Four-Stroke Design Coupe

[Matt]

The very beginning of Four Stroke dates back to long before Four Stroke was founded. In the early seventies, when Roumen Antonov, inspired by the Bugatti Type 57 that he loved so much, started drawing a car. After several sketches and drawings Roumen made a scale model. Years went on and Roumen managed to escape from communist Bulgaria to Western Europe where he worked on the development of Automatic Transmissions. In his free hours he started working on a 1:1 scale model his car.

In 1998 his workshop moved to Le Mesnil-Amelot, near Paris - Charles de Gaulle airport. Here the project was continued. During that time Roumen created the company "Four Stroke" around his project. The mockup in 1:1 scale was ready just before the 2002 Paris Motorshow where it was shown to the public. The interest from the press and the public for the car was enormous.

Since 2002 the efforts around the project were mainly focussed in getting the good conditions together in order to continue the project: funding, a development team, production facilities and a sales network. Several entrepreneurs proposed to be inporter in the UK and in the USA and even proposed to take quite impressive numbers of cars. In 2004 several companies were prospected to do the development work (Antonov himself basically concentrates on the development of automatic transmissions) and Technical Studio was chosen to take on the development. This is now in process.

The vehicle is a very light car in the pre-1940s style with the objective of having personalized vehicles made to order.

This car which is based on modern technology will be available with 45kW and with 75kW front engine and rear wheel drive.

As it weighs less than 400 kg, its performance is attractive and its stability can be compared to that of the best sportscars currently available.

The car will offer a top quality finish and can be tailored to meet customer's requirements.

Currently we work to prepare the first small serial production for next year and we look forward to presenting our first production model on the Frankfurt Motor show in 2005.

We have started to work with a french company "Technical Studio" to realize the initial vehicles for testing and also will prepare the production ready vehicles with them.

We have a lot of interest from potential customers and are very happy with this. Our price will be established in relation to our clients' orders. We intend for many people to have a base price of 40.000 Euros.

[Matt]

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[Spastik_Roach]

Its...interesting..

[ScionDriver]

It is different. To say the least.

[Pando]

Different is good

[pimento]

This car which is based on modern technology will be available with 45kW and with 75kW front engine and rear wheel drive.

I presume that means there's a choice of engines... way to grammeliorate. (I just made that word up, because I wanted to. It means 'to use grammar well')

P.S. I realise the hypocrisy of using a fake word to criticise someone's grammar, but I do it with class.

[Matt]

I presume that means there's a choice of engines... way to grammeliorate. (I just made that word up, because I wanted to. It means 'to use grammar well')

P.S. I realise the hypocrisy of using a fake word to criticise someone's grammar, but I do it with class.

I didn't write it, so bite me.

[Matra et Alpine]

I didn't write it, so bite me.
Stop fantisising, Matt :)

Besides the grammar MAY be perfect !!!

IF the 45Kw is a front engine, FWD ( considered the norm ) and the 75Kw is a front engine, RWD then the sentence is perfect English.

One of those lovely reasons why English is a bitch to "learn" :)

Enjoy .........

Tips to improve your writing
1. Avoid alliteration. Always.

2. Never use a long word when a diminutive one will do.

3. Employ the vernacular.

4. Eschew ampersands & abbreviations, etc.

5. Parenthetical remarks (however relevant) are unnecessary.

6. Remember to never split an infinitive.

7. Contractions aren't necessary.

8. Foreign words and phrases are not apropos.

9. One should never generalize.

10. Eliminate quotations. As Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "I hate quotations. Tell me what you know."

11. Comparisons are as bad as cliches.

12. Don't be redundant; don't use more words than necessary; it's highly superfluous.

13. Be more or less specific.

14. Understatement is always best.

15. One-word sentences? Eliminate.

16. Analogies in writing are like feathers on a snake.

17. The passive voice is to be avoided.

18. Go around the barn at high noon to avoid colloquialisms.

19. Even if a mixed metaphor sings, it should be derailed.

20. Who needs rhetorical questions?

21. Exaggeration is a billion times worse than understatement.

22. Don't never use a double negation.

23. capitalize every sentence and remember always end it with point

24. Do not put statements in the negative form.

25. Verbs have to agree with their subjects.

26. Proofread carefully to see if you words out.

27. If you reread your work, you can find on rereading a great deal of repetition can be avoided by rereading and editing.

28. A writer must not shift your point of view.

29. And don't start a sentence with a conjunction. (Remember, too, a preposition is a terrible word to end a sentence with.)

30. Don't overuse exclamation marks!!

31. Place pronouns as close as possible, especially in long sentences, as of 10 or more words, to the irantecedents.

32. Writing carefully, dangling participles must be avoided.

33. If any word is improper at the end of a sentence, a linking verb is.

34. Take the bull by the hand and avoid mixing metaphors.

35. Avoid trendy locutions that sound flaky.

36. Everyone should be careful to use a singular pronoun with singular nouns in their writing.

37. Always pick on the correct idiom.

38. The adverb always follows the verb.

39. Last but not least, avoid cliches like the plague; They're old hat; seek viable alternatives.

[pimento]

I didn't write it, so bite me.

I was criticising the author, not you. Anyway, you probably don't taste very good. :D

[Matt]

I was criticising the author, not you. Anyway, you probably don't taste very good. :D

I taste lovely. A bit spicy, but nothing the right person couldn't handle. :p

[taz_rocks_miami]

This is the first time I've come into The Hide Out, seen a pic and burst out laughing!! OMG, I still have tears in my eyes http://www.timebomb2000.com/vb/images/smilies/laughkick.gif


I taste lovely. A bit spicy, but nothing the right person couldn't handle. :p

Now all we have to do is wrap you up in a huge tortilla and whala...a Matt taco :)

[Matra et Alpine]

Now all we have to do is wrap you up in a huge tortilla and whala...a Matt taco :)
Always looking for the new business opportunity, eh, Taz :)

[Matt]

Always looking for the new business opportunity, eh, Taz :)

I would be THE business opportunity of a lifetime!

[Matra et Alpine]

I would be THE business opportunity of a lifetime!
yeah reminds me of an old, OLD joke.

Family short on cash so wife says she'll go do a few tricks.
Comes back in the morning with 100 pounds and 50 pence.
Husband asks who was the cheapskate who only paid 50p
She answers "all of them"

da-da :)

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