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[quote][i]Originally posted by Robin[/i] The same happened to the DTM, that totally fell apart when the rules changed and the series actually stopped for a few years, then it was rejuvinated with a different name (but the same initials, so you knew what you were getting) and people have come back in in their droves. Regarding your last point, Andy Priaulx drove the E30 M3 BTCC car for the motoring press a while back, and compared it to his WTCC car of today, his car was down 50bhp or so, but still lapped quicker as it handled better, he said though, that if he had to race this year in last year's car, he would have been consistantly on the back of the grid, such is the progression in the sport still. The series needs a serious shake up, it's not been right since the last rule changes IMO, whenever the Vectra B was resigned to the Vauxhall museum, something along the lines of the difference the DTM now has would do it, they went from road going cars which were basically modified to race (sort of, they looked the same as the one you could buy), to total, balls out, purpose built racers. I suppose that would lose some of the appeal though :( That Focus, incidentally, will either use the same engine as the Volvo C30 WTCC (a sleeved down, 2.5 litre 5 cylinder) which sounds amazing, or a 4 cylinder Duratec, like the Fiesta ST, which Ford use in the WRC (albeit with a turbo bolted to it) I'm not sure it needs factory teams, but looking back, it was better when EVERYONE was in it, Ford, Vauxhall, Peugeot, Renault, Audi, Honda, Nissan, Alfa Romeo, Mazda, Toyota, but I don't think it's going to happen again because of "the current economic climate" but a full grid and close racing would be somewhere on track to bringing it back to what it was, even if they were all privateers. [/quote]
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