Working on an Austrian NPC

[Kitsune]

Working on an NPC character who lives in Austria
Curious, any suggestions on a "sporty" car that would be reasonably common there?
Don't want to go with any of the mega expensive true sports cars

[Zaune]

VW Golf GTI, possibly with the engine hotted up a bit; they're popular tuner cars.

[Thanas]

Or, if the character is supposed to have some class and is not of lower-class rednecks himself, probably an Audi or BMW Z4 coupe (if he is more wealthy, Mercedes and Porsche).

[Kitsune]

Isn't there a pretty sporty French design pretty common in Europe
Just almost never see them in North America
Look at the Z4 later on and what are common Porches?

[Thanas]

The boxer is the cheap model, costing as much that middle class people can afford it, the 911 is for upper middle class and above.

[Kitsune]

The Boxster looks like a pretty sporty car visually and the engine produces produces more than my American larger 6 cylinder.
Won a lot of awards as well. The 911 styling has changed a lot since I looked at them.

[Thanas]

It is boxer, not boxster.


I also do not understand what you are talking about 911 design changes....

[LaCroix]

Thanas is right - the 911 body is practically unchanged from model #1.

And true, a Porsche would be the first choice of sports car, although the MX5 had some fans here among the less wealthy.

And then there is the BMW 3 series, which is a pretty sporty car, as well.

[Kitsune]

I get nothing when I look for "Porsche Boxer"
Get "Do you mean Boxster"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Porsche_Boxster

Classic 911


Modern 911

[Thanas]

That is an evolution, not a change. Basic elements remain the same.

[Kitsune]

That is an evolution, not a change. Basic elements remain the same.

If you go back to what I wrote first was a simple statement "The styling has changed alot," something I will still argue.
Reading up though, the design after 1994 seems to be whole new car design with a nod to the old design.
If anything, I seem to have understated the whole this.

Besides, these are both fourth generation Mustangs but would still argue that the styling changed a lot.



While they are effectively the same car from an engineering perspective, their styling is still changed a lot.

[Thunderfire]

Working on an NPC character who lives in Austria
Curious, any suggestions on a "sporty" car that would be reasonably common there?

Low Class:
common: a modified VW Golf or Opel Astra, old BMW with a powerful engine
uncommon: Opel Manta, Ford Capri
Middle Class:
common: a used Porsche 911, BMW Z3, Z4, BMW M3, Mazda MX-5, Audi S3
uncommon: Abbarth 500C, R5 turbo , Renault Alpine, Triumph Spitfire, Porsche 924
Upper Class:
common: BMW M5 , Mercedes AMG Models , Audi S/RS series, Porsche 911
uncommon: Alpha Romeo 4C, Jaguar F-Type, Abt Audi S series