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Old 15 Jul 2019, 12:17 (Ref:3917820)   #26
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Looking in from the outside, big beastie V8 RWD saloon type racing cars are a good thing. Some of the interpretation and management of that are not so good, but the base product is something many countries are a little envious of.

TCRs are generally awful, BTCC is similar, both appeal to certain types of supporters, but on the whole people who like BTCC (and F1) are not the same people who like all of the rest of motorsport, so it's a niche market, if a fairly successful one in its own way. Neither seem to be good for motorsport as a whole, though.

GTs seem to highly successful up here, but hugely expensive. Perhaps the ground rules of that applied to Supercars could be a good mix?
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Not sure what you are on about. BTCC is great! Even with the control subframes and balance-of-performance of the engines, there is still enough resemblance to the real cars and real engines (in the manufacturer entries not using the generic TOCA engine) to satisfy most.


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I love hot hatches always will and so TCR floats my boat. It's not what everyone wants though.
The vast majority of compact, mid-size and large rear wheel drive hatches & sedans are (1) automatics and (2) don't come standard with a limited slip differential (optional on M140i for example). So much for rear wheel drive "ultimate driving machines". Therefore I question what people want!

At least front wheel drive hot hatches are usually manual and usually come with a factory standard LSD.
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Looking in from the outside, big beastie V8 RWD saloon type racing cars are a good thing.
With UK petrol prices ($2-2.50 AUD per litre + road tax), it's little wonder a 2.0L / 201g/CO2km Subaru Levorg (pictured below in BTCC trim) or 2.0L/ 141g/CO2km BMW 330i (BTCC version) or 2.0L / 200g/CO2km Civic Type R (below also in BTCC trim) is already considered a luxury and aspirational, let alone a 6.2L / 348g CO2/km Vauxhall VXR8.

The HSV attracts £2070 for it's first year road tax in the UK, due to it's high CO2 emissions! The Subaru and Honda still get stung, but only for £1240. The lower powered (185kW BMW vs 220 kW for the Honda) four-banger BMW 330i only attracts £205 first year road tax, you can see why that would be attractive!

Even with Australian petrol prices ($1.20-1.50 AUD per litre) and no CO2 road tax at all, most Australian motorists still don't drive large V8 RWDs like HSVs, Mustang GTs or Falcon XR8s (or their German Mercedes E63 / BMW M5 equivalent). Even those who do, mostly use them as automatic transmission powerful luxury cruising machines rather than as agile sport sedans for enthusiastic driving.

How appropriate can a 1.8-2.0 tonne V8 RWD/AWD car like a HSV or E63 ever be for having a squirt in the mountains anyway? That's where the 1.3-1.4 tonne hot hatch seems more appropriate IMO, despite the (unfortunate) "fail wheel drive" layout that I agree is inherently wrong and would be better if it was rear wheel drive.

IMO the latter type of vehicle (hot hatch) more closely relates to what a punter might actually drive. A person can cheer on a BMW 330i or Civic Type R in BTCC or TCR that is similar to the car they actually drive.

Whereas the production HSV (at 1.8 tonnes) seems barely comparable to the 1.3 tonne spaceframe Car of the Future VF Commodore race car. The agility of the lightweight latter model seems a misrepresentation of the ability of the road going version IMO.




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cant please everyone. neither should you try.

If you cant see the value and potential in something like TCR I can't really help you. V8's were a great series. now, its a dinosaur. too expensive, uneven and misapplied regulation, put the cart before the horse in the TV deal and only 1 team, maybe 2 can afford to run properly. 800K a year for Super 2 is a joke. unfortunately for V8 supercars and having them being so aggressive and protectionist in regards to screwing over other categories to put themselves first, its only a matter of time before they live the truth of "those you screw on the way up are waiting to **** you on the way down"

GT3 has been massively mismanaged in this country and the field size shows it. the pit stop timing this is such a turn off i can't deal. some people like it - more power to them. unfortunately, i see TCR pinching competitors from GT3 more than V8SC at this stage.

don't even get me started on the calamity that is F4....

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They need a total re-write of the rules for 2021. Change the chassis to suit the Mustang and Camaro (and GTR?). RWD only, V8 or turbo V6 (power outputs to be matched). Even a 6 series BMW could look good if someone wanted to run one.
Make a crate engine available for default use if someone wants to run a different body without engine development costs.
Some of the Enforcer and The Dude's ideas about costs very valid, even if the cars are a bit slower than the current cars, if every car is slower by the same amount then it's no problem.
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If you cant see the value and potential in something like TCR I can't really help you.
WTCC is poor compared with how it has been. The big problem with TCR is that while fast, they're uninteresting on their own. Also over-managed on BOP, etc, without really saving money. The British series was a disaster with only a handful of cars which generally didn't run very closely, but ran into each other whenever they did. Imploded after one season. Admittedly the competition with BTCC was more equal and they were never going to compete with that.

BTCC is more akin to demolition derby with the most appalling driving standards, and an unfortunate attitude problem where drivers are happy to dish it out, but not similarly prepared to accept it.

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Can't disagree with a lot of that, although as a platform it could be so much better. The cars are interesting to watch and sound fantastic. There's also a very good field still. A better version of V8s could be simple and no more expensive than any other top level series, but vested interests seem to get in the way of that. The implosion of manufacturers could be beneficial if someone has the guts to write decent regulations.

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Again, agreed. However, the cars are thrilling and the racing can be very close. British championship is in excellent health and it wouldn't be difficult to transport the basic model to another market. Aus/NZ would be ideal. It's possible, run correctly, that it would take over from V8s, perhaps keeping the current cars, or a version of them, as a secondary class so as not to render them obsolete.

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don't even get me started on the calamity that is F4....
Single make single seaters. ugh. Good SS classes are excellent, but they should be multi-chassis. Unfortunately no-one seems to want to do that any more. Plus the various categories are too varied in terms of series, and too much the same within them. Just need to be 3-4 stepping stones to the top with gradually increasing power and grip. At European/National level, it's a bit of a shambles with spectators not really understanding where each series sits, and where the best drivers from each year probably aren't competing against each other. For a start, bring back proper FFord!
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@Gaz170 - the issue is that Chev is probably shelving the Camaro in the next couple of years. so then where do they turn? if they want to keep doing this they need a complete rethink. the only real answer I can see to retain the V8 scenario is run something like a MARC car - hell they even have a Mustang that looks like a Mustang...

I have found the TCR racing in Aus to be great, and while certainly interested i was skeptical about what was going to be seen. from what i have seen to BTCC, yes probably too much biff. AusTCR seems to have this more or less under control and the drivers seem to be respecting it for the moment. 10 sec penalties applied for unnecessary contact. the gret test for TCR is are they strong enough to stand up to Lync and Co. if not, this could go south or they will need to allow full manuf models (tbh im not upset with this as long as total cost is contained as it currently is)

At this stage, unless the ass end totally falls out of V8SC then i cant see GT3 or TCR taking over in the short term. maybe GT4. With GT3, i love the cars and regularly attend the 12 hour but they are on rails. im sure they are amazing to drive but to watch is a bit meh. the series kicked a major own goals in Aus with the penalty pit stop scenario where name drivers had to spend longer in the pits etc. that was bullshit and totally turned me off. many other disagree and thats their choice. i guess in summary GT3 is racing to shut the gate while the horse is currently down the road, over the hill and far away.

Aus motorsport is somewhat at a crossroads much like F1 was with the new turbo era. whether V8SC and its fans accepts that or not its still a fact. TCR is never going to please the great unwashed at McPhillamy Park, but does it have to? maybe its time for a change and change can take time.

Look at the latest 888 Red Bull / Holden deal. yes, they re signed but the hot rumor was it was for much less than before. If the 2nd best team in the country cant get full value, what hope does BJR or similar have? fair play to Penske - he did what Penske does best - used his checkbook (hes American hence Yank spelling) and wielded it like a sledgehammer bought the best talent and brought in a car to the letter but not the spirit of the rules that may actually hasten the demise of the sport. I guess that is what it is. the sport is so desperate to have Ford and RP involved, they will throw some half hearted parity measures at it without addressing the major issues. toothless tigers. before i get a flood of Ford hate mail, id say the same if it was a Holden team flouting the rules like that. the issues with the Commodore (probably also Ludos ideas in at least some part) should have been addressed last year and FFS put them in a wind tunnel - or just get Penskes results from his

reduced calendars, falling viewership and TV deals that are not in the best interest of the sport have not helped. it certainly makes it harder in my opinion to convince a potential sponsor to part with their cash to sustain your team at current staffing - but i guess on the bright side BJR will save on changing the livery every 20 minutes ( I know , you have Fox / Kayo and you love it - no one in the general public cares).

we live in some interesting motorsport times.

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@Gaz170 - the issue is that Chev is probably shelving the Camaro in the next couple of years. so then where do they turn? if they want to keep doing this they need a complete rethink. the only real answer I can see to retain the V8 scenario is run something like a MARC car - hell they even have a Mustang that looks like a Mustang...
Maybe Marc based cars are the answer.

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Agreed, but still a secondary category. More in competition to Super2 than VASC at the moment.

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Look at the latest 888 Red Bull / Holden deal. yes, they re signed but the hot rumor was it was for much less than before. If the 2nd best team in the country cant get full value, what hope does BJR or similar have? fair play to Penske - he did what Penske does best - used his checkbook (hes American hence Yank spelling) and wielded it like a sledgehammer bought the best talent and brought in a car to the letter but not the spirit of the rules that may actually hasten the demise of the sport. .........and FFS put them in a wind tunnel - or just get Penskes results from his
Wind tunnel tests should have started with the new Commodore. Holden opened the floodgates so Ford via Roger drove a bulldozer through them.

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Without being too flippant about it, there is no easy answer, a field of "Mustangs"as the Camaro has been given the boot? What other cars have V8's that could be used? The only cars being produced are of European origin and they are simply not interested or do not appear to be. I doubt Mercedes would even entertain the idea, the last time their badge was used did not put them in a good place at all.

I would suggest the decision needs to be made this year to allow for some planning on what is to be done but I think the planners are in hiding and don't know what to do and the fans have no idea if this forum is any indication as well. Everyone thought the ford/Holden thing would carry on five years ago and of course it hasn't and there was no need to give this any thought at all.

When the closure of manufacturing was announced I am sure the powers that be looked at the US and thought the Camaro/Mustang was their future but GM have nixed that idea and the Yanks are not building any suitable cars these days apart from the Mustang. Surely the fans have wondered what is going to happen but it does not appear to have sunk in, the Holdens and Falcons are not being made and will not be around forever. When does it become not feasible to race these cars?
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Supercars has already said that they'll be making announcements re the future direction of the category when next year's calendar is announced - we'll find out then how far ahead they are looking for now and what decisions they've made for that timeframe.

Don't quite understand the references to Falcons through this thread as they no longer run in the series anyway and nor do Australian-built Commodores - so the references to local manufacture are already gone (sadly).

GM has already announced the ceasing of Camaro in the near future and no doubt that has torpedoed one direction that the series could have gone in. Mustang remains, Challenger is still on the US market and Chrysler Oz have said a number of times that it would like to bring them in here and on the GM front, Cadillac might provide some suitable iron and there were strong rumours of them being sold here at one stage but I don't know how "live" that is now.

Other than that it is a case of what can go under any manufacturers bodywork. As we've seen with Camry in NASCAR, in DTM a few times and Altima / current Commodore here - a racecar can still run around with quite different mechanicals from the donor road car and work in a series.
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Is it possible we could see a Corvette on the grid?

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If you thought that the Mustang was a category killer, bring in a mid-engined GT car and the Mustang looks like an Alitma.
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And a tomato is a fruit - but that is a piece of information that is basically irrelevant.
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Ah! the days of sports sedans, we saw some really clever and innovative thinking then unlike the copy and paste of today. Combined with F5000 & Group C they were great days in motor sport, perhaps the heyday we did not realise we had. My apologies to those who missed it, like derestricted speed limits on highways it is doubtful we will see it again.
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if they are Sports Sedans, or any notion of entertaining a Corvette entering is thought of by the series organisers , why is the series winner still awarded the "Australian Touring Car Championship"?

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I don't think there's been any serious discussion of any Corvette entering?

I mean its a GM performance car, they've stated they will race it, I took that to mean GT racing.
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Ah! the days of sports sedans, we saw some really clever and innovative thinking then unlike the copy and paste of today. Combined with F5000 & Group C they were great days in motor sport, perhaps the heyday we did not realise we had. My apologies to those who missed it, like derestricted speed limits on highways it is doubtful we will see it again.
Aint that the truth, and even the hariest of the beasts were cheaper to build and race than the current crop of taxis.
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