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The above is just a regurgitation of a press release anyway.
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Once again Supercars dont have the ability (or perhaps the want) to communicate to the paying public any changes being undertaken. Was Mr Fogarty right in AA, are Supercars treating their fans like mushrooms?
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But the changes have been communicated - Ballast location is being tidied up on all 3 models in use based on extensive CAD work, CoG will be lowered on all three models as a result of tidying up the ballast and CoG parity is maintained across all three models.
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The aero changes before Darwin certainly weren't communicated, some have suggested deliberately.
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So this isn't a "once again" situation as your post claimed, this is the reverse - a change being communicated. |
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Broad terms?
I want details! I hope this graphic is animated. |
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Animated graphic could be funky - as this is a Mustang thread - maybe the graphic for the Mustang could be a galloping horse with a fire blasting from its rear end - size of the flame indicating the size of any parity adjustment.
Holden could be how much its "holdin' on" by, not sure about the Nissan. |
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By how far it's missin'?
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The comments read as expected:
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An interesting look into recent history shows it was Roland Dane himself, as part of the then V8 Supercars board, who touted the introduction of a Mustang back in 2013.
He actually lodged a proposal, and was concerned it wasn't being looked at properly by the board at the time. Said Mr Dane back then: “The days of four-door medium and large saloons being main players in the market place have gone,” Dane told motoring.com.au. “So that’s what it [the paper] is really about.”https://www.carsales.com.au/editoria...percars-36776/ |
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PSA have given the green light to Opel to continue to supply Holden with the ZB sedan and wagon, and Astra hatch for the next little while.
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All this talk about parity.. how about they make the ZB Commodores run with solar panels instead of a V8?
You can dice the lettuce all you want but at the end of the day it's the end of the day and the reality is you can't go down to Bay City Holden and pick up a ZB Commodore with a V8 in it. Cheers, GROUND EFFECT |
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Swapping out a production gearbox is a little different to trying to portray a 4 or 6 cylinder FWD hatchback as a V8 "Supercar".
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Or a V8 Nissan Altima, or even a Ford Mustang that looks like it fell off the ship. Snow this weekend by the sounds of it, should be interesting.
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So where was the precedent set for compromised 'Supercar' design?
Was it the cut'n'shut VE, the FWD sedan (Altima), or the FWD hatchback (Insignia)? Because it certainly wasn't with the Mustang, as they all preceded it. The point being made above is the RWD V8 Mustang you can currently buy, actually bears some resemblance to what is currently being raced. |
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