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Old 30 Jan 2018, 20:41 (Ref:3796985)   #152
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Originally Posted by V8 Fireworks View Post
V8 Supercars has a horrible lack of foresight.

It was clear already in 2007: http://tentenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=98615 that Falcon vs Commodore only was an unacceptable format...
I think you're being a bit harsh there. Back in the day, AVESCO had discussions with Toyota and Mitsubishi about getting into the game, both looked at it long and hard and supposedly Mitsubishi got VERY close to jumping in - then the decision to cease local production came along and that was that.

Then of course around COTF time there were discussions with a raft of manufacturers, Nissan & Volvo jumped in others chose not to. Clearly those that chose not to would have their own reasons for doing so but the various head honchos at V8 Supercars over the years have talked about getting other manufacturers involved and gone down the path with those manufacturers.

The fact that it hasn't borne fruit (other than Nissan & Volvo with maybe half a jump for Benz) is another thing entirely......
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