In short
- The exact model year, market, engine and drawn body are identified before figures are checked.
- Power is printed in bhp, so a value quoted in PS must not be relabelled.
- Jonathan’s finished portrait controls established wording unless a figure is demonstrably wrong.
- Every published variant carries its own verification date and signed specification.
The specification block is the least forgiving part of the poster. A panel line can be a fraction out and most people will never see it. An owner will spot the wrong engine or sprint time before the print is out of its sleeve.
How is a car poster specification checked?
The check starts by identifying the exact car drawn, then verifies the engine, power, torque, weight and performance figures for that version. The car does not publish until the record has a verification date.
I begin with Jonathan’s finished portrait because it preserves the wording and figures customers have already seen. That is the source of truth for house style, not a licence to copy a typo. Anything that cannot be true is raised and resolved.
Why does the exact car come before the numbers?
A specification is only accurate when it belongs to the year, market, engine and body drawn. A correct number from another version is still wrong on this poster.
| Field | What must match | Why it matters |
|---|---|---|
| Drawing | Generation and facelift | The picture must show the owner's body shape |
| Engine | Market, year and engine code | Power and torque follow the correct unit |
| Weight | Definition and configuration | Published ranges can cover several cars |
| Acceleration | Target speed and source | 0 to 60 and 0 to 62 are different labels |
The guide to facelifts and separate drawings explains when the picture itself has to split. A specification variant can change numbers. It cannot redraw a bumper or a headlight.
Why are wording and units checked separately?
The wording follows Jonathan’s established portrait for that car, while every unit keeps its real meaning. A value quoted in PS cannot simply be labelled bhp.
The GT86 and Fiesta are both commonly described as 200 PS cars, but the portraits print 197 BHP. That is the conversion, not a missing three horsepower. The engine description is different: it is copied per car, including its spacing, capitalisation and line break. Tidying every engine into one formula would move the poster away from the work already sold.
What happens when two sources disagree?
A normal difference inside a credible range is recorded without drama. A value outside any credible range, or one belonging to another engine, is stopped and corrected with the decision written beside it.
Two old GT86 exports printed 0 to 60 in 5.9 seconds. The live car prints 7.6 because 5.9 did not fit any published range for that version. The S2000 2.0 portrait paired its F20C engine wording with the 2.2 engine’s 220 Nm. The live 2.0 variant prints 208 Nm.
These are not quiet clean-ups. Both decisions are recorded beside the numbers so a later edit does not “fix” the live car back to the old portrait. Read the S2000 engine comparison or the GT86 buyer’s guide for the version boundaries.
What stops an unchecked figure reaching a customer?
A car or specification variant cannot publish without a verification date. The live renderer reads the signed catalogue record, so an old portrait file cannot reintroduce a typo by itself.
One drawing can support two engines when the body is the same, but each set of figures is signed separately. If a badge, flag, plate or number cannot be established, it is left unresolved rather than replaced with something plausible.
That evidence rule also covers the small visual details in the badge, flag and plate guide. The catalogue contains only cars that passed the gate.
Questions people actually ask
- How are the specifications on a car poster checked?
- Jonathan identifies the exact drawn year, market, engine and configuration, reads his finished portrait, then checks each figure against another suitable source. The verified values and date live with that car’s catalogue record.
- Why does Greasemonkey Prints use bhp instead of PS?
- Bhp is the established power unit on Jonathan’s finished portraits. A source quoting PS must be converted rather than copied and relabelled, because PS and bhp are close but not identical units.
- What happens when the old poster has a wrong figure?
- The value is stopped and checked rather than copied. The GT86 sprint time and S2000 2.0 torque were corrected after each old portrait was found to contain a figure that belonged elsewhere.
- Can two engine versions share the same car drawing?
- Yes, when the visible body is the same. Each engine becomes a separate specification variant with its own verified figures and date, while both variants continue to use the one correct drawing.
Written by Jonathan in Derby. Last updated .