Let's Build a Car!

"GhostZ" (GhostZ) 11/21/2014 at 13:47 • Filed to: None

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I just watched a comparison video of the RC-F and the M4, and made me think: "If only we could have the Lexus's engine in the M4's body and chassis...." Which lead to me thinking, if we could build a car using only parts from existing 2014-model new cars (and assume there's no compatibility issues!) what would we make?

Engine:
Transmission:
Body (Exterior Chassis):
Chassis (Interior Chassis):
Suspension and tires:
Interior:

Here's 1 constraint though: The price is a composite of the parts you choose. So to get your price, you have to average the cost of the cars you choose to take parts from. For example, here's mine:

Engine: Ford Focus ST ($24,000)

Transmission: Scion FR-S ($24,900)

Body (Exterior Chassis): BMW 2-series ($32,100)

Chassis (Interior Chassis): Scion FR-S ($24,900)

Suspension and tires: BMW M135i ($43,100)

Interior: Mazda Miata ND ($23,970)

Final price: $28,820

bob and john > GhostZ 11/21/2014 at 13:49

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first though: brown RWD manual station wagon

second thouhgt: Audi A7, stick, 4.2L diesel V8 they get in eruope (or the v12 diesel if thats still around)

Sweet Trav > GhostZ 11/21/2014 at 13:57

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Engine: LT4 – Corvette Z06 77k (Best engine in the world)

Transmission: - Porsche 911 85k (Best Gearbox in the world)

Body (Exterior Chassis): Porsche Cayman GTS 75k (Good looking Porsche)

Chassis (Interior Chassis): Porsche Cayman GTS 75k (The Porsche with the engine in the correct place)

Suspension and tires: Camaro Z/28 72k (Grippy AF and 'those ring times)

Interior: Mitsubishi Mirage 13k (Because I want rubber floor mats in a supercar)

Final price: $66,166

Alfalfa > GhostZ 11/21/2014 at 13:58

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A Hellcat engine in a Fiat, obviously. I'd make it fit somehow. I'm too lazy to figure out price, but we all know it doesn't matter. Especially since I'll be dead in a fiery wreck before it's paid off.

Sweet Trav > GhostZ 11/21/2014 at 14:04

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Engine: 2.3l Ecoboost - Mustang EB 27k

Transmission: -ZF 9 speed auto with 4.56 final drive gears – Chrysler 200 21k

Body (Exterior Chassis): Ford Fusion 23k

Chassis (Interior Chassis): Subaru BRZ 26k

Suspension and tires: Cadillac ATS 33k

Interior: Ford Focus ST 25k

Final price: 25,800

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > GhostZ 11/21/2014 at 14:04

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Engine: Dodge Viper ($99,885)
Transmission: Dodge Viper ($99,885)
Body: McLaren 12C ($265,500)
Chassis: Ferrari 458 Speciale ($291,744)
Suspension: Ferrari 458 Speciale ($291,744)
Interior: Jaguar F-Type ($65,000)
Final price: $185,626

Sweet Trav > Goshen, formerly Darkcode 11/21/2014 at 14:05

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Why would you want that god awful lazy heavy LA-V8 derived V10?

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > GhostZ 11/21/2014 at 14:06

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Engine: Corvette LT4 ($80k)

Transmission: Porsche PKD ($51,400)

Body: 2015 Chrysler 300S ($35k est.)

Chassis: CTS Alpha Platform ($45,000)

Suspension and Tires: Camaro Z/28 ($75k)

Interior: Audi S6 ($75.5k)

Price: $60,316

GhostZ > Sweet Trav 11/21/2014 at 14:06

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Awesome choice. I forgot how cheap the 200 was. I'd definitely take this over any current 25k car!

GhostZ > Sweet Trav 11/21/2014 at 14:09

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Makes me wonder just how cheap they could get some of those performance cars if they just stopped caring about interior.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > GhostZ 11/21/2014 at 14:14

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Corvette LT4 in a Buick Lacrosse, Buick Lacrosse interior, corvette manual transmission, suspension from the Corvette Zl1.

I win.

My citroen won't start > GhostZ 11/21/2014 at 14:14

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Engine: GLA AMG ($48,300)

Transmission: Subaru BRZ ($25,000)

Body: Lexus CT200h ($32,000)

Chassis: Porsche Cayman ($50,000)

Suspension and tires: Audi S3 ($41,000)

Interior: Lexus ES ($37,000)

Final price: $38,888

Sweet Trav > GhostZ 11/21/2014 at 14:16

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thats how the cheap muscle cars in the 60's and 70's happened.

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > Sweet Trav 11/21/2014 at 14:59

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GM no longer builds NA engines I'd put in a supercar. Aluminium block, reasonably high tech, more torque than a possessed freight train, very reliable. Nothing to complain about it.

Also, it makes a helluva exhaust noise.

CAcoalminer > GhostZ 11/21/2014 at 15:00

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Engine: Ferrari LaFerrari (only the V12) (I thoroughly considered the 4.6L V8 from the 918 but a 789 bhp V12 was too enticing) ($1,700,000)

Transmission: Porsche 918 ($845,000)

Body (Exterior Chassis): McLaren P1 ($1,150,000)

Chassis (Interior Chassis): McLaren P1 ($1,150,000)

Suspension and tires: McLaren P1 ($1,150,000)

Interior: Porsche 918 ($845,000)

Final price: $1,140,000

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > GhostZ 11/21/2014 at 15:00

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Those'd be impossible to sell nowadays, unless as non-street-legal turn-key racers which would have little market anyway.

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To 11/21/2014 at 15:01

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ZL1?

Sweet Trav > Goshen, formerly Darkcode 11/21/2014 at 15:07

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Really? I hate the way a Viper sounds.

And are you sure about that?

770HP ~500 Ft/lbs from 3500-7000 rpm.

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > Sweet Trav 11/21/2014 at 15:08

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Dead sure. The 454R was developed for drag racing uses. LSx derived or no, I wouldn't trust a motorsports engine for a car which, supercar or not, is still quite meant to be a road car all and all.

Sweet Trav > Goshen, formerly Darkcode 11/21/2014 at 15:15

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Nothing a Vacuum pump and running E85 cant fix. More road cars need a crappy idle.

Jake - Has Bad Luck So You Don't Have To > Goshen, formerly Darkcode 11/21/2014 at 15:17

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Camaro ZL1. Dammit.

GhostZ > Sweet Trav 11/21/2014 at 15:19

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Well, in those they stopped caring about safety as well.

A 1969 Camaro SS L89 adjusted for inflation would cost $25,000 today.

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > GhostZ 11/21/2014 at 15:19

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Engine: Ducati 1199R ($30,995)
Transmission: Dodge Viper ($99,885)
Body: Smart Fortwo vert ($17,930)
Chassis: Smart Fortwo ($13,270)
Suspension: Dodge Viper TA ($122,385)
Interior: Lamborghini Gallardo LP550-2 ($191,200)
Final price: $79,277

I was surprised at how cheap this turned out to be. I'd drive the hell out of something like this.

Sweet Trav > GhostZ 11/21/2014 at 15:21

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I'm ok driving a deathtrap.

CAcoalminer > GhostZ 11/21/2014 at 15:27

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Affordable choice

Engine: C7 Z06 ($79,000)

Transmission: C7 Z06 ($79,000)

Body (Exterior Chassis): Volvo V60 Polestar ($60,900)

Chassis (Interior Chassis): C7 Z06 ($79,000)

Suspension and tires: C7 Z06 ($79,000) + Z07 Performance Package ($8,000) = ($87,000)

Interior: Porsche Boxster ($51,400)

Final price: $72,716.67 (expensive, but much less than a comparable German rival)

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > GhostZ 11/21/2014 at 15:30

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Engine: Chevrolet Camaro ($23,705)
Transmission: Ford Mustang manual ($22,510)
Body: Acura ILX ($26,900)
Chassis: Ford Mustang ($22,510)
Suspension: BMW 2 series ($32,100)
Interior: Acura ILX ($26,000)
Final price: $25,620

I was trying to make a sub-25k car, I guessed I failed but I was pretty close.

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > Sweet Trav 11/21/2014 at 15:32

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You can't buy E85 everywhere.

Sweet Trav > Goshen, formerly Darkcode 11/21/2014 at 15:34

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Pretty much everywhere in SE MI you can...

GhostZ > Goshen, formerly Darkcode 11/21/2014 at 15:48

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You'd end up with a Camaro V6 engine, mind you, the SS is more expensive.

Someone else's comment used the Chrysler 200 interior, which starts at like, $21,000. That would certainly drop the price.

GhostZ > CAcoalminer 11/21/2014 at 15:49

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I'd probably do the exact same thing, but swap the engine for the Koenigsegg 1:One engine.

CAcoalminer > GhostZ 11/21/2014 at 16:14

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A very good choice but I would wonder how the throttle response would be on it.

Goshen, formerly Darkcode > GhostZ 11/21/2014 at 17:28

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I know but it's still above 300 hp and naturally aspired.

anon-sxmcyecofnu1eocpqsk9iq > Alfalfa 11/23/2014 at 17:50

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Hell yeah, 700hp in a FWD compact.

Grindintosecond > GhostZ 11/29/2014 at 13:20

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Going the other spectrum, a truck: F-150 chassis, Chevrolet Allison transmission, Cummins engine=most reliable and awesome truck ever.