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15 May 2018, 08:17 (Ref:3822540) | #26 | |
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Look at F1 or LMP1.
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Is Australia going the same way as the US though? SUVs, crossovers and pickups have destroyed the traditional car market. They might not be interested in ploughing money into a segment of the market that is shrinking rapidly.
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15 May 2018, 08:38 (Ref:3822546) | #28 | |
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There would have been serious problems for the category had Ford not decided to re-enter with the Mustang.
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I'd wager a tilt at running Camaro once the Altima is done. 2 at WAU and 4 at the Kellys...a quick way to get numbers on the grid to counter the Mustang push.
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Could also see the Kelly's run the Camaro's. Pretty sure there big chevy fans and be nice to see a few teams take the Camaro's if there run at all. Be funny in a way, if WAU (old HRT) and Kellys (old Kmart/HSV) end up running the same cars again.
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Be a great throw back for the retro round. The old liveries would look mint on the Camaro body!
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Its not surprising but still a shame. No matter how you look at it, the Nissan venture has been very lean in regards to results, some might say a failure. We'll never know how other teams might have gone, but confident in saying that not many others would have got worse results than the Kellys have.
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15 May 2018, 18:54 (Ref:3822659) | #37 | |
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I reckon losing Sandown would have had a greater impact on the series than losing Nissan.
I don't feel like Nissan ever really solidified thier position within Supercars - always talk of undecided future commitment etc. Plus I feel they never really quite made an impact with fans. Racing an Altima may go a ways to explaining that... |
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Nissan have been asleep at the wheel with motorsport in Australia - they have 2 GTR's sitting in a shed @ Dandenong and GTR race replicas as well out the back doing nothing.
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But the altima is one of the best selling cars in the USA and a natural competitor to the Camry, which is still one of Australias best selling, non ute, vehicles. It sold ok for the first year or so as well, 1800 sales, but as you said, dying market |
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Agree. The omission from entering the 12 Hour was disappointing but perhaps a sign of where they are at. Good luck with the SUV and electric business model Nissan, it'll be as successful as Nissan GT-R LM Nismo.
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16 May 2018, 00:26 (Ref:3822723) | #43 | |
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Nissan as a brand has also been asleep at the wheel - Pulsar - Tiida - Pulsar then Maxima to Altima not forgetting Micra
The X-Trail is the number one SUV in the world but they are only letting the public know this now with their current advertising after the Zoom Zoom & other manufactures have bolted. Nissan dealerships look tired and have nothing appealing - Juke, Qasqhai, X-Trail, Pathfinder & Navara is effectively their current line up with the bulk being CVT gearbox driven - 370z is ancient and the GTR is long in the tooth and the Patrol is petrol. |
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The only Nissan is top 3 sellers for its class in April was the Patrol (there were only two cars in its class) Nissan as a whole were No 11. Its March results were better though |
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Never saw the ground swell of support trackside for Nissan like Volvo had, Im sure the Kellys have their fans but there was nothing compared to all the other manufacturers. I'd put it down to the Altima not interesting people whereas at the 12hr you had plenty of people who loved the GT-Rs and happily spent money on merchandise so I think there would've been more support from the fans had they switched to Godzilla.
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Kellys should homologate GTR bodywork and carry on. At least they'd have a point of difference with a product that people would be drawn to.
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I doubt they'd ever make back the minimum half million to develop the new bodywork with merch sales.
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Maybe, except one of their biggest investors has pulled the pin, with perhaps another, if SdS is relocated elsewhere.
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It's a huge shame to see Nissan go but I was almost sure that it was going to happen. For me, one of the mistakes that the team made was that their driver lineup was most of the time wrong and underachieving. Instead of De Silvestro and Todd Kelly, they should've engaged more exciting talents for 2017, when they started their first year of the extension of the contract. Maybe that would've helped in better results and maybe the decision would be different now.
But still, it seems that Nissan was never in the same place as Ford and Holden, not only results-wise. They've always been some addition but never got any spotlight and this left an impact on the decision, I feel. |
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Watch Holden circle Simona now, as they want a female driver on there books for PR reasons.
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