Talk:Corvega

Tenpenny's model Corvega
There is an intact model corvega on Tenpenny's desk in Tenpenny Tower. Could someone confirm this and if so should it be noted in the article? Bbcode 23:41, 16 February 2009 (UTC)


 * Indeed there is, rather to my surprise. Somebody's already commented in the intervening six months, but here's a GECK image for the sake of completeness... --Vometia 20:59, September 27, 2009 (UTC)

Are all the cars Corvegas?
Are you sure all the cars are meant to be Corvegas? Not only do they look different from those in the original games (fair enough) it's entirely possible that other manufacturers made nuclear cars.

Nuclear powered cars and FO3's explosions
I'm no scientist, but my understanding is that if fusion goes wrong, it doesn't explode like fission.

I conclude that the Corvega (and the Vertibird) are powered by some kind of fission reactor (which would make sense) to directly generate electricity, while the Highwayman accepted removable fusion batteries (I can't explain why these would wear out) or, to be flexible, energy cells) to charge its own internal battery or perhaps just ran off whatever was plugged in until it was spent.

Why not have more than one method, in the same way as we're now looking at hybrid, hydrogen and plug-in cars coming to market.


 * "I'm no scientist, but my understanding is that if fusion goes wrong, it doesn't explode like fission."
 * Where there's a will, there's a way! :D One could concoct a plausible explanation, though, such as a fusion power system needing a fission starter, a bit like H-bombs do. Only a bit less enthusiastic, of course, otherwise it'd wake the neighbours.
 * The name "Corvega" also reminds me somewhat of Cortina, though it's almost certainly not inspired by the latter. The Cortina Mk 1 is styled in a not dissimilar manner, though that's probably due to no more than its vintage. --Vometia 20:35, September 27, 2009 (UTC)
 * No, fusion nor fission power plants do not explode under any circumstances. http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/thumb/4/4a/Naglowaa_se.gif/11px-Naglowaa_se.gif Tagaziel (call!) 21:37, September 27, 2009 (UTC)
 * Chernobyl did... okay, it was technically a steam explosion from a uniquely bad design, but if atomic power was as ubiquitous as portrayed in the 1950s/Fallout style, bad designs would be as commonplace there as they are in any other field of technology. For a genuine nuclear explosion it may need some real creativity to come up with a suitably flawed design, but I'm sure someone would manage. Kind of the Corvega equivalent of the Ford Edsel, I guess (was it the Edsel with the dodgy fuel tank? I forget now.) --Vometia 22:10, September 27, 2009 (UTC)
 * Christ, the US government would not approve anything with a bad design that's dealing with nuclear power. A nuclear power plant cannot explode like a nuclear bomb because it doesn't work like one. Any claim that it can or concocting elaborate explanations is idiocy of the finest sort. http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/thumb/4/4a/Naglowaa_se.gif/11px-Naglowaa_se.gif Tagaziel (call!) 08:05, September 28, 2009 (UTC)
 * Calm down, it's a game. I think it's interesting to conjecture reasons for why the explosions that occur in game might happen, if you don't, then... don't. --Vometia 09:58, September 28, 2009 (UTC)
 * Christ, the US government would not approve anything with a bad design that's dealing with nuclear power. A nuclear power plant cannot explode like a nuclear bomb because it doesn't work like one. Any claim that it can or concocting elaborate explanations is idiocy of the finest sort. http://images3.wikia.nocookie.net/fallout/images/thumb/4/4a/Naglowaa_se.gif/11px-Naglowaa_se.gif Tagaziel (call!) 08:05, September 28, 2009 (UTC)
 * Calm down, it's a game. I think it's interesting to conjecture reasons for why the explosions that occur in game might happen, if you don't, then... don't. --Vometia 09:58, September 28, 2009 (UTC)

As a physicist, I can say now that there is no way the nuclear material in the Corvegas could cause a nuclear explosion. In fact, even if you did have enough material for a nuclear blast under the hood, shooting it would still do nothing - nuclear explosions are INCREDIBLY difficult to trigger. You could unload a machinegun into a minuteman's warhead or light it on fire and it would do nothing (well, except get dented and scorched) - nukes need large amounts of perfectly symmetrical high explosive or very carefully shaped bullet-target pairs (which are accelerated by more explosives) to work, and it's the "precision" half of the process which is so difficult to pull off. The blasts in the game are just there 'cause big explosions are hella awesome. :D

If you REALLY wanted a sciency reason, you could argue that working fluids in the car might be unstable, or have decomposed to something unstable over the decades, and sudden shocks risk blowing that up and coincidentally spraying the nearby area with nuclear crud, dirty bomb style. 90.211.111.120 19:29, February 25, 2010 (UTC)


 * One more thing, nuclear power (such as Chernobyl or whatever) wouldn't work in something as small as a car, so it'd need some different power source. Also, people seem to forget is that the oil-replacement technology is pretty new, so it's not surprising that there are several competing, different technologies out there.

West coast= modular power, accepting readily available power sources. Also, this could be a jerry-rigged power source. Highwayman

East coast= more solid-state power sources. Kahlzun 11:28, April 4, 2010 (UTC)


 * This is a useless argument, since we all know powering a car with a small nuclear reactor would be impossible, and it's also just a car in a videogame. Also, the Ford with the "faulty" fuel tank was the Pinto, not the Edsel. People didn't like the Edsel because it was ugly and the transmission was terrible.

Fallout 3 "mini cars"
By any chance has anyone noticed some cars in Fallout 3 only have room for one passenger? What in the heck are those? My guess is they are the equivalent of eco friendly cars.
 * I just call 'em triwheels. Not much use out in the Mojave, but quite useful in the densely urbanized eastern seaboard. -- 23:14, November 1, 2010 (UTC)
 * In concept art of Fallout 3 the vehicle is called a "Flea" a three wheeler design. Also there is a Street cleaner, not technically a car.Fo3_Derelicts.png--Ant2242 03:51, May 8, 2011 (UTC)

Sedan & Coupe
The terms "coupe" and "sedan" are common descriptors for two- and four-door cars in American English. Additionally, spelling out numbers instead of using numerals is the preferred method of expressing quantities less than ten in scholarly and professional writing. I made those changes to make the article cleaner, easier to read, and to add a more scholarly tone. I don't want to keep doing back-and-forth edit fighting, so I'm explaining why I did what I did before I change it back.

Edit: The terms may not have been directly mentioned in the game, but their use was commonplace before the Fallout timeline diverged from ours, so I feel justified in using them. This may not jive with standard procedure and, if so, I apologize.


 * Hey no problem my friend ;). Well in fact in The Vault, we tend to stay very neutral to names from the real world (such as weapons, for example). Too many people want to break the rules and want to implement based = real name, not especially for vehicles, but especially for weapons.


 * In addition, these cars are unnamed, and so the name given to them right now demonstrates that characterization, unlike from my opinion coupe and sedan, which is not always distinctive at first. Itachou [~talk~] 21:38, June 21, 2011 (UTC)

its .5 not 5 seconds (from zero to sixty)
its .5 not 5 seconds (from zero to sixty)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkBNKa2KXZE

It can be clearly seen that there is a. before the "5 sec"

Changes to the Original Corvega's entry
I took the liberty of changing the original Corvega from a "3-door hatchback" to a "2-door sports coupe" considering that it has a visible trunk and not a rear hatch. I also changed "800 horsepower electric engine" to "800 horsepower engine" since nowhere in the original ad copy is it related that this model is powered by an electric motor(motor being the proper term as an "electric engine" does not exist, and would also negate the claims of a "fully analog system")

Pristine Chryslus ads



 * Where did they come from?


 * The bubble-top one is off.

-The coloring of the lettering is off.

-Also the frases "Atiomic V Eight" and "It's a Beauty" were added. --Ant2242 22:42, 15 February 2012 (UTC)


 * They are concept art made by Adam Adamowicz. User avatar tag.gif Avatar talk.png 12:24, 27 February 2012 (UTC)

Do you think that the Bubble-Top has the Atomic V8 engine? I ask this because the In Game billboard doesn't have any referance to it but the unused Concept art one dose.--Ant2242 16:15, 27 February 2012 (UTC)
 * While in-game use is the main source of canon information, I think using names from concept art for items unnamed in the actual game is fine, as long as it doesn't contradict in-game info. Ausir 23:28, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Im not arguing that. Im arguing the fact that since the Atomic V8 engine isn't on the in game billboard its wrong to assume that its in the mentioned vehicle. If you compaire the two billboards the in game the cannon one dosen't have the "It's a beauty" slogan, the referance to the engine, and the color of the "Driving Paridice" slogan in the upper left is a red not a black. All this and the compleaty different body design leed me to conclude the fact that they are different vehicles. Concept v. Connon--Ant2242 23:36, 29 February 2012 (UTC)
 * Stop speculating that it might be a different version. The earlier version is not shown anywhere, aside from a single billboard. The concept art which is the source of the billboard texture is clearly an earlier, less detailed version of the Atomic V8 Corvega. Tagaziel 23:49, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

Do you agree with me that the cannon (in game) billboard dose not have any mention of the Atomic V8 engine?--Ant2242 23:54, 29 February 2012 (UTC)

True it is the source but it was changed, then put in game. I'm thinking that the Atomic V8 is more like the BOSS engine, a major advertising feature for a spacific vehicle.--Ant2242 04:24, 2 March 2012 (UTC)

Does anyone else think that....
The Bubble-Top & "Atomic V8" engine Corvega ad(s) suggest two different vehicles?

This is my reasoning in the matter...

A) The engine
 * "Atomic V8" refers to the engine not the model. Since there is no reference to the spacific vehicle name this designation is used to distinguish it.
 * There is no reference to the engine of the Bubble-Top Corvega.

B) The Body & Engine location
 * If you look at the in game billboards one is a more retro fifties boxy rear engine two door, and the other is a sleaker two-door Bubble-Top with no obvious location of the engine.

C) The Different billboards
 * The billboards are different but share the same theme Driving Paradice, with two different dressed couples enjoying similar tropical climate, one (the "Atomic V8" billboard) wich Does have the mention of the Atomic V8 engine and has the second spacific slogan "It's a Beauty" on it. The other (the Bubble-Top billboard) dosen't have "Atomic V8" on it, nore dose it have It's a Beauty! slogan ether.

D) Concept vs. Cannon
 * It is true the Concept art of the billboards both have "Atonic V8" on them but it was changed, then put in game. I'm thinking that the "Atomic V8" is more like the "BOSS" engine, a major advertising feature for a spacific vehicle.--Ant2242 00:16, 7 May 2012 (UTC)

Sport Coupe?
I've seen a new sporty coupe model in F76. (there's one in the Garahan Mansion) Is this the Analogue coupe or a new model of vehicle?--Ant2242 (talk) 14:57, 4 April 2019 (UTC)
 * I think it's a new model of vehicle, since the Analog Coupe is a different design than the so-called "Flying Car", as Nukapedia's calling it, due to the lack of wheels. I'm not exactly what sure what to call it, but seeing how it's used in places around rich people areas (There's one parked in front of the Sugarmaple mansion), I'd just take to calling it either some sort of hovercar or just "Unknown sportscar/coupe model" until more information is given or revealed about it. - Ss2077 (talk) 16:01, 4 April 2019 (UTC)