2013 V8SC Discussion: Phillip Island - November 22-24

Philthy82 · PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 12:22 am

Spec chassis are pretty much the way of the touring car world now, bit late to complain about it.

ptclaus98 · PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 12:27 am

Philthy82 wrote:

Spec chassis are pretty much the way of the touring car world now, bit late to complain about it.

What I'm saying is that they already have a car that is a RWD saloon, why go with an Altima? Especially considering the Altima looks like shit.

Woodski · PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 12:37 am

ptclaus98 wrote:

Philthy82 wrote:

Spec chassis are pretty much the way of the touring car world now, bit late to complain about it.

What I'm saying is that they already have a car that is a RWD saloon, why go with an Altima? Especially considering the Altima looks like shit.

you must be new to this whole 'marketing' thing.

Philthy82 · PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 12:41 am

Yep, not much use marketing a car that's not sold in the country the series primarily runs in (Skyline). Who gives a shit whether it's really RWD anyway? Even if it was it would have no mechanical resemblance with the road car as frame, suspension, pretty much everything is spec.

ptclaus98 · PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 1:54 am

Scotty wrote:

Skyline isn't 4 door, V8SC regulations say the saloon has to be a 4 door car.

Are you sure? The Infiniti G37 comes in four door, so I would imagine there is a four door Skyline. I don't know what it's sold as in Aussieland, though.

ptclaus98 · PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 2:00 am

Woodski wrote:

ptclaus98 wrote:

Philthy82 wrote:

Spec chassis are pretty much the way of the touring car world now, bit late to complain about it.

What I'm saying is that they already have a car that is a RWD saloon, why go with an Altima? Especially considering the Altima looks like shit.

you must be new to this whole 'marketing' thing.

If it were that simple, why would Ford even still sell the Falcon anymore? It's antiquated, and they could just make the Fusion/Mondeo a V8 Supercar. Nissan already have a RWD saloon that they sell in Australia, why not use that?

Philthy82 · PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 2:08 am

ptclaus98 wrote:

Nissan already have a RWD saloon that they sell in Australia

What model is that?

ptclaus98 · PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 2:15 am

Philthy82 wrote:

ptclaus98 wrote:

Nissan already have a RWD saloon that they sell in Australia

What model is that?

It's an Infiniti but the M37 is a RWD Saloon.

Juihi · PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 2:21 am

Some of the older skyline models come in 4 door, I don't think the latest one does though

ptclaus98 · PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 3:22 am

Scotty wrote:

ptclaus98 wrote:

If it were that simple, why would Ford even still sell the Falcon anymore? It's antiquated, and they could just make the Fusion/Mondeo a V8 Supercar.

Only a non-Australian would say that.

No offense, but Ford will enter the Ka into V8Supercars before it drops the Falcon.

Infiniti aren't very popular at all here, selling less than 500 cars a year here, so I doubt they'd enter the sport with the G37. Plus Nissan want to build on their racing heritage from the 80's, they don't want to do it piggy backing onto Infiniti

But they want to do it with an oversized family car that has never been a sporty car for them? Do they even sell the Altima in Australia? Why not go with the Pulsar sedan which goes on sale in Australia soon? What is this even a marketing exercise for? If they wanted to build on racing heritage, surely a Pulsar would be the sensible choice given the history of that car?

Shane · PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 3:42 am

For most people the Skyline is the GT-R.

Woodski · PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 4:41 am

ptclaus98 wrote:

Scotty wrote:

ptclaus98 wrote:

If it were that simple, why would Ford even still sell the Falcon anymore? It's antiquated, and they could just make the Fusion/Mondeo a V8 Supercar.

Only a non-Australian would say that.

No offense, but Ford will enter the Ka into V8Supercars before it drops the Falcon.

Infiniti aren't very popular at all here, selling less than 500 cars a year here, so I doubt they'd enter the sport with the G37. Plus Nissan want to build on their racing heritage from the 80's, they don't want to do it piggy backing onto Infiniti

But they want to do it with an oversized family car that has never been a sporty car for them? Do they even sell the Altima in Australia? Why not go with the Pulsar sedan which goes on sale in Australia soon? What is this even a marketing exercise for? If they wanted to build on racing heritage, surely a Pulsar would be the sensible choice given the history of that car?

The Altima goes on sale in Australia in 2013...............................................................................................................................................................

Woodski · PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 4:42 am

Shane wrote:

For most ~~people~~ Americans the Skyline is the GT-R.

FTFY.

racer69 · PostPosted: Wed Oct 31, 2012 8:40 am

ptclaus98 wrote:

But they want to do it with an oversized family car that has never been a sporty car for them? Do they even sell the Altima in Australia? Why not go with the Pulsar sedan which goes on sale in Australia soon? What is this even a marketing exercise for? If they wanted to build on racing heritage, surely a Pulsar would be the sensible choice given the history of that car?

When Nissan first got involved in Australian touring car racing, as Scotty says, the car of choice was a 'family sedan', the Bluebird

Even when we were using the R31 two doors, Australia was building the 4-door variant. The move to the GTR was purely competitiveness based.

Using the Altima is the perfect choice, especially as it is this model which is in competition with Falcon's and Commodore's in the market place

Juihi · PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 10:38 am

Woodski · PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 11:36 am

the george fury bluebird<3

garbo · PostPosted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 1:14 pm

Abu Dhabi this weekend

An interesting qualifying session just held. 20 minute session with a twist.
A drivers fastest lap sets the Race 1 grid, his 2nd fastest lap sets the Race 2 grid, and his 3rd fastest lap sets the Race 3 grid.

This weekend's TV Coverage of the 3x 12 lap races, and the 20 minute qualifying session.
Saturday 3 November
7Mate
Qualifying, Race 24, Race 25: 1400-1700 (Perth) 1600-1900 (Bris), 1630-1930 (Adel), 1700-2000 (Syd, Melb)

Sunday 4 November
7
Replay Qualifying, Race 24, Race 25: 1500-1700 (Syd, Bris, Melb, Adel, Perth)
7 Mate
Race 26: 1700-1830 (Perth), 1900-2030 (Bris), 1930-2100 (Adel), 2000-2130 (Syd, Melb)

Qualifying Results spoilered for those who want to watch the delayed qualifying coverage tomorrow.
[spoiler]

Code:

DRIVER               R1  R2  R3
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Will Davison          1   1   1
Jamie Whincup         2   2   2
Shane Van Gisbergen   3   3   3
Tim Slade             4   8   4
Lee Holdsworth        5   4   9
Garth Tander          6   6   8
Mark Winterbottom     7   5   7
Jonathan Webb         8   7  19
Craig Lowndes         9  12  12
James Courtney       10  11  14
David Reynolds       11   9   6
Fabian Coulthard     12  14  11
Michael Patrizi      13  24  27
James Moffat         14  10   5
Michael Caruso       15  15  15
Alexandre Premat     16  18  13
Rick Kelly           17  13  10
Tony D’Alberto       18  16  16
Steve Owen           19  19  17
Russell Ingall       20  17  18
Jason Bright         21  22  21
Steven Johnson       22  20  22
Karl Reindler        23  21  20
Dean Fiore           24  23  23
David Wall           25  25  24
Taz Douglas          26  26  25
Tim Blanchard        27  27  26
Greg Murphy          28  28  28

[/spoiler]

dbr12 · PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 4:12 am

Whincup won the first two races.

Mitch the Bitch · PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 9:22 am

Hopefully tonight's race will be better, because both races last night were shit. Not expecting much, though.

topcat_inc · PostPosted: Sun Nov 04, 2012 10:43 pm

Look at this beef between Casey Stoner and Mark Winterbottom. Twitter link: https://twitter.com/Official_CS27/statu ... 3522041856

Btw, it's almost 100% sure Casey will run V8's next year with red bull backing.

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