Unicorn

**Unicorn** was a modified vehicle that appeared in Carnage, where it got to The Dome. It would one of the three selected for the Wildcard Melee where it lost.

## Design

Unicorn was a modified Land Rover, which was actually a combination of two different Land Rovers. The vehicle was painted a bright pink with white being applied to the scoop, horn and for the wings detail. The vehicle was decorated with messages for the other teams and was purposefully made to be a unicorn by Julie's demand, giving it a "girly" look. At the rear of Unicorn was a spinning flail.

### Etymology

Unicorn refers to the mythical creature of the same name.

## Vehicle History

### Series 1

In the first round, The Grid, Unicorn faced The Monk and The Unit.

As Unicorn sped away and was caught by dirt cannons, The Monk chased after The Unit, pursuing it across the lanes. However, Unicorn intercepted The Monk, smashing into it, allowing The Unit to escape. Unicorn and The Monk were temporarily stuck, until The Monk pushed forward and freed itself and Unicorn. Unicorn chased after The Monk who in turn set its sights for The Unit once again. Eventually, The Pusher was unleashed which The Unit and Unicorn narrowly avoided as it emerged. The Unit was soon chased by both The Pusher and The Monk, both of which came in from two different directions. The Unit took to the outside lanes as The Monk darted out from one of the lane, impacting The Unit by the side back corner and sending the Scottish machine rolling over and into the trench.

In the Desert Race, Unicorn faced Hellraiser, Mini Max and The Monk.

All cars set off immediately at start off neck and neck, however soon Mini Max darts ahead of the competition. As Mini Max darted ahead, Hellraiser started shoving Unicorn off track and into a flag pillar with a barrel stuck underneath the car slowing Unicorn down. Hellraiser continued to bash through the obstacles and was neck and neck with The Monk, however, Hellraiser pushed forward in front while The Monk had significantly slowed down. Mini Max had a large lead, even despite the fact it took to the longer routes, however, Hellraiser was still closer by than the other competition. Unicorn soon impacted the back end of The Monk and started shunting it, pushing The Monk side ways off course and driving away, taking third. As predicted, Mini Max won the race with ese, with Hellraiser second and Unicorn third due to its attack on The Monk, who came last.

In The Scrapyard, Unicorn faced Mini Max.

> "It's a game of cat and mouse on steroids!"
>
> - Colin Murray

Mini Max started off by driving away from Unicorn, successfully out pacing Unicorn in an attempt to get to Shredder's activation trigger. Unicorn missed the pressure pad when it is available, however, Mini Max's speed allowing it to lap round and activate Shredder. Shredder is unleashed and targets Unicorn as Mini Max stays safely on the pressure pad. Immediately, Shredder smashes into Unicorn, with Unicorn getting away only for Shredder to crash into Unicorn multiple times. Unicorn's driver, Julie, decided she wanted to fight Shredder and began to actively attack the Mutant Truck, suffering heavy damage as a result. Eventually, Shredder goes back to its dormant state, which released Mini Max again. Mini max darts away from Unicorn, however, Unicorn awaits in the centre of the arena, charging in when Mini Max in in sights. The charge knocks Mini Max into the flails, and manages to disable the rear tire, slowing Mini Max completely. Mini Max gets away but soon crawls to a stop, immobile, Unicorn took advantage and charged into Mini Max, smashing it, and destroying the wheel completely before slamming in a second time, finishing Mini Max off. Eventually, Finisher enters and torches Mini Max, establishing its defeat.

> "She fought the Shredder, out smarted Mad Max and Unicorn's got the horn!"
>
> - Colin Murray

In the Heat Final, The Dome, Unicorn faced Hellraiser.

Both vehicles drove around the outside ring, with both opposite to one another and heading for a frontal collision. The two eventually smashed into each other, however, they backed up only to charge into each other, shunting with all their might and caught in a tight struggle. Unicorn backs up, which allows Hellraiser to take advantage and slam into Unicorn. Pushing it back and uplifting Unicorn, Hellraiser takes victory.

As a Heat Finalist, Unicorn fought in the Wildcard Melee against Spannered Monkeys and Warhog.

All vehicles sped off, however, Unicorn chased after Spannered Monkeys and slammed into the back end of it. Spannered Monkeys managed to get away before any serious damage could be done, and took a sharp turn, where the pursuing Unicorn ended up darting ahead and crashing into a side wall. Unicorn backed up and gave chase to Spannered Monkeys again, however, Warhog slammed into the back of Unicorn. As Unicorn got away from Warhog, Spannered Monkeys lay in wait and charged towards the front of Unicorn, slamming into it while Warhog crashed into the back end. Warhog eventually turned to attack Spannered Monkeys as The Pusher was unleashed. Spannered Monkeys slipped away from Warhog, who in turn, sped off leaving the immobile Unicorn victim to The Pusher. The Pusher slowly shunted Unicorn across the arena before dumping it out of the arena. The battle would eventually be won by Spannered Monkeys.

## Results

### Wins/Losses

* Wins: 2
* Losses: 2

*NOTE:* Due to not being an elimination round, Desert Race does not count

## References

1. ↑ https://www.wharfedaleobserver.co.uk/news/16205637.otley-mum-stars-car-wars-tv-show/

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