I have always thought that the holmogation requirements were a little, shall I say "funny" for instance - The Chevy Vette has no homologation issues dispite the fact that the Pratt and Miller C6R bares no resemblance at all to its road going counterpart. The Saleen S7R on the other hand is very much like the car that you and I can buy from the manufacturer. Because of its construction constraints and exotic pricetag, the S7R is made is far less quantities and costs much more than its Vette street counterpart. It seems that this was a major obsticle in the Saleen being homologated.
The homologation process seems very much cut and paste to suit the needs (or wants) of the ACO. All they seem to care about is if the "street version" of the racer is made in enough quantities.
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Last edited by Vacarella; 16 Mar 2005 at 17:05.
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