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Old 5 Dec 2012, 02:40 (Ref:3175229)   #1
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VF Commodore to get Falcon-style rear wing

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Although not set to break cover until early February, Speedcafe.com can reveal that the car will sport an end-plate mounted rear wing package – moving away from the central-mounts that have distinguished the Holden models from their Ford counterparts in the class since 1995.
...Triple Eight has pointed to a downforce deficiency with the existing VE Commodores since making the switch from the Lacroix-designed FG Falcon at the start of 2010, seemingly explaining the direction the Frenchman has taken with the VF.
http://www.speedcafe.com/2012/12/05/...ercar-styling/

Interesting - Ludo Lacroix is a seriously smart cookie and probably knows the difference between these 2 cars better than anybody.

Word is that the shape of the tail of the VF is a catalyst to the change, being squared off makes this style of mounting more efficient than the post mounts used from VR to VE.

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Triple Eight is expected to be the first to test a car in VF configuration on at Queensland Raceway on February 6 and has now decided to suspend its Car of the Future track running until that date.
The Holden Racing Team and Garry Rogers Motorsport meanwhile, will complete one more test at Winton with their COTFs in VE form, sharing the circuit with Ford Performance Racing for its planned two-day hit-out on December 10-11.
The two factory teams will undertake what V8 Supercars hopes is the final gearbox cooler evaluation laps during the test, with the category having narrowed the potential solutions for the persistent overheating problem with the new Albins transaxle items down to just two configurations.
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This perhaps gives an idea of the tail light arrangement, even though the bodywork is meaningless

http://www.jayski.com/news/schemes/2...0-Team-Schemes
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These look more like the lights off the new Malibu
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Mockups of the VF show it having a rear very like the Malibu.
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