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Originally Posted by anthony81901
What is needed if new manufacturers are to be attracted is a clean slate, with every body starting from scratch with cars that are more market relevant. The BTCC went down the common platform path much like COTF a few years ago, but because their cars are more representative of manufacturers products, they have been more successful in bringing in new players.
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Completely different business model, though. BTCC these days is not a career but a hobby - hardly a driver in the series that doesn't have to bring money, usually from the family. Proper manufacturers interest is very low - two Hondas and Plato cajoling Subaru into letting him run the Levorgs under the factory banner, but paid for - at least to a large part - by outside sponsors.
Sure, it works - but it is miles away from the "major league" aspirations which V8SC seems to have.