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23 Nov 2019, 00:11 (Ref:3942237) | #1 | |
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VW Out of ICE Motorsport
VW have announced their exit from any motor sport that uses an internal Combustion engine including the immediate cessation of the TCR program for the Mk8 Golf. Is this the kick start that will enable other manufacturers to do the same without putting their hand up to be the first?
https://www.motorsport.com/general/n...t-tcr/4601530/ TCR are might be a short lived series if other manufacturers decide to follow VW out the door and if that happens their will be a big vacuum to fill from somewhere. If they are serious about it it might start the big re-think that motor sport was always going to have to have presuming the ICE demise replaced by electric continues to gather momentum. |
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23 Nov 2019, 00:37 (Ref:3942245) | #2 | |
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Audi and Cupra are still continuing with their TCR programs, out of the same facility, using the existing running gear.
Nothing stopping VW from going exclusively to ETCR. Cupra are in that, as are Hyundai, and Honda are said to be working on it. |
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A shame. A V8Supercar version of an Arteon would have been awesome to see.
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It will be interesting to see where the other VW brands go & whether this is a VW only mandate or covers the whole corporation. It might be a case of having a different policy for each brand which would be a very cynical two faced policy. The Arteon was never going to be a super car in Oz, that is simply wishing for the impossible. It is a very minor model that sells in low double digits or close to it per month and most probably has not got a long life in Oz as the UP experience has shown.
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The fall out from Diesel-gate still ongoing....
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It’s VW only. No way is it going to be a VAG edict as too much money is made out of Porsche/Audi/Lambo one make and Gt Racing cars. |
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Other than being somewhat premature, this was inevitable as VW did make it clear around a year ago their next ICE program would be their last.
There's a reason why no new manufacturers have entered into Supercars... |
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VW have signaled that they have an "e" mandate for future for some time now. Guessing they want to "clear the air" so to speak in regards to Diesel gate. |
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Meanwhile, VW are set to launch the e-Golf TCR car very shortly.
One speculates whether existing Golf TCR chassis can be electrified retroactively. |
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VW/Audi have stated they intend to have electric versions of the entire fleet. although 'intend' and 'will' may not be the same thing. That may be a reaction to having been caught cheating diesels.
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None of the manufacturers have any choice in introducing electric vehicles because the new fleet averaging for emissions gives them no choice in the matter and they have deadlines to meet. The punitive fines are huge and not to even be considered by any manufacturer so deadlines will be met.
A lot of people think the electrification of the new car fleet is a trendy thing thought up by the OEM's where in fact they are being faced with huge punishment by the legislators if they don't comply to targets set. |
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It's the selfishness of some customers still wanting polluting large engines for their personal vehicles that causes the pickle and creates the "need" to balance out polluting vehicles with low and zero emissions ones. |
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Not to mention that up here most EV or Hybrids are not rated for towing so can't be used. Even if they could, what's the point in taking a caravan the maximum 40 odd miles range you're going to get whilst pulling and recharging said shed?
There are some jobs for which EVs are wonderful and some for which they are useless. The problem comes when you sometimes need the task for which it is useless and you don't happen to have the finance to buy an (expensive) EV and a capable vehicle for occasional use. The other problem is that EVs come in three types 1) Very expensive 2) Useless and/or awful 3) Both of the above. |
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Less caravans on the road is a good thing.
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Not true and you know it, I take it that BEV's are not to your liking? Me, I don't know as I have never driven one but for sure their future in Oz is way more complicated than in Europe and simply won't work in some parts of the country at all. In the populated regions it will be no different to Europe but in the bush simply have no future at all which raises a lot of questions on what will happen when ICE vehicles with low volumes are all we can buy and become crazy expensive because of it.
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Most are mega expensive. Teslas, Jaguars, etc. Some are brilliant, some are still fairly poor. BME i8 or VWs are ridiculous prices. For something the size of our Hybrid Toyota there's at least a 2/3rds premium. Evan a BASIC Nissan Leaf is another £8k and it's horrible. Things which are affordable are terrible - Renault Twizzy's. There's nothing on the market which we could consider that's anywhere near close to affordable for someone on a little over average salaries. Second hand is questionable for longevity, given we tend to keep our cars for 10 years or thereabouts and all suggestions is current battery technology won't last that long. In short, for your normal person-about-town the prices currently are unsustainable, and if you want to use it for anything out of town, there are other difficulties. I couldn't, for instance, use anything to go to Silverstone for a weekend. I can't tow a caravan and get there and back, and I can't get there and back twice and have time to charge it, so even if one car is electric, I still need something which isn't for the other - and since that needs to be a towcar then I'm faced with both being more expensive. |
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An average economy car EV like a Nissan Leaf, Hyundai Ioniq or Honda e is about twice as expensive as the equivalent Nissan Pulsar, Hyundai i30 or Honda Jazz. If that isn't "very expensive" than what is!? Given we are on a motor racing forum for car enthusiasts, I can very much see how a Renault-Nissan enthusiast who likes Megane RS Trophy style fun-to-drive cars would consider the equally priced Nissan Leaf to be both awful and expensive. All the things the car enthusiast likes such as a snappy manual gearbox, sport bucket seats, sporty styling with widened wheel arches, a rorty exhaust noise, feelsome steering and precise handling are missing in the Nissan Leaf, hence it's "awful" (in terms of driving enjoyment and style), while the price being expensive ($50k/30k GBP for a small hatchback) is self-evident. Compare the pair: These cars are about the same price! Surely you can see why some people would consider the Leaf to be both 'awful' (they would probably say the combustion engine 1.8L CVT Nissan Pulsar economy car is also awful for that matter -- same lack of style, same lack of driving fun etc) but crucially the worst sin is that the Leaf is far too expensive for an economy car. Last edited by V8 Fireworks; 9 Feb 2020 at 12:52. |
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Sport bucket seats - style over substance in a lot of cars, and could be added to any vehicle. Sporty styling with widened wheel arches - as with bucket seats. A rorty exhaust noise - becomes a monotonous drone that induces headaches on commutes. Feelsome steering and precise handling - are you sure they are missing in an EV? What you describe as appealing to a car enthusiast sounds more like the type of car that appeals to some motor-sport enthusiasts. The features are more suited to a track than an urban environment, and basically suggest a car that is styled to appeal to the boy-racer fraternity as opposed to having any real practicality. |
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