2016 Virgin Australia Supercars Championship - Results and TalkTouring Cars

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

I think it's cool for those that collect stuff.

To each their own. I see it as a waste but hey the plastics industry can always use the business

 

[CodeRedR51]

Damn talk about strapped for money

Highly doubt it. Team probably doesn't see any of it anyway.

 

[Spacegoat]

According to this. Kia has apparently held two meetings with a "key" Supercar team.

 

[mustafur]

GRM or DJR are the only ones that fit that.

 

[CodeRedR51]

We were so focused on Hyundai, we didn't think that Kia would try their hand...

 

[Eh Team]

That's pretty funny because just earlier today I was thinking an Optima Supercar would probably look pretty good, come on Garry, make it so!

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Highly doubt it. Team probably doesn't see any of it anyway.

It's a joke, but if we want to be serious, seems like a silly think to do just for PR.

We were so focused on Hyundai, we didn't think that Kia would try their hand...

Can't blame us, one S. Korean company has actually done Motorsports stuff since their big rise after the recession, the other has just done a great job of making entry level cars that are build pretty well and cost reasonably well. Plus with the N division, you'd think Hyundai would want to expand into a touring car series, especially one that uses the engine formula that they run in the Genesis.

But it's quite amazing how some groups could be underestimated. I mean I never believed Volvo would join until it happened, so really I think this would be an even greater story.

 

[CodeRedR51]

It's a joke, but if we want to be serious, seems like a silly think to do just for PR.

Oh, it's supposed to be fun. Live a little.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Oh, it's supposed to be fun. Live a little.

Eh, at those prices, I think I'm good.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

the other has just done a great job of making entry level cars that are build pretty well and cost reasonably wel

Kia does have a presence in other motorsport series, like the STCC (or whatever they are calling themselves thus year).

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Kia does have a presence in other motorsport series, like the STCC (or whatever they are calling themselves thus year).

Volvo Touring Car Championship or the more noteworthy series Hyundai has done such as WRC, or even the more limited stuff like Pikes Peak and Drifting. My point is that STCC isn't really going to sell cars globally, which is why KIA has approached groups like NASCAR and now VASC. The point really makes itself.

 

[CodeRedR51]

Eh, at those prices, I think I'm good.

Free shipping! I'd do it if I wasn't broker than snot as usual.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Free shipping! I'd do it if I wasn't broker than snot as usual.

For a plastic version of me in a driving suit just for the every day realization of what was to never be...who do you think I am Lewis Hamilton the masochist?

 

[aarror]

Supercars would be a good fit for KIA if they're trying to boost Australian sales, but the series doesn't really fit Hyundai's current focus. They looked at major international series like F1 and LMP1 before deciding on WRC, so a national series with relatively low international exposure like Supercars probably isn't on their radar right now. They seem to be aiming for a World Championship for marketing reasons.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Supercars would be a good fit for KIA if they're trying to boost Australian sales, but the series doesn't really fit Hyundai's current focus. They looked at major international series like F1 and LMP1 before deciding on WRC, so a national series with relatively low international exposure like Supercars probably isn't on their radar right now. They seem to be aiming for a World Championship for marketing reasons.

Yeah but Supercars is suppose to be an International series, that happens to still be stuck in it's local series roots. To me it's the same as NASCAR, super popular domestically, wishes to be known and seen internationally.

 

[Pete05]

According to this. Kia has apparently held two meetings with a "key" Supercar team.

Hardly surprising the "key" is GRM.

We were so focused on Hyundai, we didn't think that Kia would try their hand...

Considering Hyundai & Kia are controlled by the same parent company, I'm a bit more surprised by this.
Having said that, Hyundai's new sporting N brand seems to be focused on the hot hatch segment rather than a N branded Genesis.

 

[LMSCorvetteGT2]

Yeah but the N division or even the Genesis line would have worked with Supercars or at least something touring car like. The focus seems to only be WRC. Which as history has shown is a Hyundai thing anyways. So perhaps it was always a long shot to see them here? Maybe we should just start bouncing off the wall ideas considering the brands that actually decide to show up, compared to those that most of us think are likely to show up.

 

[05XR8]

Two years ago:

“Kia Motors Australia has not been approached with regard to any involvement in the Supercar racing series,” KMAu Chief Operating Officer Damien Meredith said. “There are no plans for a motorsport program within KMAu.”

My, how things change.

 

[05XR8]

The more I look at this track, I just dont know now.

 

[Spacegoat]

Sharp livery for Coulthard this weekend.

 

[NW48]

EDIT: Tree'd

I guess you could say it looks pretty "sharp".



I'll show myself the door...

 

[Spacegoat]

I guess you could say it looks pretty "sharp".

Almost did a sharp pun myself. I thought better of it though. 👍

 

[Pete05]

Sharp livery for Coulthard this weekend.

EDIT: Tree'd

I guess you could say it looks pretty "sharp".



I'll show myself the door...

Almost did a sharp pun myself. I thought better of it though. 👍

Yeah, it does look sharp but, wait for it...
will it be at the pointy end of the field?

 

[NW48]

Yeah, it does look sharp but, wait for it...
will it be at the pointy end of the field?

I think with it being a DJRTP car, it's a bit pointless asking that question?

Excuse my bad puns. To put it bluntly, I'm crap at them.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Can we stop with the lane puns? It's just not Würth it.

 

[NW48]

It takes a real MAN to tell you when to stop making puns.

 

[05XR8]

Okay, okay, people. No need to Hog the thread with your posts.

I'll just go back into my Shell now.

 

[prisonermonkeys]

Uh ... something about Western Star Trucks!

 

[Cap'n Jack]

But what am I going to call the race now? Saying "can't wait until Clipsal" or "Clipsal was great this year" is too easy, anything else is a hassle.

 

[05XR8]

"The 500". It's thee 500.