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Old 30 May 2021, 13:05 (Ref:4053825)   #39
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Originally Posted by V8 Fireworks View Post
It's relevant in the sense that competitors with Alfa Romeo GTAs, Ford Escort BDAs and 2.0L Porsche 911s were (arguably) not given the opportunity to compete for victory.
So same as when they all ran against each other back in the day with the lower power outputs back then from the V8s? Well lower power outputs back then from all of them most likely but the cars you mention, whilst having the odd special moment, were not outright competitors.

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That GTA is hot as ****. But it was a class runner in its day so it shouldn't expect to be an outright contender now.

But the front running cars have become ridiculous and they need to be reeled in, but without them there is not much of a show. So TCM has built themselves a house of cards.
Agree - that GTA is simply magnificent (to look at) and also agree that the TCM crew have let the costs run away and haven't done enough to stay in front of that - hopefully that happens soon or it really is on shaky ground.
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