DTM USA; Looks like its happening in 2013!

[Lizardfolk]

Originally Posted by Matt

Camaro, Mustang, Challenger...

I somehow can't see muscle cars fitting well in a DTM ruleset BUT DTM is silhouette so who knows...

Personally I'd rather see the luxury GT cars than the muscle cars.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by Lizardfolk

I somehow can't see muscle cars fitting well in a DTM ruleset BUT DTM is silhouette so who knows...

Personally I'd rather see the luxury GT cars than the muscle cars.

They're not muscle cars.

That and the general public will not care one iota about "luxury GT" cars racing, they'll see it as some sort of upper class elite stuff.

[Lizardfolk]

Originally Posted by Matt

They're not muscle cars.

That and the general public will not care one iota about "luxury GT" cars racing, they'll see it as some sort of upper class elite stuff.

Is that not inherent to GT racing to begin with

Besides, Americans do love their luxury cars. But you tend to see those types of people far more in the metropolitan east and west coast. You'd definitely lose the Heartland/Mid West and Southern populations but NASCAR seems satisfactory for those audiences already.

[Matt]

Originally Posted by Lizardfolk

Is that not inherent to GT racing to begin with

Besides, Americans do love their luxury cars. But you tend to see those types of people far more in the metropolitan east and west coast. You'd definitely lose the Heartland/Mid West and Southern populations but NASCAR seems satisfactory for those audiences already.

What everyone forgets as well, is that over in Germany, Audi/Mercedes/BMW is just like Ford/Chevrolet/Chrysler here, and Toyota/Nissan/Honda in Japan.

Mainstream domestic manufactures in hot-rodded versions of their big sellers(except for Japan because GTR/NSX), that'd equal the Camaro Z28, Mustang GT500 and Challenger SRT8. The only true "premium" brand in the two series is Lexus.

[Lizardfolk]

Originally Posted by Matt

What everyone forgets as well, is that over in Germany, Audi/Mercedes/BMW is just like Ford/Chevrolet/Chrysler here, and Toyota/Nissan/Honda in Japan.

Mainstream domestic manufactures in hot-rodded versions of their big sellers(except for Japan because GTR/NSX), that'd equal the Camaro Z28, Mustang GT500 and Challenger SRT8. The only true "premium" brand in the two series is Lexus.

That's a good point. Guess we'll wait and see. I don't think Cadillac would be that much of a far cry from the American consumer however. I see quite a few Cadillacs on the streets here and there being in Utah. Lincoln is a lot more rare.

Honestly looking at the 2014 pony cars, I would now agree that it's a better idea to use those. My original objection to them was that they have a very square body which wouldn't fit too well with the rounded DTM silhouette design. But the body is very rounded for the 2014 Camaro and Mustang:




I can see these two as DTM cars as well. In fact, the Mustang has raced in 90s DTm before