The 6th manufacturer.... - Page 3

Axeman444 · 27 Jun 2013, 02:17 (Ref:3270290)

and BJR was named...

eduardo1 · 27 Jun 2013, 03:19 (Ref:3270295)

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Originally Posted by GTRMagic

So how did we manage to find the blue Jaguar? Blind luck or divine guidance?

Are you the only guy that looks for stuff on the internet? Or is that something a fulltime journo might do as well?

I'm not saying they didn't 'steal' it from you. I just think it's crazy to assume that because someone else put 2 and 2 together and came up with the same answer, they copied your work.

Hate to point out that full time motorsport journos usually have a lot more information to hand than we do, and more time to chase things up.

**GTRMagic** · 27 Jun 2013, 04:03 (Ref:3270298)

If it was the first time, I might agree with you.

HProject · 27 Jun 2013, 06:15 (Ref:3270313)

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Originally Posted by GTRMagic

If it was the first time, I might agree with you.

If you also search google, you will find that the 'polestar blue' is the hero colour for that car - and glancing at google images, it appears that 99.9% of the ones built thus far are painted that colour.

**GTRMagic** · 27 Jun 2013, 06:49 (Ref:3270321)

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Originally Posted by HProject

If you also search google, you will find that the 'polestar blue' is the hero colour for that car - and glancing at google images, it appears that 99.9% of the ones built thus far are painted that colour.

Sitting as I am about 150m from that Jaguar dealer, all the other ones in their locale are British Racing Green, various shades of Blue or Black.. A white demo used to be there every day but presumably it was sold off

But why let fun get in the way of a good story

HProject · 27 Jun 2013, 07:16 (Ref:3270325)

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Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Sitting as I am about 150m from that Jaguar dealer, all the other ones in their locale are British Racing Green, various shades of Blue or Black.. A white demo used to be there every day but presumably it was sold off

But why let fun get in the way of a good story

Are you sure you're not mistaking the XFR-S for the XFR or just the standard XF?

Search for the XFR-S in google images, and you see an absolute deluge of pics of the car in blue - with only a handful of pics of it in dark red, as well as pictures of the mule in black.

[EDIT] After a bit more googling, I see that the XFR-S isn't landing in Australia for sale until the final months of 2013...

....but don't let the truth get in the way of a good story as they say

Razor · 27 Jun 2013, 08:24 (Ref:3270359)

Personally, if there is more than 5 manufactures, the sport becomes rather unsustainable as manufactures try and spend way too much money on being "successful" in the series. (ie: race wins, Bathurst wins/podiums, etc) It would be very good to see more Nissan's, Volvo's and Merc's on the grid rather than 2/3/4 cars per manufacture. Holden kinda knows what's up in terms of the marketing abilities of V8 Supercars so they try and give support to the right teams. (RBRA for example)

one five five · 27 Jun 2013, 09:12 (Ref:3270395)

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Originally Posted by Razor

Personally, if there is more than 5 manufactures, the sport becomes rather unsustainable as manufactures try and spend way too much money on being "successful" in the series. (ie: race wins, Bathurst wins/podiums, etc) It would be very good to see more Nissan's, Volvo's and Merc's on the grid rather than 2/3/4 cars per manufacture. Holden kinda knows what's up in terms of the marketing abilities of V8 Supercars so they try and give support to the right teams. (RBRA for example)

Given the current regulations, its very hard for a manufacturer to get into too much a spending war given they don't own the teams and are effectively just a sponsor, as Red Bull and Pepsi are.

Also you can't turn away a willing manufacturer.

If you cap the manufacturers at say 5, and are full, then Toyota comes knocking, are you really going to turn them away??

And if you do, and a year later you suddenly have one pull out and now you have a gap in your 'quota', do you really expect Toyota to say yes when you come crawling back to them?

NaBUru38 · 27 Jun 2013, 13:56 (Ref:3270587)

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Originally Posted by Razor

Personally, if there is more than 5 manufactures, the sport becomes rather unsustainable as manufactures try and spend way too much money on being "successful" in the series. (ie: race wins, Bathurst wins/podiums, etc) It would be very good to see more Nissan's, Volvo's and Merc's on the grid rather than 2/3/4 cars per manufacture.

I agree.

formerf1champ · 30 Jun 2013, 01:24 (Ref:3271745)

So what some of you are saying. Is through fear that some manufacturers/teams may leave if their chances of being at the front are reduced, we're not going to let them in in the first place?

It's not the way you do it, if you're serious.

TWRv12 · 30 Jun 2013, 02:11 (Ref:3271754)

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Originally Posted by Razor

Personally, if there is more than 5 manufactures, the sport becomes rather unsustainable as manufactures try and spend way too much money on being "successful" in the series. (ie: race wins, Bathurst wins/podiums, etc) It would be very good to see more Nissan's, Volvo's and Merc's on the grid rather than 2/3/4 cars per manufacture. Holden kinda knows what's up in terms of the marketing abilities of V8 Supercars so they try and give support to the right teams. (RBRA for example)

One manufacturer was a little queasy when there were only two.......

**GTRMagic** · 6 Nov 2013, 07:03 (Ref:3327837)

You Should Say Hi To Hyundai

...in 2015 according to V8X...

BJR?

rich07 · 6 Nov 2013, 07:15 (Ref:3327844)

Isn't BJR joining forces with Audi next year?

**GTRMagic** · 6 Nov 2013, 07:16 (Ref:3327845)

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Originally Posted by rich07

Isn't BJR joining forces with Audi next year?

Audi isnt joining the series in 2014...

Umai Naa · 6 Nov 2013, 08:26 (Ref:3327867)

So which brands haven't said "No!" yet?

rich07 · 6 Nov 2013, 08:32 (Ref:3327870)

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Originally Posted by GTRMagic

Audi isnt joining the series in 2014...

Maybe not next year but I keep on hearing rumors of BJR and Audi together. It'd be cool if they did something together in Aus GT, they'd probably make some good coin out of the R8 LMS customer support programme.

'waits for this to appear on Adcafe'

Beages · 6 Nov 2013, 09:31 (Ref:3327910)

When does Triple Eight's Holden deal expire?

Buckshot · 6 Nov 2013, 09:40 (Ref:3327918)

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Originally Posted by Beages

When does Triple Eight's Holden deal expire?

I think it has 2 more years to go ?

Didn't they renew it as a 3 year deal last year along with Lowndes and Whincup ?

Matt · 7 Nov 2013, 05:05 (Ref:3328327)

I really wish the V8 category became the defacto National touring car regulations...much like SuperTouring did in the 90's.

Keep the rules the same everywhere except for driver seating, imagine the world final that would result from that.

Mixer · 8 Nov 2013, 00:14 (Ref:3328695)

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Originally Posted by Matt

I really wish the V8 category became the defacto National touring car regulations...much like SuperTouring did in the 90's.

Well I think when Japanese GT unified with DTM that they were trying to do that but the things are far too expensive to work here.

Matt · 8 Nov 2013, 00:56 (Ref:3328709)

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Originally Posted by Mixer

Well I think when Japanese GT unified with DTM that they were trying to do that but the things are far too expensive to work here.

World DTM would suck.

World V8 Supercars would be amazing.

D.R.T. · 8 Nov 2013, 05:35 (Ref:3328763)

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Originally Posted by Matt

World DTM would suck.

World V8 Supercars would be amazing.

Both would be poor however at different degrees

Beages · 8 Nov 2013, 10:01 (Ref:3328843)

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Originally Posted by D.R.T.

Both would be poor however at different degrees

Why do you bother hanging around V8 Supercar threads?

peckstar · 8 Nov 2013, 11:21 (Ref:3328865)

DRT is probably right here though. its part of why the original attempt didn't work.

Different areas have preferences for different styles of cars. so why a v8 sedan might would well in Aust and USA, it does not work so well in Asia and parts of Europe.

**FIRE** · 12 Nov 2013, 17:51 (Ref:3330498)

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Originally Posted by Matt

I really wish the V8 category became the defacto National touring car regulations...much like SuperTouring did in the 90's.

Keep the rules the same everywhere except for driver seating, imagine the world final that would result from that.

The problem is in Europe and South-America manufacturers are not interested in promoting or even have no big cars.

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