Points –

1. Technical – No Points
2. Cost and Manufacturing – 100 Points
3. Presentation – 75 Points
4. Design – 150 Points
Total – 325 Points

1. Technical Inspection –
 Violation of the intent of a rule is considered a violation of the rule itself
 Non-Scored Activity

 Each vehicle must pass all inspection and test & bear the inspection stickers before it runs on the track
 Items on the Inspection Form must be clearly visible
 Visible access must be provided by removing panel
 Teams are responsible for confirming that their vehicle, and the required equipment, satisfies the
requirements and restrictions before presenting it for inspection
 Presenting the vehicle to the inspection declares that team have the vehicle compiled with the Rules.
 Item to be inspected are –
1. Vehicle
2. Technical Inspection Form
3. Dry and Wet tires
4. Driver’s Equipment (arm restraints, helmets, suits, gloves, eye protection, balaclavas, socks and shoes)
5. Fire Extinguishers
6. Push bar
7. Structural Equivalency Spreadsheet 1 (SES) as appropriate for our car
8. Impact Attenuator Report
9.Copies of any rules question you submitted with the answer you received
10. Drivers must be present during inspection
11. Other items may be inspected depending on the SAE committee
 Decisions of the inspecting committee is final and can’t be appealed.
 Car won’t be inspected in unfinished state and the exterior panels or body work must be kept open foe
access for pedals and BOT.
 There are going to be 3 types of inspection -
1. Mechanical Scrutineering – Inspection of vehicle according to rules and also inspection of driver’s
equipment and test of driver egress 2time
2. Each vehicle most be tested for forty-five degree fuel and fluid tilt requirements and sixty degree rollover
stability requirements
3. Noise, Master Switch, Ready to drive sound, rain test, brake test (IC vehicle – noise will be tested by rule
IC3.2, also if it passes then the master switch will be tested.
 If any part is not according to rules the team must correct the problem and re-inspect.
 The vehicle can be inspected by the committee any time during the event.
 The inspection sticker will be placed on the upper nose of the vehicle “Technical Inspection Sticker Space.”
 Inspection sticker must remain on the vehicle in the required condition throughout the event.
 Sticker may be removed from the vehicle that do not compile with the rules and are required to be re-
inspected.
 Once the vehicle has passed the inspection, it must remain as approved throughout the competition and
must not be modified other than Rule T1.2 “ Modification and Repairs”
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a technical document used to ensure chassis and frame designs meet competition rules
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how fast one can leave the car
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2. Business Logic Case –
 The goal is to teach participants about the factors that need to be considered when a company develops a
new product, such as cost, market and sales volume, profitability, and key features. The competition aims to
ensure teams consider these factors from the start, present a consistent concept to judges in all the events,
and gain experience in creating a business case and balancing different attributes.
 1. Design Event - the tradeoff between design for performance and design for manufacture and cost, how
these requirements were considered in the overall concept and whether these were achieved in the final
vehicle
2. Cost Event - the cost target was met for the same design solution and how Cost was integrated into the
overall concept and the iterative design process
3. Business Presentation event - the business presentation is appropriate for the market and business
strategy that the team has identified.
 Submit a Business Logic Case report - "SUPRA SAEINDIA Business Logic Plan 201X". This report must be
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3. Cost and Manufacturing event –
 Teach the participants that cost and budget are significant factors, teams to make trade off decisions
between content and cost based on the performance advantage of each part and assembly, gain experience
with creating and maintaining a Bill of Material (BOM), participants to learn and understand the principles of
Design for Manufacture and Assembly, lean manufacturing and Minimum Constraint Design.
 Objectives -
1. provide a logical, simple and time efficient rule set
2. improve fairness by providing consistent pricing guidelines independent of team geographical location by
using standardized Cost Tables
3. require the minimal burden of supporting documentation such as receipts or catalogue pages but require
engineering documentation (drawings, process descriptions, etc)
 Requirements -
1. Cost Report – Rule S4.1
2. Discussion – this will take place with the judges around the vehicle. S4.3.2. Not only the cost is evaluated
but also the team’s ability to prepare accurate engineering and manufacturing cost and also BOM.
3. Judges will evaluate the cost report submitted by the team.
 The cost report will be made available on the internet for transparent and improved educational experience
of the students. And will be redistributed. Technical drawing won’t be released.
 Definition -
1. Adjusted Cost - The final cost including penalties
2. Amended Cost – The cost of vehicle after modifications
3. Bill of Material – List of all parts on the vehicle and also shows the relation between the items required to
assemble it. Costed Bill of Material (CBOM) is the one that includes the cost of purchased parts, raw material
and the manufacturing of the vehicle.
4. Category - Each table has numerous entries which describe a classification of entry.
5. Cost – The cost for each item from the material and it’s quantity multiplied by unit cost.
6. Cost Report – All material – electronics and hard copy submitted to the judge.
7. Cost Score – Points out of 100 earned in the event
8. Cost Table – Table that list the cost of object and process
9. Design for manufacture and assembly (DFMA) – process where parts are designed for ease of
manufacturing and assemble that resulted in low cost.
10. Fasteners Table – A cost table for bolts, nuts, rivets, adhesives, hose clamps and retaining rings
11. Fixed Cost – Cost that do not depends on the quantity of item like tools and etc
12. Initial Cost – The cost submitted for initial judging in the cost report
13. Lean Manufacture – Production methodology that emphasis the elimination of waste and improve in
process flow with goal of optimizing cost and quality of goods.
14. Material Table – Raw material used to manufacture pars build by team and also finished parts purchased.
15. Minimal Constraint Design (MCD) – a design approach for mechanical systems yielding to the required
performance with a minimum number of external constraints at each one of the system's components.
16. Parameters - equation describing the cost of an object as a function of some characteristic of that object
e.g. cost of steel is proportional to the mass (or volume).
17. Process Multipliers - used to adjust the standard costs of different operations to account for differences in
materials and geometry of the parts.
18. Purchased Parts - items that are bought and used in the assembly of the vehicle, such as wheels, engines,
and turbochargers. They may still require additional processing before they can be assembled.
19. Quantity - the amount of a specific item being used.
20. Raw Materials - materials used to make parts, such as aluminium, steel, and rubber hose.
21. Tools - refer to hand or power tools used to assemble the vehicle, but the costs of these tools are not
included in the cost report.
22. Tooling - refers to production tools specific to the geometry of the part, and the costs of tooling must be
included in the cost report.
23. Unit - refers to the measurement system used for a specific parameter, such as millimetres or kilograms.
24. Unit Cost - the cost for one unit of measurement of an item.

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 25. Variable Cost - a cost associated with production that changes based on the number of vehicles
produced. All costs reported will be variable costs.
 General Requirements -
1. The cost report :
a. The rules state that the team should use standardized Cost Tables, which are designed for a car built for
production at a certain volume.
b. The team should list and cost every part on the prototype vehicle, except for certain items 3that are
exempt.
c. The cost report should be based on the estimated costs of materials, fabrication, purchased parts, and
assembly of the car.
d. It should use the actual manufacturing technique used on the prototype, and include tooling for certain
processes4.
e. The report should not include R & D and capital expenditures.
f. There is no maximum cost and receipts are not required for any items.
2. Cost Table :
a. The rules state that the cost should be verifiable at the event and not differentiate between different types
of materials.
b. The rules also aim to minimize the influence on safety equipment content and allow for team innovation
and vehicle content, with some reduction in cost score.
c. However, the costs should also reflect the actual higher value of certain goods.
 Scoring -
1 . Lowest cost - each of the participating schools will be ranked by total adjusted cost from the BOM and
given 0-40 points based on the formula. 40x[(Pmax)/(Pyour 5)-1] [(Pmax6)/Pmin7)-1]
2. Accuracy, Clarity & Event Day/Visual Inspection - The cars will be reviewed for part content, manufacturing
feasibility and accuracy of the cost information. Supporting documentation will be assessed based on its
quality, accuracy and thoroughness. The range for the score is 0-40 points.
3. port preparedness- It will be judged on the basis of How well teams has prepare their cost report and how
well team will be able to explain the content of their reports, Whether report is as per the cost template
provided to teams). The range for the score is 0-20 points.
 Cost Report - The Cost Report consists of a full vehicle BOM with cost data derived from the Cost Tables and
supporting documentation
a. Electronic Version - Carnumber_collegename_competitioncode_CR.xls
b. cover of the Cost Report - (a) university name, (b) competition name, and (c) vehicle number
c. Cost Report must consist –
i. A Cover sheet,
ii. A Table of Contents,
iii. A Cost Summary page listing each section's cost, and the total vehicle cost,
iv. Eight commodity report sections with the parts placed in the sections as specified in Appendix S-3,
v. Tabs for each section
 Bill of Material (BOM) – The BOM is a parts list for every vehicle part
1. The overall vehicle is broken down into eight (8) systems which are defined in Appendix S-3.
2. Systems are made up of Assemblies.
3. Assemblies are made up of Parts.
4. Parts consist of materials, processes and fasteners.
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the cost of any finish, on-board fire suppression system, rain tires, video or radio system
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cast parts on the prototype must be cost as cast, and fabricated parts as fabricated
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the adjusted cost of your car (with penalties) in INR
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the cost of the highest cost car in INR.
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the adjusted cost of the lowest cost car in INR
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 a. Example -
Engine & Drivetrain System
Engine Assembly
Differentia Assembly
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Housing Part
Aluminium Material
Needle Bearing Material
Sand cast Process
Die & Core Package #4 Tooling
Machining-Turn Process
Weld Process
M6x1.25 Grade 8.8 Fastener
Internals Part
End Cap Part
b. The BOM must follow the format given above. There must be no other BOM levels added or any removed.
Deviations from the structure published will be penalized per Section S4.18.
All assemblies, parts and fasteners in the BOM must use a standard numbering convention explained in
Appendix S-2.
 Cost Table – a. Cost Report are taken from standardized Cost Tables, which are designed to represent the cost
of parts and processes for a car manufactured at 1000 units per year. The values in the tables are typically
half of the Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Price for finished parts and are meant to represent the
production volume of a company rather than the purchase price for the university teams.
b. Requests to change the cost of goods in the tables will not be approved as they are intended to provide a
fair, unchanging cost for parts and reduce regional variations in price. Teams must use the costs given in the
tables and must submit an "Add Item Request" if they wish to use parts, processes or materials not included
in the tables.
c. - i. Materials, ii. Processes, iii. Process Multipliers, iv. Fasteners, v. Tooling
d. A cost calculation method that uses one or more parameters, such as engine displacement, to determine
the cost of items. Process multipliers are used to adjust the standard costs of different operations to account
for variations in materials and geometry. When adding items to a bill of materials, it is important to review
the comments section carefully to understand what is included and seek clarification if necessary.
 Cost Models & Costing Methodology - Appendix S-1
 Make Versus Buy – The Cost Tables for an individual car can classify parts as either "made" or "bought".
"Made" parts must be costed as if the company manufacturing the vehicle was going to make the part
internally by purchasing raw materials and processing them. "Bought" parts must be costed as if the
company manufacturing the vehicle was going to outsource the fabrication of that part. The make versus buy
designation allows for certain parts to be simplified to a relatively few number of entries. If a team genuinely
makes a part listed on the table as a bought part, they may alternatively cost it as a made part if and only if a
place holder entry is listed in the tables enabling them to do so. Any part which is normally purchased that is
optionally shown as a made part must have supporting documentation submitted to prove team
manufacture. Teams found costing bought parts as made parts will be penalized appropriately.
How team actually acquired the parts
How table lists part Team made Team bought
Table Lists Part as "Made", or Part Cost as "Made" Cost as "Made"
is not Listed in the table
Table Lists Part as "Bought" Team made option NOT in table Cost as "Bought"
cost as
"Bought". If team made option in
table team can choose either
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  Add Item Request - Teams may need to add items to the cost tables for their individual requirements. They
can do this by submitting an "Add Item Request" to the Rules Committee. The item will be added to the
tables with a cost that fits the overall cost table framework. The tables will be updated as needed throughout
the competition year. Teams will need to fill out a form and provide supporting documentation such as
receipts or website links. Once a team requests an item to be added to the tables, all teams will see the
addition and use the same cost for that item. The school that made the request will remain anonymous.
 Report Submission and Deadline - The Cost Report must be submitted in a specific format for each event. For
some events, a printed copy of the report must also be submitted and must be on 8 1/2 inch x 11 inch or A4
size paper, using a 10-point font size or larger. The requirements, address, and deadline for submitting the
report will be published on the website of the specific competition.
 Late Submission of Cost Report – A 8.4
 Addenda - Teams must submit an addendum document that reflects any changes or corrections made after
the submission of the Cost Report at Registration when the Team registers on-site at the Event. The
addendum must follow the template format specified in Appendix C-5. Any items added to the Cost Report
through addenda will be cost at 1.25 times the table cost. Any items removed through addenda will only be
credited 0.75 times the table cost. Late changes to designs can impact costs in the real world, and the scaling
factors for the addenda capture this as well as encourage teams to submit full and accurate information with
the initial Cost Report.
 Cost Report Judging and Penalties Process - Penalties for cost reports will be determined by using two
procedures, Penalty A and Penalty B. Penalty A is calculated first using procedure S4.19 and Penalty B is
calculated using alternative procedure S4.20. The greater of the two penalties will be applied against the cost
score. Penalty A expressed in points will be deducted from the Accuracy score and Penalty B expressed in INR
will be added to the Adjusted Cost of the vehicle. If no additional points remain to be deducted from the
Accuracy score, the penalty will be applied using method B against the Adjusted Cost. If the alternative
penalty is used because no additional accuracy points remain, the highest of the A type penalties will be
converted to B type penalties. Any error that results in a team over reporting a cost in their Cost Report will
not be further penalized. The penalty system is intended to reward accuracy and minimize workload at the
competition for students and judges. Any instance where a team's score benefits by an intentional or
unintentional error on the part of the students will be corrected on a case by case basis.
 Penalty Method A -
From the Bill of Material, the cost judges will determine if all parts and processes have been included in the
analysis. In the case of any omission or error the judges will add a penalty proportional to the BOM level of
the error.
The following standard points deductions will apply:
Missing/inaccurate material, process, fastener – 1pt
Missing/ inaccurate part – 3pt
Missing/ inaccurate – 5pt
Each of the penalties listed above supersedes the previous penalty. If a 5 point deduction is given for a
missing assembly the missing parts are ignored for Method A. Method B would include the cost of the
missing parts in the calculation.

Differences other than those listed above will be deducted at the discretion of the cost judges. Differences
other than those listed above will be deducted at the discretion of the cost judges. Examples of errors
leading to points deductions:
 Penalty Method B -
The alternative penalty will be calculated using the following equation:
Penalty = 2 x (Table Cost - Team Reported Cost)
The table cost will be calculated from the standard Cost Tables. The penalty calculation will result in a dollar
value equal to twice the difference between the team cost and the correct cost for all items in error.
This penalty, if applied, will be made to the Adjusted Cost of the vehicle.
Note: The table costs of all items in error are included in the calculation. A missing assembly would include
the price of all parts, materials, processes and fasteners making up the assembly.
 Penalty Calculation Example –

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  Discussion at the Competition - The Cost Judges will check if the vehicle in the Cost Report matches the one
brought to the competition, check if it is possible to make the vehicle, and give penalties for incorrect
information in the report. Teams must present their vehicle at the designated time or risk losing cost points.
The schedule for these appointments will be in the registration packets or on the website.
 Cost Report Exempt Items - The car will be considered to be shipped as primed or gel coated and a cost
recorded. Any finishes that are only used to beautify need not be costed. Preservative finishes intended to
protect the appearance or function of a part for an extended period of time must be costed. Hand held fire
extinguishers are not allowed on the vehicle, but if the car has an on-board fire suppression system, it is not
required to be costed. Only one set of tires and wheels needs to be included in the Cost Report, and they
must be the dry tires on the car during the Cost Event judging. Other tires that will be potentially used at the
competition do not need to be included in the Cost Report. Transponders, video and radio systems, do not
need to be included in the Cost Report. Data acquisition systems, sensors and wiring must be included in the
Cost Report using the Cost Table prices.
 Exchange Rates & Unit Systems - The Cost Report uses INR as the currency. All items in the Cost Tables are
presented in metric units and do not differentiate between metric and US measurements. No surcharge
applies for non-standard sizes and all sizes are assumed to be standard for the part being cost. The comment
section for each material, process, or fastener may refer to the specific part by its local designation. The Cost
Report is based on a production cost for 1000 units per year and assumes that all necessary materials and
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4. Presentation Event –
 Presentation Event Objective - Business Case
The objective of the presentation event is for teams to convince executives of a corporation that their design
is best for the amateur, weekend competition market and can be profitable.
The judges should be treated as if they were executives and teams should assume that they represent
different areas of a corporate organization.
Teams will be evaluated on the contents, organization, and visual aids of their presentation, as well as the
presenters' delivery and the team's response to questions.
The presentation must be related to the car entered into the competition and be consistent with the
Business Logic Case submitted before the competition. The actual quality of the prototype will not be
considered.
 Presentation Schedule will be on a static day assigned before or on-site, failing to presenting will be given
zero.
 Presentation Format - One or more member will give presentation to the judge, Team members who are
presenting must be on the podium and may also answer to the judge’s question, even if they didn’t speak
during the presentation. Presentation is limited to 20mins and 5min will be question and answer session.
 Data Projection equipment is provided by the organizers.
 Evaluation Criteria – Appendix S-6 “Presenting Judging”, The criteria are applied only to the team's
presentation itself. The team that makes the best presentation, regardless of the quality of their car, will win
the event.
 Scoring Formula - PRESENTATION SCORE = 75 x Pyour8/Pmax9, cores will range from near zero (0) to seventy-
five (75), Presentation Event Captain may normalize the scores of different judging teams.
 Presentations without a Completed Car - Presentation event without bringing a vehicle to the competition
will not affect the status of the car you have under construction. Rule A6.6 and A6.8

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Score awarded to your team
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Highest score awarded to any team
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5. Design Event –
 Design Event Objective - The car that illustrates the best use of engineering to meet the design goals and the
best understanding of the design by the team members will win the design event. Teams are reminded that it
is an engineering design competition and are evaluated on their design. Components and systems that are
incorporated into the design as finished items are not evaluated as a student designed unit, but are only
assessed on the team's selection and application of that unit. The design judges may also consult the
Business Logic Case that is submitted before the event. The car presented at the design event should reflect
the design concept that is developed in the Business Logic Case.
 Design Report - Required Submission -
I. Design Report - Judging will start with a Design Review before the event. must not exceed twelve (12)
pages, consisting of not more than Eight (8) pages of text, three (3) pages of drawings and one (1) optional
page containing content to be defined by the team (photo's, graphs, etc..)
ii. The document should contain a brief description of the vehicle with a review of your team's design
objectives, a discussion of any important design features and vehicle concepts. Everything with evidence.
iii. Consider it as a resume of your car.
 Design Spec Sheet - Required Submission – The design judges realize that final design refinements and
vehicle development may cause the submitted figures to diverge slightly from those of the completed
vehicle. For specifications that are subject to tuning, an anticipated range of values may be appropriate.
** Both the above document should be submitted separately **
 Vehicle Drawings - Design Report must include one set of three (3) view drawings showing the vehicle, from
the front, top, and side. Each on separate page (manual or computer). Photos must be placed on the optional
page and won’t be considered as drawing.
 Design Report– Must be submitted electronically in .pdf file. Must be a single file with text, drawing, and etc.
In carnumber_schoolname.pdf format.
Design Spec Sheet Formats - Must be submitted electronically in .xls file. In
carnumber_schoolname_specs.xls format.
 Excess Size Design Reports – Must no exceed 8 pages of text, 3 page of drawing and one optional page, as
this are the one that will be only read and if it exceeds then the team can be penalised.
 Submission Deadlines - Design Documents are both the above documents and must be submitted in
compliance with a particular procedure according to the deadline on website. Both document must be
submitted separately.
Document submission will be acknowledged either on the competition website or by email. Teams should
have a printed copy of this acknowledgement available at the competition as proof of submission in the
event of discrepancy.
 Penalty for Late Submission or Non-submission – A 8.4
 Penalty for Unsatisfactory Submissions - Rules S6.2, S6.3 and S6.4 will also not compete in the design event
 Design Event - Vehicle Condition – Car’s must be in the finished condition, ready to run. Judge won’t evaluate
unfinished cars and will receive 0. Point penalties may be assessed for cars with obvious preparation issues.
 Judging Criteria -
Based upon the team's Design Report, Design Spec Sheet, responses to questions and an inspection of the
car.
Deduct points if the team cannot adequately explain the engineering and construction of the car.
The score sheet is available online - SUPRASAEINDIA Design Judging, A Student Guide to Understanding the
Process
 Judging Sequence – Depends on them but it changes every year.
 Scoring – 0 to 150 points.
 Support Material - Teams may bring with them to the Design Event any photographs, drawings, plans, charts,
example components or other materials that they believe are needed to support the presentation of the
vehicle and the discussion of the their development process.
 Second Year Cars – Prohibited Rule A6.7