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Originally Posted by KA
A question comes to mind- with the ETC already cancelled the previous year, and RS500s etc having already proven, as you suggest, that big-engined normally-aspirated cars were very much yesterday's news in Group A touring car racing, I can't shake off the thought that building and developing the SEC for just two races seems like a lot of effort for not very much return. [/URL]
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KA,
The 500 SEC was developed in 1988 for the DTM, but the problem was the weight of 1340kg and 460bhp was too much for the tyres allowed in the DTM.
Running harder compound tyres at a reduced pace at Spa, M-B and AMG believed that the cars would be able to last the 24 hours.
What made the 500 SEC truly unique as a Group A car was that it retained the wood inlay dashboard and electrically operated windows of the road-going model.