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Dec 24, 20226 min read

Industry Digest 28: Tis' The Season

Zanic takes a new approach, Konian shows off muscle car, and more news from the holiday season.

Image Credit: Eromax156 (Grandway Motor Cars)

Carblox Summarized

NVNA Plans Jolly Release

NVNA has two models it plans to release by the climax of the holiday season: the Model 4 and Deramo Concept. Both will run on stock A-Chassis, without any of NVNA's current or planned technologies. They were planned to go on sale November 10th, but it was delayed to around December 25th, give or take.

Photo Credit: Avxnturador (NVNA)

Volattolo Announces Next Big Thing

Owner Colfedu_911 revealed plans for the next car from the hit Italian automaker, which goes by the Codename Superiotica. While it hasn't been actually built yet, aside from a gorgeous wheel rim design, the car will be based in the 2000s model years and feature a V12 currently being tested in a Avantidea test mule.

Photo Credit: Colfedu_911 (Volattolo)

100% Australian Muscle

Konian continues to tease the WIP muscle car the Aussie manufacturer is working on. Not much is known about it, but from the images provided by Konian, the muscle car will feature this dashing blue-and-white paint job and will don what seems to be Konian's original logo, from the early 2010s.

Image Credits: T3STAR

1 Year of Akuma

The Japan-based Uemuki Group brand turned 1 year old on December 10th, 2022, shortly after which the debutante Aikon coupe was unveiled.

Image Credit: GlazyArchives (Akuma)

Vuelo Joins Uemuki

Vuelo formerly was part of the now deceased International Vehicle Automotive Industry, or IVAI Group during it's time as Cytel Motors. It joined IVAI on January 30th, 2022. Almost 11 months later, owner Dev_Jar was recently accepted into Uemuki Group, bringing Vuelo under the group. Uemuki is known for hosting the cream of the brick car crop, and Vuelo is not an exception.

Image Credit: Dev_Jar (Vuelo)

Reintroducing Carblox+

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Carblox+ has returned, with more perks, features, and rewards for less.

Originally announced on October 5th, 2021, Carblox+ was planned to be a subscription service that, for 10 robux a month, would grant you access to exclusive merchandise, articles, and get notified of new articles before they're posted in the Autoworks server.

While it's original December 11th launch was postponed indefinitely due to financial reasons, Carblox+ has been reworked from the ground up to offer more value and have more flexible pricing.

Carblox+ will be available on December 22nd for 20% off until December 30th when you use code "CBPLUSLAUNCH", and subscriptions go into effect on January 1st, 2023. You can get more information about what Carblox+ includes at https://carblox.my.canva.site/carbloxplus, or by looking in the Carblox Discord, linked at the bottom of this webpage. By using the code, you pay 20% of the original subscription price for 6 months. You can also buy Carblox+ for a friend. As Carblox+ matures, more features and perks will be added.

After December 30th, Carblox+'s lanuch page will be shuttered as a new page will be added into the main website you're reading this on.

Zanic Reimagined

GIF Credits: Veratech (Zanic)

The Zanic you knew is mostly gone. Owner Veratech (fka QrzaDev) announced on November 11th that the brand is being restarted fresh. The name and logo will stay the same, and the history and lore of Zanic will receive changes. Alongside this, they said, quote:

"The current lineup of cars is dead, they were quite shit and I wasn't happy with them. The only one that will remain will be the '84 GT400 and the '72 Cuneum Concept. Because I don't want to completely throw everything away I'll be giving off some existing cars - starting with the Ryura"

Suru owners were given the opportunity to get the Ryura roadster the company unveiled earlier this year in an animated video. Veratech also went onto say:

"My main problem with Zanic was making too much too quick, leaving lots unfinished. I'll try my best to avoid this and actually release something - no promises To start this redo off, we've got something special to tease below. Nicknamed P710 by yours truly, it's a pure V10 powered death trap with no drivers aids whatsoever It will be limited edition, likely order only and yes, hopefully, these orders will actually come out this time"

The update announcement also attached an animated GIF of the upcoming car, where it can be made out the light grey-blue the car is. The automaker has refrained to divulge on the automobile, and Carblox will update you on public development news.

Proton Unveils Upcoming Fourth Generation Mikura

Image Credits: Veratech (Proton)

Proton Motors revealed the design of the 1994 model year of the company's popular Mikura coupe, with the new model being the fourth generation of the model series lore wise. The new Mikura takes over from it's 1989 predecessor, featuring an inspired but complete redesign. Proton also announced that the car will come in 5 trims, each of which will have custom bumpers, hoods, side-skirts, and spoilers, for a total of 20 interchangeable parts. The upcoming Japanese sports coupe is planned to release in the first 3 months of 2023.

Marvino Announces Redesigned 2023 Voyage

Image Credit: Adinsapo (Marvino)

Marvino is back and better than before. In a world where Italian brands such as Portocello, Ciazzi, and Volattolo popularize the cylindrical headlight style, Marvino unveiled a redesigned, improved version of their successful sub-compact crossover SUV. While Adinsapo, the Marvino brand contributor who is primarily responsible for the 2023 Voyage, alongside with owner Catalyst_0 have remained quiet on any specifics regarding the crossover, based on styling alone, the new Voyage takes a new design direction compared to the previous 2022 and 2021 models, but also maintains design staples of Marvinos, from the chunky wheel arches to the duo-tone paint and geometric grille shape.

Marvino has practically become a mono-model company due to the Era sports coupe and Merryweather roadster both having sequels that have yet to fully materialize (or be fully realized), while the Voyage is making leaps and bounds in quality and technology as the darling of the lineup.

RISAO-nding Comparison

Image Credits: Ecoisk (RISAO)

Meet RISAO, a new Scandinavian electric vehicle startup. If the words "Scandinavian electric vehicle startup" ring a bell, then a good portion of this article will definitely feel like déjà vu.

The brand was founded by Ecoisk in 2022 and has already assembled a team of four to work on their automobiles. RISAO has yet to release their debut automobile, a electric crossover SUV, called the RISAO Alpine. The brand's motif is the iconic Scandinavian minimalism style seen globally and in your IKEA furniture.

Now to address the elephant in the room: yes, it sounds like a remix of the same story that Elektrisk and Lyx both used, from the sleek graphics to the simple logo, alongside pre-assembling a talented crew of creators before the brand's launch. But with similarities come differences, and the differences are notable. Primarily, Elektrisk is now working on it's Stardom film/product/experience project, and Lyx... is well, dead. But alongside that, RISAO hasn't been pushing with big budget, high talent marketing and cinematic unveil videos, opting for a more reserved entrance into the community, which gives Ecoisk and their team some breathing room.

RISAO plans to release the Alpine in early 2023, and aside from confirmed colours (including an extremely vibrant, eye-catching, orange), nothing has been set in stone. Carblox will keep you updated on future developments regarding RISAO, an upstart Norwegian electric vehicle company.

That's A Wrap

Image Credits: Elektrisk

Elektrisk delivered their Elektrisk 2022: Wrapped blog post on December 12th, where the creative project summarizes their year. The annual tradition, which has been going strong since 2020, stayed around for the New Year (unlike Elektrisk's Innovation Week), and focused on Elektrisk's Stardom project, which has been a point of awe, debate, ridicule, and inspiration since we first saw it announced in January.

The post did not give much new information, recalling the revealed production design of the ultra-exclusive, super rare FP.3 roadster, alongside the introduction of the project's protagonist, Elly. The blog post also mentioned the three slots open to anyone who dared to write theories about the project's storyline, where they were memorably given a large collection of inspiring songs, movies, photos, and colours that helped build participant's ideas.

While originally, there was no deadline to this competition of sorts, Elektrisk announced on December 23rd that submissions will no longer be accepted past January 1st, 2023, which gives (as of writing on December 24th at 1 AM) 8 days for participants to get their theories in. The best theory wins.