Red Bull-Infiniti?

[gttouring]

Infinity was always a goofy name any way. Nissan could have revived. DATSUN and started ugh the z cars and nissans going fancy...but let's do infinity..
Nissan is the racer of the family come on

[wnut]

Originally Posted by andy666

Or full electric hybrids where the race will be held in two halves so the cars can be charged for 12 hours overnight !!

[duke_toaster]

Originally Posted by gttouring

Infinity was always a goofy name any way. Nissan could have revived. DATSUN and started ugh the z cars and nissans going fancy...but let's do infinity..
Nissan is the racer of the family come on

Wasn't one of the possible outcomes after Crashgate that Renault would turn the team over to Nissan?

[Marbot]

Originally Posted by duke_toaster

Wasn't one of the possible outcomes after Crashgate that Renault would turn the team over to Nissan?

Definitely! No one would notice another Japanese car maker leaving the sport as being anything other than par for the course.

[E.B]

Originally Posted by gttouring

Infinity was always a goofy name any way. Nissan could have revived. DATSUN and started ugh the z cars and nissans going fancy...but let's do infinity..
Nissan is the racer of the family come on

Would that be Nissan or as the US would have us believe, Kneesahn?
As for reviving the Datsun name to back an upmarket brand and market position car.... Datsun and upmarket do not belong in the same sentence.

Mind you Datsun did bring us Big Sam, one of the more awesome Mod Sports cars of the early 1970's in the hands on Win Percy.

[GTRMagic]

Stick with me for a minute.. couldnt you just envision the Red Bull brand, logos and an Adrian Newey designed hubcap on this little beauty...



Datsuns Rule O.K.!!

[VIVA GT]

Well, if they had a transmission blow up it would give the commentators a chance to use the old "It's raining Datsun cogs" line...

[E.B]

@Viva, I am now stuck between your Incognito sig line and the raining Datsun cogs as to which is better / worse.

They are both rather clever!

[TF110]

Originally Posted by Marbot

Well, it's the place to be if you're in the back of a Red Bull car.




Probably not, but reliability wasn't the Renault's strongest point.



I can't see Nissan building its own chassis. And it's hard to see Toyota or Honda etc, coming back to a series dominated by a few people that are very good at aerodynamics.

Maybe someone can put a badge on a Merc, Renault, Ferrari or Cosworth engine. But would they actually build their own?

Who's to say the Japanese like Honda and Toyota aren't good at Aero? I guess you forgot about the Brawn car (honda). Or the Double Diffuser (Honda/Toyota/SuperAguri)? Toyota have the facilities. The TF109 wasn't a bad car, 3rd fastest car in 09 at least, and the TF110 was supposed to be 20% better in terms of D/F. I just think they stepped out too soon. Both Honda and Toyota. The point is, if Infinity is a sponsor, they won't be there for show for long. Not if they are to step in if Renault are to step out. Even if they do the engines in the future, it's better than nothing. And if they're there, why not have the other major Japanese players? It'd be better than having HRT's and Virgin's running at 4 seconds off pace.

[Marbot]

Originally Posted by TF110

Who's to say the Japanese like Honda and Toyota aren't good at Aero? I guess you forgot about the Brawn car (honda). Or the Double Diffuser (Honda/Toyota/SuperAguri)? Toyota have the facilities. The TF109 wasn't a bad car, 3rd fastest car in 09 at least, and the TF110 was supposed to be 20% better in terms of D/F. I just think they stepped out too soon. Both Honda and Toyota. The point is, if Infinity is a sponsor, they won't be there for show for long. Not if they are to step in if Renault are to step out. Even if they do the engines in the future, it's better than nothing. And if they're there, why not have the other major Japanese players? It'd be better than having HRT's and Virgin's running at 4 seconds off pace.

It's not what they do it's the way that they do it.

If you know you have a good car, then why do you leave at that particular point? Is there other business to attend to?

And I would rather have enthusiastic cash-strapped back-markers than dithering multinational corporations, any day of the week.