AMG / BMW will struggle to get local mechanics. They wont know how dual overhead cams work....."where do I put these pushrod things?"

The cars bare little or no relevance to a road car anyways. The falcon has 100mm chopped out just behind the rear door so that the centre of gravity is same same as the commodore.

If holden / ford stop making the FWD platform we will more than likely just end up with a nascar (or similar)chassis. And remember "there aint nothing stock about a stock car". Agreed they have a proper tube chassis but they are heaps cheaper to build / buy than a new V8SC, they have achieved great parity and there is little or no relevance between a road car and a v8sc nowadays anyway.

If they effectively homologate a chassis then everyone can play. i.e. hyundai etc as the development costs are greatly reduced.

Brendon

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The corporate boxes at V8SC's will be much more expensive as the suits wont want to stand with Trev to watch BMW's and Mercs race

If BMW and Merc enter it'll still be a 2 car series, there'll just be some Holdens and Fords to make up the rear end of the field.

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They're most likely going to a control chassis so it wont matter which car company uses it. Like NASCAR but with opening doors, boot, working headlights etc etc so it looks more like a traditional touring car. Basically like a Sports Sedan, Trans Am or DTM car.

899nm of torque!

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Yeah you wonder why they didn't squeeze out the extra 1 torque hey.

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i reckon it would be good. not only for the sport, but for the manufacturers also. driver styles will be of wider variety so should see some interesting battles for positions. im actually looking forward to it now! really hope this happens lol

Mercedes-Benz plans to join V8 Supercars series

By Simon Canning
March 10, 2010

Mercedes-Benz is poised to split the grid between Ford and Holden, with plans to join the V8 Supercars series under serious consideration as the sport prepares to open itself up to other manufacturers.

Fifteen years after the sport was closed to all bar the two major Australian manufacturers and their V8 staples, the Commodore and the Falcon, V8 Supercars Australia is expected to open the door again with the unveiling of their Car of the Future template.

The template will relax rules governing components such as engines and suspension - while continuing to run it as a series exclusively for V8s.

Hyundai, Toyota and BMW have also been suggested as new entrants.

Motorsport magazine V8X revealed on Tuesday that Mercedes was expected to become the first non-Ford or Holden manufacturer to compete in the sport since 1995, either through its AMG brand or a private entry.

And the new entry to the sport could come with five-time V8 Supercars champion and Bathurst winner Mark Skaife at the wheel.

The V8 series has been the fastest growing sport in Australia in recent years and now boasts two rounds in the Middle East as well as being broadcast into more than 30 countries.

Mercedes would not deny a move into the V8 series was on the cards.

"Mercedes-Benz Australia Pacific is not allowed to go motor racing and it is not something we are looking to do," spokesman David McCarthy said.

"However, some of our AMG customers and dealers are looking at it very closely and I'm not sure how that is going to develop."

Australia is the fifth-largest market in the world for AMG, which sells performance-tuned MB cars.

The names of Skaife and Triple Eight principal Roland Dane have been closely linked to possible deals to get an AMG Mercedes on to the V8 grid next year.

Skaife has been at the helm of plans to allow new manufacturers into the sport.

He will be a co-driver for Dane's Vodafone Holden team at the V8 Supercars race at Bathurst this year. Skaife declined to comment on Mercedes' entry into the sport other than to say he had been in contact with a range of car manufacturers as part of the Car of the Future project.

At the same time, Vodafone has been a long-term sponsor of the McLaren/Mercedes Formula One team while Mercedes renewed their interest in the sport this year by taking control of of the world championship-winning Brawn F1 team.

It is understood an AMG Mercedes race car will take to the track at the Australian F1 Grand Prix in Melbourne in two weeks in a demonstration event, with former world MotoGP champion Mick Doohan at the wheel.

Source : http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,...018894,00.html

Imagine all the Trevs when they see good ol' skaifey driving a Merc........

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Wonder if the Mercs will be auto

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Trevs have short memories.

When going on an all too familiar 'rice burner jap crap' rant (while taking a break from bashing the missus of course) they all seem to forget that the reason V8 Supercar became a 2 horse race was because holden and ford were tired of having their asses handed to them by GTR Skylines driven by the likes of Jim Richards and Mark Skaife. Skaifey won Bathhurst in 91 and 92.

When Richards won Bathurst in a Skyline in the early 90's he was booed by the crowd when on the podium. He called the a 'pack of arseholes'.

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Today's the day they are ment to be making the announcement on the rule changes. Anyone know when?

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