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Originally Posted by Backagain
Proper race cars are RWD, that's why the Toyota series is popular and there is no FWD series on the horizon.
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Why not open the mind to FWD? "This is insanely awesome." For Improved Production racing under 2L, there is no choice for a Honda enthusiast
but to use a FWD Civic or Integra, as the RWD S2000 is classed as a sportscar and doesn't qualify for Improved Production (of course, there are anomalies in the rules that allow the "four seat" Nissan Silvia and Mazda RX7 to be considered "touring cars" for Improved Production purposes, IIRC Toyota 86 is similarly eligible and one-make 86s upgraded with some aero and the stickier IPRA tyres have been seen racing in IPRA
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It would be great if small cheap RWD sporty sedans / hatchbacks were readily available but they are not [with the exception of BMWs, or the Toyota 86 which is a sportscar despite having four nominal seats]. The rest that are available like the Alfa Giulia, Lexus IS, Jaguar XE, Mercedes C class and Infiniti Q50 are often automatic only (yuck)
. Otherwise you have the Falcon and VF Commodore which are not nippy, small cars so are ruled out on that basis [it would be great if they were 1350kg like V8 Supercars, but sadly the road models are more like 1800kg!]
In saying that Giulia, C43, Q50 etc would make a great basis for the future of Supercars racing.
Supercars would need to adopt a more road relevant formula that would encourage Mercedes, Alfa Romeo etc to become involved.