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| This makes me feel ILL the thought of not having FALCONS & COMMODORES racing in AUSTRALIA. As a V8SC FAN :( |
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| âRight now today, if we turned up with Cruzes and Focuses theyâd all be p*ssed off even if they had V8s in them,â McNamara noted. And if the next generation of V8 Supercar retains the bodyshell of the Commodore and Falcon â which is more likely than not â McNamara agreed that it needed to be cheaper than the current V8 Supercar cost of about half a million dollars each. âAt some point youâve got to go âthatâs itâ,â he said. âYouâre spending $250,000 in developing your engine, thatâs got to stop. âWeâve got to do something else; we donât have to go that far down the line and they donât have to be as technical as they are. âTheyâre basic engines as in pushrod and all that sort of stuff, but they spend a lot of money on certain little areas of the thing so they can get the power out of it.â McNamara has acknowledged that the Car of the Future committee does not have an easy job on its hands, but hopes that the committee will get the two manufacturers involved. âIt is their business and thatâs up to them if they want to do it, but as a stakeholder now we wouldnât mind being involved,â he said. âWeâre not Red Rooster as a sponsor where itâs not their core business; our core business is cars because we make cars, we sell cars and we want to learn from these things.â McNamara believes that the committee should not rely too heavily on Nascarâs Car of Tomorrow. âIf you actually look at the Nascar model of the Car of Tomorrow, itâs cost the teams more money because the cars are all that close they spend an infinite amount of money on these tiny things because they are trying to get the advantage over everybody else,â he said. âWe need to be very careful on how it works and weâve got to make sure the right people are making the decisions on what it is.â |
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| Smaller cars could factor in future Thursday 02/07/2009 16:00 Author: Briar Gunther | Source: BigPond Sport - copyright HRT Commodore The next generation of V8 Supercars could end up being Cruze and Focus models rather than Commodores and Falcons. Car of the Future is the new buzz phrase in V8 Supercars after Executive Chairman, Tony Cochrane, announced a committee for the next generation of V8 Supercar at Hidden Valley Raceway last month. Five-time touring car champion Mark Skaife heads the committee, whose only terms of reference are that the next generation car must have a V8 engine and must cost less than $250,000 each. The July/August edition of V8X Magazine, which hit the newsstands this week, features a six-page spread titled âFuture Shockâ and brings up some interesting points about the proposed Car of the Future. While journalist Steve Harkness addresses the possibility of the next-gen Supercars being based off small cars like the Cruze of Focus, he also points out that it would be hard to squeeze a V8 into the smaller engine bays of cars more compact than the Commodore and Falcon. Cochrane said at Hidden Valley that the first season for the Car of the Future will be 2012, however it may be introduced as early as 2011 as part of a âphasing-inâ period. When BigPond Sport put forward the idea of V8 Supercars becoming smaller, Holden Motorsport Manager Simon McNamara did not totally oppose it. âWith the market as it currently is, the Commodore is the number one-selling car in Australia,â he said. âWeâd be keen on using our flagship bread and butter vehicle (for racing), but if in three or four years time the market starts going that way and Cruze or whatever it is at the time turns out to be the high volume product then yeah, that makes sense.â But the fans would have to be heavily consulted if such a drastic change was made. âRight now today, if we turned up with Cruzes and Focuses theyâd all be ... |
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