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AMR, at a guess. Don't get much smaller, really, until you go to Malvern, and see Morgan!
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If it looks like a 911, and sounds like a 911, then does it really matter if the engine's in the middle?
After all, it hasn't BEEN a 911 for 20 odd years now! 993,996,997... |
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18 Oct 2011, 15:21 (Ref:2973308) | #729 | |
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i think it could be renault/nissan. it would make more sense to run a renault at lemans. or itd be my preference
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18 Oct 2011, 17:54 (Ref:2973410) | #730 | ||
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Since Nissan already has quite a rich history in sports cars and maintains a presence in LMP2 they will surely be the make the company will be going with for a LMP1 assault. |
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18 Oct 2011, 18:07 (Ref:2973416) | #731 | |
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They dropped out of f1 as a car manufacturer.
And happened to show up at the ACO manufacturers meeting 2 years ago. And like Toyota now have an empty Enstone Facility that no longer builds chassis....and similiar to ToyotaGmbh just engines and kers i believe. toyota came back. who knows. id love to see a renault. i dont particualry like Nissan/Infiniti. They do not have any good looking vehicles except for the nissan GTR and maybe some of there 350/70 Z models. infinitis are oddly bulbous. and the new Quest? the Juke? The Cube? Nissan needs to drop the funky fresh gig. |
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18 Oct 2011, 18:42 (Ref:2973437) | #732 | ||
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And if we're talking about roadcars, what does Renault have in terms of sportscars? What do they have that even compares to the GTRs and the Z cars? |
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The R390 showed the typical TWR design line especially in the roof line but it was definitely not a revamped XJR-15. The XJR was based on a XJR-9 Group c car while the R390 was a totally new car designed for the GT1 rules. Monocoque, suspension, engine, gearbox and aero were totally different.
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“Fernando Alonso has revealed that he would like to contest the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the world’s oldest and most famous sports car race" |
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Remove Toyota and Porsche (announcement came two weeks later) and that leaves two question marks. I always wondered why did Beaumesnil spill out Toyota? Maybe by accident or then this reflected "the worst kept secret in LMP racing". Last edited by deggis; 18 Oct 2011 at 23:54. |
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I can see it. Hyundai is changing their reputation faster than the Japanese manufacturers did in the '80's and '90s. Plus the Genesis is a pretty slick little car. Why not? |
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That doesn't look very serious. It seems they are developing BOTH GT2 and GTE versions *facepalm*
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Which was the other manufacturer (other than Toyota) Mike spotted looking at his site. Was that not Hyundai? Can't remember...
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20 Oct 2011, 11:56 (Ref:2974261) | #744 | |
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Yes, it was Hyundai. See http://www.mulsannescorner.com/RCELeMans2011.html
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20 Oct 2011, 12:09 (Ref:2974274) | #746 | |
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You are certainly well-informed, but I really do not want to believe even if the stuff was that Hyundai would be coming. If you Hyundai decide to become, so the driver rumor would certainly be Ho-Pin Tung, Cheng Congfu and Jiang Tengyi.
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20 Oct 2011, 20:39 (Ref:2974477) | #747 | |
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GTE and GT2 are based on the same rules so one car would suit both. Its (primarily) only the homologation that is different but now that LeMans is part of the FIA WEC I would expect them to use FIA rules. Wouldnt you?
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As far as Hyundai goes they put some money into Rhys Millen's pikes peak car but I don't see them as a prototype or a GT manufacturer, I just don't think they have the intrest. Is Jaguar no longer thinking of a return with an LMP car, has that fallen off the radar. Nissan I would think as the most likely seeing how Signatech is coming back with two cars but I know they are not a "factory" effort.
No manufacturer in the states seems to have any interest in a prototype effort - even though I wish that wasn't true... That is unless its a Grand Am prototurtle, or a Deltathing but lets not talk about them ok... Last edited by Livininthinair; 20 Oct 2011 at 23:24. |
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