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nicked Regular I supported Toymods Location: Sydney Registered: September 2003	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour Tue, 25 November 2003 11:59 Jeez, can you say 'tall poppy'? Have a think about the cars it is built to compete against, only the Porsche is anywhere near a 'production car'. These were its competitiors in Class A: Ferrari 360 GT - US$389,500/410,000 (AU$540,972 / 569,000) 30 produced, specifically for the track roadandtrack.com: "So what kind of person buys a 360 GT? For starters, you'll have to have your sights set on competing in the FIA N-GT and ACO championships in 2002 and 2003. Also, don't be surprised to see the car running at Le Mans next year, or even in the ALMS (American Le Mans Series)" ferrariworld.com: "The 360 GT derives from the 360 Challenge and is destined to compete on the GT race circuit. There are two versions of the model, one conforming to FIA N-GT and the other to ACO/Le Mans specifications." Lamborghini Diablo GTR - US$390,000 ( AU$430,000 ) Also 30 produced, for a one make series. lamborghiniregistry.com: " Now, to meet the request of the passionate driver participating in the Lamborghini Supertrophy, the House of the Bull is presenting the Lamborghini Diablo GTR, a car based on the Diablo GT... most important features are a modified chassis frame with integrated roll bar, improved suspensions, central fixing nut for the rims, race braking system...exhaust system without catalyser.." '..windows were replaced with Plexiglass units.. the isolation between the driver and the engine was also removed to gain even more weight reduction'; Porsche GT3 RS 200 produced, road version legal in Europe, not sure about here. Forget race version. Price for race version? 'The road version of Porsche's new top sports car has various technical features that will also appear on the racing version.. wheel hub assemblies, divided front-and rear lateral suspension control arms, optimized rear-axle geometry, a special weight-saving rear window made of acrylic material and a carbon-fiber reinforced front hood and rear wing.' BMW M3 GTR 5 in existence? - US$470,000 (AU$652,000) road and track: 'The M3's V-8 is not a version of the engine that powers BMW street cars. It's a racing motor designed by the... BMW Motorsport branch' 'As the rules require, it's based on the stock M3 body shell. But by the time BMW has added safety-cage bars, new suspension bits, carbon-fiber bodywork, front and rear wings, and a data-acquisition system, the GTR is far closer to a purpose-built race car than a street car' Mosler MT900R Ready to Club Race - US$149,000 Ready to Race Grand-Am GTS Class - US$159,000 mosler site: 'The MT900R is delivered to your team race ready. Allow 120 days from order to delivery.' 'proven performance on the track make the MT900R the car to beat in Grand Am GT class racing' If you want to drive on the road, you get the MT900S. And yet people are still b!tching about the Monaro being a race car, havin nothing to do with a CV8!! The difference is in the experience and professionalism of the V8 supercar team that runs the monaros. John Bowe (M3 GTR - crashed out on lap 151 of 527) is hardly a bloke to pat Holden on the back. But on sunday arvo he said: 'I think Bathurst is such a difficult race and everybody but the Holden team underestimated what is required to win.' No, the monaro is not a production car. But neither is anything else in its class. They are all hand-made racing cars. Sorry about the ramble.. Oh, and the altezza sounded wicked, as did all 427ci of monaro (x2) +the 2 celicas were amazing, they just hammered around in convoy for pretty much the whole damn race! edit: any percieved harshness aimed at no-one in particular [Updated on: Tue, 25 November 2003 12:01] [Report message to a moderator]

	Subject	Poster	Date
	Bathurst 24 Hour	Lambolica	Sun, 23 November 2003 22:35
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	Jag7799	Mon, 24 November 2003 03:38
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	gtman	Mon, 24 November 2003 04:32
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	charliechalk	Mon, 24 November 2003 04:53
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	SIMDOG	Mon, 24 November 2003 05:33
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	smt_007	Mon, 24 November 2003 05:40
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	NuGeN	Mon, 24 November 2003 08:32
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	Mr DOHC	Mon, 24 November 2003 12:10
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	tanman	Mon, 24 November 2003 18:55
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	ra23celicachick	Mon, 24 November 2003 21:31
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	Intensevil	Tue, 25 November 2003 02:01
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	charliechalk	Tue, 25 November 2003 04:51
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	Lambolica	Tue, 25 November 2003 06:40
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	biased99	Tue, 25 November 2003 09:09
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	Lambolica	Tue, 25 November 2003 09:54
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	bbaacchhyy	Tue, 25 November 2003 22:39
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	Shteeve	Wed, 26 November 2003 03:38
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	Todd	Fri, 05 December 2003 04:00
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	DiZ_	Tue, 25 November 2003 06:37
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	nicked	Tue, 25 November 2003 11:59
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	Lambolica	Tue, 25 November 2003 22:32
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	Chris Davey	Wed, 26 November 2003 03:54
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	Corona RT142	Thu, 27 November 2003 05:30
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	Mr DOHC	Thu, 27 November 2003 12:45
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	Jag7799	Thu, 27 November 2003 05:43
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	Chris Davey	Thu, 27 November 2003 09:58
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	Chris Davey	Fri, 28 November 2003 02:51
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	chrisss	Fri, 28 November 2003 05:18
	HSV427 - I just want one.	gianttomato	Fri, 28 November 2003 05:59
	Re: HSV427 - I just want one.	chrisss	Fri, 28 November 2003 06:45
	Re: HSV427 - I just want one.	Lambolica	Fri, 28 November 2003 07:13
	Re: HSV427 - I just want one.	chrisss	Fri, 28 November 2003 07:27
	Re: HSV427 - I just want one.	jase	Fri, 28 November 2003 07:20
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	draven	Fri, 28 November 2003 07:29
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	Lambolica	Fri, 28 November 2003 08:42
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	chrisss	Fri, 28 November 2003 07:34
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	gianttomato	Fri, 28 November 2003 08:10
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	Blown86	Fri, 28 November 2003 12:04
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	gianttomato	Sat, 29 November 2003 00:59
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	jase	Sun, 30 November 2003 04:02
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	jase	Fri, 28 November 2003 12:21
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	Jag7799	Fri, 28 November 2003 13:07
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	justcallmefrank	Sat, 29 November 2003 00:59
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	gianttomato	Sat, 29 November 2003 01:11
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	justcallmefrank	Sat, 29 November 2003 01:13
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	gianttomato	Sat, 29 November 2003 01:23
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	justcallmefrank	Sat, 29 November 2003 01:26
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	gianttomato	Sat, 29 November 2003 01:57
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	justcallmefrank	Sun, 30 November 2003 11:31
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	Chris Davey	Sat, 29 November 2003 02:43
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	gianttomato	Sat, 29 November 2003 03:02
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	Chris Davey	Sat, 29 November 2003 06:01
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	gianttomato	Sat, 29 November 2003 06:19
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	chrisss	Sun, 30 November 2003 09:28
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	Chris Davey	Sun, 30 November 2003 09:49
	Re: Bathurst 24 Hour	Jag7799	Sun, 30 November 2003 13:31
	Celica's at 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour	audineil	Tue, 09 December 2003 02:33
	Re: Celica's at 2003 Bathurst 24 Hour	chrisss	Fri, 12 December 2003 05:56

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