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Thread: 888 finally ditch the Vectra
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20th September 2011, 17:58 #1
888 finally ditch the Vectra
For an NGTC car! Wonder what they'll built. Can't help but feel they may have a manufacturer programme lined up.
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20th September 2011, 19:48 #2
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Im better its Vauxhall. they did say they wanted to come back so who knows. i just hope Chevy say if they do come back
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20th September 2011, 20:20 #3
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so we should have Wrathall in the Toyota, 2xRob Austin Audi's, The Proton, A Skoda, the Dynamics Hondas and whatever Triple 8 run (i'm guessing that they will take over the Insignia project Thorney motorsport started and i've heard nothing about for a while and be at least a quais manufacturer VX team. I think there are another coupe of toyotas expected next year too. I expect that most of the rest of the teams will end up being NGTC by next year, maybe the BMW's will stick with S2000 but will be with turbo engines and god knows what RML will do. I fully expect NGTC to be the pacesetting cars next year
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20th September 2011, 21:21 #4
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I'd read that the Vectras were going to be raced in Dubai in the 24hr race in 2012. This means that the cars themselves aren't being junked yet.
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20th September 2011, 22:52 #5
The Thorney Insignia project is still going ahead btw, if you haven't heard anything about it you haven't been looking hard enough! Official unveiling of the team, car(s) and sponsor(s) is to take place the weekend before the Silverstone rounds in October. I'm very much looking forward to seeing what they have in store!!
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21st September 2011, 08:28 #6
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Originally Posted by Alfa Fan"I" before "E" except after "C". Weird.
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29th September 2011, 13:18 #7
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This week's Auto Action magazine reports that 888 will be building a pair of Vectras for the 2012 season. I don't know what that means exactly.
I had a chat to a friend at 888 at Banyo, Qld and he said that he hadn't heard anything coming from the UK about what they were going to do, other than that they were bench testing a few NGTC engines.The Old Republic was a stupidly run organisation which deserved to be taken over. All Hail Palpatine!
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29th September 2011, 15:32 #8
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Vectras? Why would they build an out dated car, surely they mean the Insignia?
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29th September 2011, 21:36 #9
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Originally Posted by Allyc85
The way I read this is that the 2012 season is a stop gap measure because something else is coming in 2013.
Does this mean to suggest that there could be another manufacturer in the wings?The Old Republic was a stupidly run organisation which deserved to be taken over. All Hail Palpatine!
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29th September 2011, 22:54 #10
If it was a stop gap they would not be building an NGTC car! They would be sticking with the S2000 Vectra. An NGTC Vectra isn't even possible, the car is out of production and thus ineligible.
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