OGAT Car Industry: Saving costs, costs lives
by D.J.G, 14 June 2020
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Guard shot while trying to enter the car on the wrong side
After another successful robbery of the Military Camp the OGAT military is accusing car manufacturer OMW (OGAT Motorized Wagons) of supplying them with faulty cars. During the yesterday’s robbery thieves managed to steal an empty fuel can from the OGAT military. “We regret to inform the public that we have lost our entire fuel supply” said a spokesperson for the military during the press conference about the unfortunate incident and added, “The military is going to reconsider our contract with the OMW”.
What led to the accusations of the OMW was a death of a guards trying to prevent the robbery. He tried to enter the car and chase after the thief running away with the fuel can. Unfortunately the guard tried to enter the car from the right side only to find the doors are only decorative and not functional. While desperately pulling the door handle, he was shot in the back with a 19mm Zlock bullet. An immediate investigation was launched by the military only to find that all cars supplied by the OMW can only be entered from the left side and that all other doors are non-functional. Furthermore the investigation revealed that doors do not have a locking mechanism. An unfortunate consequence is that while turning the centrifugal force opens doors. “When you are driving doors wildly swing around as you turn,” stated one of the soldier in an interview for The Guardian News.
Sadly the latest incident isn’t the first one in which OMW has been involved. A few years ago OGAT Military ordered production of a special military car from the OMW, Military required that the car should be bulletproof for small arms fire. However after the delivery of first vehicles it soon became apparent that none of the cars were bulletproof and even a rock thrown by hand can hurt the driver. Military still decided to keep the vehicles as it allowed soldiers to shoot through the windows while driving.
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When OMW first began production of motorized vehicle, OGAT citizens were excited to receive first cars produced in OGAT. OMW bought the rights to produce car designs from the renowned Italian car manufacturer Fiat. They slightly modified the sophisticated Fiat Panda model and released the OMW Koala. Despite the initial excitement first buyers quickly realized that OMW vehicles are massively reducing production costs at the expense of quality. The Koala has a top speed of only 88 km/h. The vehicle also has abysmal handling and starts to drift through the turn at very low speeds.
OMW is largely owned by the OGAT government which forbade import of foreign vehicles into OGAT. Buying an OWM vehicle is the only options for OGAT citizens who want to own a car as OWM holds a monopoly on car production. When the Guardian News asked for an interview with OGAT government officials, they were unavailable for comment. It doesn’t seem that problems with OMW will be resolved any time