Artion Group announces end of the road for P.I.O, and other major news from April 2023.
N/A Motori SPDMSTR600 - Image Credits: iLuhDuhPenguin (Aspirato, Artion Group)
Industry Digest 32 Release Radar
A ton of releases came out over the month, here are the highlights:
2008 Konian Excellente - Image Credits: T3STAR (Konian Motors)
Industry Updated
Carblox Summarized has been renamed to Industry Updated, as it functions in the exact same regard. Anyway, on with the news:
Electility Unveils Cerividae Concept's Name
The awaited car from the UK-based manufacturer has been officially named dropped on April 2nd: the Electility Astrid. The brand also confirmed that the Astrid will succeed 2021's hit FX, which launched in 2021 with a 2023 model year.
Danketsu Shows Off Crossover
On April 9th the brand based out of FAIC nation Wendell has unveiled a new aimed at those with a little less to spend: the 2019-2023 Adachi, which starts at just under $18,000.
Rear of Danketsu Adachi - Image Credits: Bryan_JamRBLX (Danketsu)
Sonya Teases SRE Archipelago
The Aussie brand dropped a slightly revealing teaser of performance focused variant of the company's Archipelago sedan. The full vehicle can be seen at RACE23.
Sonya Archipelago - Image Credits: ItsFireFox2006 (Sonya, Uemuki Group)
Lyx Prepares For Roblox International Motor Show
Lyx is one of many high profile brands attending Autoworks' trade show come August. The formerly dead Swedish company dropped a teaser of the next step for the brand, illuminating the intricately detailed design of the headlights. Lyx gave no information regarding the car, but there's a high possibly it being tied to Lyx's AW Sedan and Hatchback challenge participants: the Lyx Klämming and Juno, respectively. Carblox will keep you posted on future developments. Notably, a DRL teaser that actually does a little more than the norm is a very welcome sight indeed.
Lyx DRL Teaser - Image Credits: GT2R_S (Lyx, Quo Automotive)
Headline: Artion Group Shutters P.I.O and Aspirato
Performance International Omega, or PIO's parent company, Artion Group, has announced on April 29th that the group is ending manufacturing and producing their own models under the P.I.O and Aspirato (aka N/A Motori) nameplates. In a statement in Autoworks, their own Artion N.V Discord, and on Twitter, Artion Group started off with the fact they won't be attending RIMS 2023.
"Dear valued customers and fans, We are informing you that P.I.O & Artion Group will not be attending the upcoming 2023 Roblox International Motor Show. After careful consideration and evaluation, we have decided that it is not in our best interest to participate in this event."
PIO Ackra - Image Credits: iLuhDuhPenguin (P.I.O., Artion Group)
But the next paragraph is the real topic of this story. In the second paragraph, Artion announces a major shift to consumer electronics, and that all future plans for vehicles have been phased out at the company, saying:
"Artion Group sees a new direction and potential with consumer electronics and technologies. We have internally phased out any future plans for motor vehicles. We will remain committed to the automotive industry and support customers of our remaining vehicles."
(L-to-R) N/A SPDMSTR600, PIO Artois - Image Credits: iLuhDuhPenguin (Artion Group)
To say speechless would be an understatement. P.I.O has repeatedly received praise for being an impressive brand, making cars that set trends and defined the CSG auto space. Notably, P.I.O operated with an order-only approach, allowing customers to customise their own cars before they hold the car. This style had gained significant popularity especially in P.I.O's part of making it desirable. The new car feeling was brought in fuller force than ever since people would wait months for their model to be given to them in a .rbxm model file.
Inteior of N/A SPDMSTR600 - Image Credits: iLuhDuhPenguin (Aspirato, Artion Group)
P.I.O also made arguably some of the best interiors and engine bays in the industry, providing an feel that virtually no car has completely cloned. While P.I.O cars were also high quality on the outside, being well above the bare minimum, they were best known for the iconic trifecta grille, a motif iconic enough P.I.O jokingly put on a NFT you can go and buy if you'd want right now.
There was also appeal in collecting the company's stylish cars, their models being the Artois compact SUV, ÉgoÏste compact sedan, Strada full-sized SUV, the Ackra compact SUV, the mid-size sedan, the Mellevue, and others. To go into detail on P.I.O's history is an article in of itself, so the Roblox Vehicle Wiki page will have to do for now. Aspirato was a young brand that debuted with the SPDMSTR600, a modified version of the newest P.I.O Artois, which released at the same time.
To say Performance International Omega made both a name and a brand for itself in a way that is completely unique, memorable, enough those who tend to ignore CSG-automobile news even know off, would be an understatement. iLuhDuhPenguin created vehicles that set trends and defied the same trends itself. P.I.O was The last P.I.O released was a variant on their Artois, but Carblox was unable to link it. Overall, all official releases and announcements from P.I.O have been removed from Autoworks. We say goodbye to P.I.O, and we say thank you for what you have done.
Carblox will keep you updated with revised versions of this article if the information currently published is inaccurate.
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