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Also, the Cadillac DPI is a bit of a let down. It's not a bad looking car, but the Dallara heritage is pretty clear, especially from the side. But that's also like saying that the Dallara itself is largely a cheap knock off of the Porsche 919 with Oreca 05 headlights on it. Granted, though it's not a huge job (Dallara made it easy for Cadillac, after all), it's a big improvement on the Dallara. It's sort of like comparing a AK-47 to a IWI Galil/Galil Ace or a Valmet/Sako RK62 or RK62/M76. Clear heritage, but still a big improvement over the original.
But then again, you can't make an apples to apples comparison to IMSA and the WEC due to different rules sets for their top prototype class, different venues, and different fan bases (even if there is a sizable cross over for the latter). Also, LMP1 teams build their whole cars from scratch, instead of taking an off the shelf chassis and modifying that to a team's needs.
That's why we actually need IMSA GTP, Group C and LMP900/675 back. More variety, more creatively on the part of the teams, etc.
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