Macklinn Mackerel

The Macklinn Mackerel was an compact economy car produced from 1965 until 2008. It was very successful and ran for 9 generations.

## Performance

### Top speed

~62 mph

The Macklinn Mackerel was a economy car from the 1960s. The car was focused on being economical, and cheap to produce and maintain, allowing people to get where they needed to go without emptying their wallet. Unfortunately, the car was saddeningly slow, making a measly 8 horsepower.

### Baja Variant (2014)

In 2014, a custom-made baja variant of the first generation was made by a baja team, to compete in the baja. 0-60 mph could be achieved in 8 seconds and it had a top speed of 86 mph. It had many offroad customizations and features, such as massive tires, raised suspension, an upgraded "400 Baja" Engine, bull bars, jerry cans, lightbars, and more.

## Performance

### Top speed

~62 mph

The second generation Mackerel updated the first gen design, propelling it into the 1970s. First sold in 1969, it sold well, mainly due to it's pretty styling and extra rear row of seats, with the car now seating 5 people. It was, however, ridiculed for being painfully slow once again, mainly due to the added weight.

## Performance

### Top speed

~65 mph

The third generation Mackerel is considered one of the last truly 'classic' generations. It was the last generation to use an amount of chrome. It already began to switch over to plastic, however: the bumpers were all plastic. After complaints of the car being severely underpowered in both generations, this generation continued the trend of improving the sluggish 1-cylinder engine. This generation was the last to use a 1-cyl engine. This time, it was a slightly more powerful 500 cc engine, which could get up to 60 mph in around 50 seconds, shaving off nearly 40 seconds compared to the previous generation. Its top speed was around 65 mph. It was the only generation to not feature a roof rack or spare tire, to save weight to improve the car's acceleration. The interior was entirely redesigned, becoming much more modern.

## Performance

### Top speed

~68 mph

The 4th Generation Macklinn Mackerel updated the dismal engine from 1 cylinders to a whopping two. It's design is considered one of the last 'classic' designs, still retaining some form of the previous 3 generation's styling, while being updated for the 1980s. This design was given much praise for being a perfect, modern, update, retaining 'cute' style and classic design with sharp 80s car design.

## Performance

### Top speed

~75 mph

The fifth generation Mackerel was known for having radically updated styling, whilst still keeping some features known from previous generations. It had massively improved acceleration over previous generations, shaving off 17 seconds from the previous, 4th generation's 0-60 time. It was generally well-receieved, minus the fact that it had no spare tire or second row of seats, returning to the classic 2-seat layout last seen 18 years prior in the first generation. This, ultimately, was the reason for its short production run of only three years, as it was just not as practical.

## Performance

### Top speed

~76 mph

The sixth generation Mackerel updated the design once again for the late 80s and early 90s. It was generally well receieved, and the design was considered very nice and modern. It ran from 1989 until 1991. It featured once again an updated, improved engine, adding 50 cc. It's top speed was also improved, from 75 mph in the previous generation to 76. It also shaved a second off the 0-60 time, going down to 36 seconds.

## Performance

### Top speed

~83 mph

The seventh generation Mackerel updated the design for the 1990s. It featured an updated 2-cylinder 600 cc engine which let it reach 0-60 mph in around 31 seconds and a top speed of around 83 mph.

## Performance

### Top speed

~96 mph

The eighth generation Mackerel followed in the footsteps of the highly successful seventh generation Mackerel. It featured a completely redesigned body style, updated to modernize it even more. The previous generations, all harbored negative receptions because of their underpowered powertrains. With the eighth generation, however, Macklinn finally properly addressed this, upgrading the engine to a 3-cylinder, 750 cc engine. This massively improved performance, letting it get from 0 to 60 mph in just 24 seconds and giving it a top speed of around 96 mph.

## Performance

### Top speed

~113 mph

The ninth generation Mackerel was the last and final generation. It was also one of the most advanced. It once again continued upgrading the engine, keeping the 3-cylinder inline engine but upgrading it to 950 cc and turbocharging it. Once again the design was fully redone and modernized, whilst still harkening back to the original design. The vehicle featured ABS for the first time. The power steering was upgraded as well and in general the vehicle had many improvements. However, unfortunately, recalls began to be issued in late 2005 due to technical and mechanical issues. This further continued on a much larger scale in 2006. After the recalls, the car had no issues and was quite decent. Although this was unfortunately the sole cause for the end of production, as sales could not keep up enough. Sales did increase, but not in time enough to warrant a new generation, and so the Mackerel was put out of production after 42 years of the vehicle. Despite its flaws the car has now come to be considered one of the best generations, as well as one of the most stylish. It was also the most performant: 0-60 mph could be achieved in just a whopping 14 seconds, with a top speed of around 113 mph.