A ton of new faces enter the industry, Alliance 11 becomes the darling of modders, and more news while waiting for the Wheely Awards winner article that is taking way longer than it needs to be finished, from mid to late May and early June. Happy Pride!
Vector R-X - Image Credits: rdSVFSh2 (Vector)
Industry Digest 33 Release Radar
If we tried to add every car that came out so far, the article would be 8 minutes long, thanks to a lot activity from young brands. Here's some of the most interesting releases instead!
2023 Zhongshan city-EV in all trims - Image Credits: colfedu_911
Industry Updated
Broment Joins Alliance 11
Alliance 11 gained Broment as a member of the group's portfolio. Broment is known for their vintage-era cars. Not a word more need be said.
Colt Car Meet Interest Form
Ono_Three posted a Google Form looking for interest and opinions on a possible car meet hosted by the well known juggernaut that is Colt Motors. Nothing concrete has been laid out, but info for those who possibly want to bring a car to showcase has been shared. Carblox will keep you in the loop.
Where is the Wheely Awards Winner List Article?
The master list for all winners and nominees for the 2023 Wheely Awards has been in development limbo due to it being extremely tiring to work on (the most copy and paste ever) and Wix and Craft not playing nicely when you copy from Craft and paste in Wix Blogs, which messes up formatting to the point you're better off having to retype everything by hand, which is painful. That and I've been busy writing books and writing tests.
After hackerkm polled on it, the Gallus Zolnierz was given a complete remake and a rebuff to be a higher quality model. It looks much nicer now, very cool.
Ciazzi iFlux is Back For 2020
2020 Ciazzi iFlux Front and Rear - Image Credits: Eromax156
The loveable little kei van has been completely overhauled for the the 2020-present! Compared to the 2016-2019 edition, the entire design is significantly more experimental, more standout, less Yokomuki-reminiscent. Eromax156 has not given any major info on the automotible, but thanks the people for voting the 2016 iFlux Best Compact Car at this year's Wheely Awards.
We can expect many returning trims, including the eFlux electric model and performance model. A ute version also looks like it's planned, though unlike the April Fool's Super Dually which had a double row cab, the prototype is a two passenger affair.
2020 Ciazzi iFlux Trims - Image Credits: Eromax156
Bunch 'o' Babies: Young Hungry New Brands
As we entered mid-late May and early June, AutoWorks experienced an uptick in new server members as more and more of the school-goers in the industry finish school semesters. Among other small brands, the mysterious Aura who held their Connect event at 12 AM MDT, and a new Chinese subsidiary of Alliance 11, we got Ki Motors by RB_ZPlayz, and Javido from javicraftblox.
Shamrockaway, the owner of Canadian brand Fletcher Motors, also joined AutoWorks to share his ultra-detailed creations, albeit them all non-functioning art-pieces cars that are so high poly that driving them requires a lot of work to even attempt something efficient enough to move.
1944 Fletcher Vigil - Image Credits: Shamrockaway (Fletcher)
Ki popped onto the scene in mid-late May with the Ki Mugen, while Javido has seemingly existed for a little longer, but owner javicraftblox only joined in the recent time frame, and all three creators mentioned have been uploading cars at breakneck pace, though Fletcher has slowed.
While Fletcher has already reached the peak of what a Roblox CSG car can do, being so divinely curvy it treats typical logic like a suggestion, many of these young brands still have some work to do to catch up with the current industry who's who. Javido has certainly been getting there, most notably their recently released Legacy, which was an insane leap from the previous sedan.
2012 Javido Legacy Front and Back - Image Credits: javicraftblox (Javido)
Overall, seeing new faces is always great. Welcome to AutoWorks.
Connected Aura
Speaking of startups, Aura held their "Connect" video event earlier this morning (or late last night) at 12 AM MDT. In the awkwardly wide video, we saw two vehicles announced: the Aura-Vornehm Poblano crossover, and the Aura Deios sedan.
Aura-Vornehm Poblano - Image Credits: Screenshot by Carblox from Aura Connect
Aura confirmed today that the Poblano will be available in four trims: Base, Dynamic, Executive, and Edition One. Executive is also split into Executive and Executive+, and Dynamic into Dynamic, Dynamic+, and E-Dynamic, alongside plans for a ICE, plug-in hybrid, and EV trim. The Edition One is limited to 500 units, and the Poblano is pinned to start at $50k ($49,999) to $110k ($109,999). Aura Connect also confirmed the Vornehm Poblano will feature a 40 mpg rating, produce 540 horsepower, and have a top speed of 160, though it's unclear is that is MPH or KMH.
Vornehm Poblano - Image Credits: Screenshot by Carblox from Aura Connect
But arguably, the more interesting model is the Aura Deios electric sedan, which has interest forms already open for it.
Aura Deios Front - Image Credits: Screenshot by Carblox from Aura Connect
The Deios has even less confirmed about it despite technically having interest forms out first, and design-wise, definitely takes what could be considered too much Tesla inspiration.
Aura Deios Rear - Image Credits: Screenshot by Carblox from Aura Connect
The company tells the public the Deios will have 269 miles of electric range, producing 529 horses of power, and capping at a 189 speed, again unclear if MPH or KMH.
Aura Deios - Image Credits: Screenshot by Carblox from Aura Connect
Carblox plans to cover Aura's cars once we get our hands on them. Keep tuned in for when that's available.
Zoomin' Zhongshan Contest
On June 9th, colfedu_911 announced a contest for the community: whomever creates the coolest modified take on the tiny 2023 Zhongshan City-EV would win one of 3 one of a kind cars: the Omis-Stuttgart 399 OSR by lilswaggjr, the Broment Nuovu by jajaklogs600 (fka ilovedumbphones), and/or the Amfluss Leicht VR6 by subpartikel. All top 5 placers will get the modded Zhongshan Super City-EV. The City-EV can be found in Release Radar, you can join the Alliance 11 Discord to submit your project here, and submissions close June 30th!
(Left to Right) Omis-Stuttgart 399 OSR, Broment Nuovu, Amfluss Leicht VR6, Zhongshan Super City-EV - Image Credits: colfedu_911 (Alliance 11)
Good luck competitors!
Outro
Thanks for reading this latest edition of Industry Digest. As you can see, I'm trying to reintroduce more personality into Industry Digests, as the Digests have become kinda boring to read in recent times and have been a little lacking on providing more on top of the info we're congregating. Alongside this, sorry for taking 5 weeks, and generally just missing the 3 week waiting window put in place for Industry Digest.
And yes, I am actually writing a book. If you guys are interested in it, I can keep y'all updated on it's progress LOL. No it is not related to ROBLOX or cars at all.
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