is ever far away from a performance car (or people carrier, but lets not go there). What is needed in the industry is a performance car that looks sporty, fun and stylish.
Now the good news. The evil Empire, otherwise known as General Motors, discontinued the Pontiac brand earlier this year. Guess which company managed to get the rights to use the Solstice chassis dirt cheap? That's right, AMMT had found a stylish base for its performance car. We were permitted to produce a run of cars following the chassis and bodywork of the Pontiac Solstice Coupe Concept from 2002, and so we set to work.
We took the stock Solstice, and added the following:
ECU Control Chip
N/A Tuning Stage 1
Racing Brakes
Brake Balance Controller
Racing Suspension
Fully Customisable Transmission
Triple Plate Clutch
Racing Flywheel
Carbon Prop Shaft
Fully Customisable LSD
S3 Tyres
Oil Change
New Wheels (Optional)
We then tuned the car to the following settings, reproduced with kind permission of AMMT below:
LSD
Initial Torque: 5
LSD Acceleration: 33
LSD Deceleration: 22
Suspension
Spring Rate: 8.7/8.2
Ride Height: 86/104
Damper Bound: 4/7
Damper Rebound: 7/8
Camber Angle: 2.8/1.3
Toe Angle: 0/1
Stabiliser: 3/5
Gears
Auto: 7
Final: 4.000
1st: 2.849
2nd: 1.997
3rd: 1.543
4th: 1.207
5th: 0.983
6th: 0.820
Brake Balance
Front: 3
Rear: 4
Driving Aids and Ballast Weight
None of that at all.
After doing this, we were left with a carthat went from 243 BHP to 324 BHP, and down in weight from 1318kg to 1120kg. This led to a weight to power ratio of 3.459, as opposed to the stock cars pitiful 5.419. The car will do the following:
0-60: 4.5 seconds
0-100: 9.9 seconds
0-100-0: 13.3 seconds
C-Max: 160.09 MPH
In the AMMT SolsticeS, we have merged style, profile, and power. We have created a work of art, but one that is such both mechanically and aesthetically. Against the Zonda and M3, the SosticeS was the top performer. It was more balanced, and more well rounded, with none of the stigma associated with its opposition.
The AMMT SosticeS is a truly effortless car to drive, but delivers performance on par, if not above, that of it's contemporaries. AMMT are already producing a race version, set to debut soon, and if this car is anything to go by, the race model will peform.
AmMT SolsticeS - Style, Profile, Power
The only cars I got review from (if I recall correctly) are the Superbird and the M550. Feel free to choose from Nenad's cars or mine. 👍
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" *After a few minutes* "OK, alright, I got it. You can go on.". With the suspension tuned by us, you're able to drive (Better say fly) at a speed of 350 km/h over hills (e.g. at Schwedenkreuz) and the car will still be stable and have traction. By the way, driving aids are turned off, so be careful. The brakes were improved, too. The braking distances are much more shorter now, but you should be careful with not braking too late or you'll end up with understeer in the corner. With that said, don't come back and cry the car understeers. It can be driven on its limits without understeer, you just have to find the driving style, which is wanted by the car. The limited slip differential was tuned, also. The car now handles more precise and it's more stable than ever. A wing was installed, too, in order to be able to get the best out of the car at any time. Have fun with this monster! 👍
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