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Originally Posted by Casper
Look forward 5 to 8 years and what do you see happening in the market place? very few sedans and fewer sedans with ICE drive lines is what my crystal ball tells me. Why would any manufacturer want their car in a silhouette series that is irrelevant to their main markets in other countries. Oz is a miniscule market for manufacturers who no longer have manufacturing facilities here so a series based around that concept no longer works. All that without even considering the driveline issues more entries would raise, they can't handle 2 different motors so any additional entries would be impossible and given the move away from ICE most probably irrelevant anyway.
Consider your list and tell us why any of those manufacturers would want to enter, at least three of them are either on the verge of exiting the Oz market, most of them sell only miniscule amounts here, most sedans from that list are entirely unsuitable unless we return to class racing which would be an excellent idea IMHO etc etc.
Manufacturers that had a presence in Oz motor sport because they had either manufacturing or CKD operations here is quite long for a country our size.
Renault
Nissan
Holden
Ford
Toyota
Mitsubishi
British Leyland
Volkswagen
Volvo??
The sad fact is they have all left and apart from a select few have very little presence here.
So, tell me why any of those minor brands would want their product *******ised into a circuit car for a market they have very little interest in when their marketing plans are NOW moving away from ICE in the foreseeable future. It simply does not make sense with any logical consideration longer than five seconds.
ALERT ALERT! The basis of the series no longer exists so why continue to flog it to the fans when their interest as it was has been removed and will continue in a downward spiral because the cars either can't be bought here or are only in a specialist end of the market for a select few. How many fans own a Mustang, I would venture not many judging by the sales figures.
I could rant on but this will do for now and thanks for taking the time to read it.
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You are assuming works teams - the vast majority of entrants are privateers, if well-financed ones.
I'm not convinced the entire world is going electric and it definitely isn't going diesel, so mark my words you will still be able to buy this type of car 10 years from now. Maybe powerplant will have evolved, maybe not. Things haven't really changed in the last 20 years apart from EV's being more practical than they were.
And since when are motorsport class regulations meant to last 10 years? Even in F1 they change them every 5-7 years.
BTW you can buy all of those brands from dealers in NZ, I presume therefore that Australia is the same. I agree however that Mustangs and Camaros have little if any relevance in either of our countries. Not sure why you would mention British Leyland, as they have been defunct for decades.