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Vincent - The best car in Los Santos
A San Andreas News Article
Date: 18/09/2018
Tags: Cars, Hobby, Life
Disclaimer: All of the photos and the stunts in the photos have been taken by experienced stuntmen. Don't do it by yourself, if unexperienced
The Vincent
Vincent 2.8 TS
This car arrived in San Andreas in 1982, where it got exported until 1992, date of termination of production of the vehicle. It counted 7'098'055 models produced, where about 25% of them were exported in the US.
People really liked the car everywhere, also because of the extreme reliability of the Diesel engines, which they could made even 900'000 km. The Turbo-Diesel was also really innovative when it came out of the manufacturing plant, indeed before 1983, year of production of the engine, the Turbo-Diesel was only used in heavy duty vehicles such as Semi Trucks and the biggest vans, like the Mule.
The petrol engines were as craved as the Diesel engines, especially because of the lower price of the petrol version, that will be listed down here. They ranged from a 1'800cm³ from the extreme 3'800cc³ biturbo, and they all had the 5th gear as a standard.
An important feature of this car was also the interior. The basic version featured A/C and 2 electric windows; which was pretty nice for the standard version. As optional there were the 4 electric windows, automatic A/C, radio, leather seats, 6 airbags, digital termometer, digital speedometer, and econometer, a pretty innovative feature at the times. These optionals can be chosen one by one, or you can choose the CL (Comfort Luxury, full optional), L(Luxury, leather seats, 6 airbags, digital interface), or the basic version C (Comfort, no optionals but the only one customizable). The Diesel version only had the CL or C.
The exterior was also pretty customizable. You can add Xenon lights, disc brakes, stronger fog lights, and automatic hydraulic suspension, which the latter was included in the CL version.
Another option was the S (Sportive) exterior pack, with the double muffler and the sportive hood, and the badass "S" Letter in the trunk at the right of the model ( E.G. 2.0 T becomes 2.0 TS), to make people think "Drag racing with that Vincent will be a lost". The S pack is free for the 2.8T and for the 3.8T.
The prices for this car were pretty cheap, the cheapest version, the 1.8, had a launch price of $16'999, with standard A/C. Not the lowest but very convenient for a 4 doorer.
Here below there is a table with all the motorizations and prices. Keep in mind that the L pack costs $1000, the CL costs $2250, and the S costs $1500
Note: T stands for Turbo, D stands for Diesel
This is a rare scan of the motorizations of the Vincent. As you can see, you are spoiled for choice: from the basic but convenient ones, the middle ones, the sportive ones, and the Diesel ones.
Testing the car
A 2.0D with 125'000km has been taken in stress tests, which are jumps, reliability, and many more.
So the first test was the suspension check. We went to the airport and we used the ramps to see if the car could handle the jumps.
The car in mid-air
The second test was the crash test. Litterally a "benchmark". We smashed benchs and hot dog stands, and let's see the condition of the front bumpers.
The car, smashing the innocent benchs and tables
The third and last test was about taking it to a Rally-Cross competition.
Actually this has been pretty evil, taking the weakest engine of the Vincent, but the bright side is that you can expect directly a better performance from the other models. Also, 75Hp are not that weak.
One car at a time, the race consists of 2 parts: a street race in the country roads, and a hill climb racing up to Mount Chiliad. These are the stats achieved by the car, thanks to speed traps.
Here it is a small part of the leaderboard of the race, out of 120 partecipants.
CAM1 is a camera in the mountainside.
the Vincent at the 2nd hairpin, about 100 meters before the CAM1
The results and the votes
After the test, I discussed with a firend of mine, also a owner of a Vincent 2.0D, and the results are:
Suspensions: Taking an airport ramp and jumping off it at 150km/h had the same effect of taking a speed bump at 60km/h on a Bravura. The very steep path of the mountainside wasn't noticeable. 10/10
Durability: Everything is made out of a resistant alloy, except for the plastic bumper. 8/10
Engine (2.0D, 1.8T, 2.5T): The 2.0D is made ONLY for people who travels a lot. And it's pretty slow. 6/10
The 1.8T is valid, cheap, and funny to drive. 9/10
The 2.5T has got nice consumes and an average price, but press the accelerator slowly or you will almost fly. 8/10
Credits
Special thanks to Hlias P Lucille for registering the car to the event and providing to fix the front bumper,
Photos taken by Luke Cavazzer (for the 2.0D) and Daniel Robinsen (The Police 2.0T and the 2.8TS)
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