Standard People's Compact Vehicle
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Standard People's Compact Vehicle | |
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Overview | |
Manufacturer | COCAM |
Production | 1965–present |
Model years | 1965–present |
Assembly | |
Designer | Chen Dou |
Body and chassis | |
Class | Compact car |
Body style | 2-door |
Layout | FR / F4 |
Powertrain | |
Engine | |
Transmission | 4-speed automatic |
Dimensions | |
Wheelbase | 2,035 mm (80.1 in) |
Length | 3,054 mm (120.2 in) |
Width | 1,410 mm (55.5 in) |
Height | 1,346 mm (53.0 in) |
Curb weight | 617–932 kg (1,360–2,055 lb) |
Chronology | |
Predecessor | Mule-powered vehicles |
The Standard People's Compact Vehicle (SPCV) commonly known as the People's Bean or the Cardboard Car is a two-engine compact car intended for four occupants. Designed, manufactured and sold by the government owned Corummese Car and Automata Manufactory (COCAM). The republican government of Qiu Heng saw the need for a cheap, simple and inexpensive car that could be bought and operated by the hundreds of millions of Corummese who could not afford a car in the 1960's and that would be able to take advantage of the growing Corummese road network. Military engineers under lead designer Chen Dou began work in 1963 and the final schematics were done by early 1965. The SPCV car has been in continuous production since 1965, with an estimated 70 million circulating in a number of nations in Alshar. The SPCV is especially ubiquitous in the streets of Mirzak where it is used predominantly as a taxi. The original design has received upgrades as car technologies have evolved making it much safer and reliable than when it was originally made.
Design history
Designed by military engineers and meant to car-ify the corummese population. Cheap mass produced means its relatively flimsy albeit reliable, prone to sudden fires tho?
Development and launch
Equipment
Two seats, steering wheel, rearview mirror so you can hang odorized pine tree
Safety
no safety
Incidents
Section will describe notorious accidents caused by laughably shit car
Sales
Section will describe national campaigns promoting car, exports to poorer nations(marketed as top of the line deluxe car)