Interesting... so you E-mail Vauxhall about GT5. I'm not hating you on this. I wonder if someone E-mailed (those three companies) and posted them on GTPlanet. Here's what would probably happen:
(intentionally misspelled, but for role play)
Dear (manufacturer),
I thot it wou b pretty cool if you featured ur models in GT5. It a fun racin game by PD. Heard of PD, (manufacturer)? This game has WAY too many small cars and insignificant cars. Who the hell races a Honda Odyssey? a Mini Cooper? That's y I E-mailed you to get PD to get off there buts and include you in GT5. Ur cars RoxxxOrrz!
A: Ferraris r so cool! I like dat Enzo car. It fast and awesome!!! OMG is it a booty (intended to say "beauty")!
B: Did u guys change your name to Ruf? Or is this some company triing to cash in on your cars? Tell PD to do away wit Ruf and give us ur cars for a change!
C: Lambogini is a great car company. I LOVE your cars, just too bad they aren't in GT4. Can you please help me?
Sincerly,
(some guy who can't spell and only cares about supercars)
And what would happen afterwards? Enter John, Stage Left:
A: "JohnBM01" is a Ferrari representative
"Thank you for your interest in Ferrari. First of all, I think you need to spell your words a bit better. Not many of us can understand your spelling. What in Christ's sake is a 'Roxxorz?' What country is that? What car maker builds that? As far as Ferrari goes, I can understand people loving my company's cars and wanting to race them in a video game. Have you heard of 'Forza Motorsport?' People think racing is all about high-speed and little about control, so this XBOX game may give you better hope of racing and tuning our products. It even includes the Ferrari Enzo. We also plan on putting this company and its cars in Forza Motorsport 2. So if you have an XBOX, get that instead. As for Gran Turismo and your chances of seeing them, why not race other sports cars instead? There are no cars better than ours, but at least we're going to try to work a deal to get millions of PlayStation fans to shut up and finally enjoy our cars. We MAY show up in GT5 even. Oh, and if you intend on modifying our cars with neons and having very little driving talent, then stay FAR away from our cars in any game and stick to your NASCAR, or whatever that idiotic American motorsport is. If you want REAL racing, why not compete in our Ferrari Challenge series? We have in Beverly Hills, Washington D.C., Ontario, Houston, and many other groups. If they do show up, we need courses in that game that are close to us and are exciting. You know, like Monza, Mugello, and Fiorano for example.
"Oh, and brush up on your English skills. Even we have great English skills for an Italian sports car company. Just look at Michael Schumacher who races our F1 cars to victory. Come now!"
B: "JohnBM01" is a Porsche representative
"Thank you for your interest in Porsche. I am pleased to meet you, sir/madam. We hate to admit it, but Ruf automobiles are more powerful and better capable than our company. But do they have our wonderful (yet recently retired) Carerra GT? We are an authentic car company. We are interested in any sports car lover who has the money to purchase our products. How dare some Americans choose a Corvette over a Porsche? We believe in exotic muscle that you can throw around one of those fancy cities like Los Angeles, New York, Miami, or any place that looks good with our cars. You want to drive fast no matter your income, education level, sex appeal, location, or whatever, right? You NEED a Porsche, don't you? Well guess what, GT fan. We unfortunately can't fill your request. That is because as much as people want our cars, we battle a issues- (A) licensing rights. We simply can't put our car in the game unless we are absolutely proud of the game we are featured in. Those savages just want to take our cars and smash them up. We let them do that in Forza Motorsport, only because we have the guts to allow our cars to be beaten down in 500,000,000 different ways. We appreciate you loving our cars. Also, there's (B) what the game has to offer. There is so much that goes on in getting our cars in a game. Do you really want to take a Carerra GT and take it around that Tsukuba course against other people who can't drive our cars even if their respective lives depended on it? I'm saddened that game doesn't contain online play. We couldn't allow you to share your love of Porsches against others. In the meanwhile, enjoy Ruf. There is no substitute, but Ruf will suffice since that's as close are you're going to get to our cars.
And please, spell better. It took me 10 minutes of my life to read and understand what you were saying. I would have never been hired and promoted up to my current position with spelling like yours!"
C: "JohnBM01" is a Lamborghini representative
"Thank you very much for contacting Lamborghini. Our cars are built to the highest degree and are some of the ultimate automobiles that you can afford. I understand that you hate everyday drivers. Do you really want to mess up our six-figure cars? I was reading some message board with people who are frustrated that we aren't included. What was it... oh, GTPlanet. People had to hack and hybrid our JGTC (now Super GT) Diablo into GT3? Cheaters never prosper.
Some of you American tuner car fans love associating our cars especially with door types. I've heard of something you all call, 'Lamborghini doors?' I'm interested as to what they are. Oh, you mean the vertical doors on our company's classic Diablo model? I think our doors are as much of a trademark as Texas A&M University- College Station and their "12th Man." You want to enjoy vertical doors? I've played GT4 and remember the Toyota Sera with them stock, and especially the beautiful Mercedes-Benz 300SL with the gullwing doors. Some cars simply look better with vertical doors. We don't want people emulating our doors with cars like Hondas and Mercedes-Benz models! Yet, people intend on vertical doors. We created them so that you don't have to spend money at the body shop when you foolishly slam into a shopping cart at the grocery store. We aren't in Forza Motorsport or Gran Turismo. You need a certain degree of talent (which you do not possess) in order to appreciate automobiles as ours. You are crawling before walking- not good. We probably wouldn't even trust you with our old LM002 machine. We wouldn't trust you with it even if we brought it back to market to get rid of those unsightly and ghastly Cadillac Escalades and Ford Excursions. Our fans want us in GT5? We'll be in GT5. But only when you improve your spelling. While you're still in daycare with that spelling of yours, you'll see our company when you graduate from college."
I could be wrong about any of this, mind you... ^_^ Conspiracy and broken records are a-comin'!