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Originally Posted by Dragonitti
After you take the tampon out first, as my comment was not a defensive statement. You took that out of context, as I didn't feel like I was being attacked when I made it. It was just a category statement to sum up the following links I was about to post.
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Why would you want me to take out your tampon? That's just nasty
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Originally Posted by oneday
You are absolutely right. An A4 could be raced in stock trim. Have you ever raced or driven an A4 saloon (non-S/RS trim) of any recent generation? If so, then you are aware that an A4 in stock trim is an overweight, underpowered, pig of a car that doesn't like to turn, correct? You know, I think I said the exact same thing about my tC earlier in this very thread.
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Is there a version of the tC that is made that is comparable to S/RS trim?
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Originally Posted by oneday
I disagree. You don't need to be in a premier series to have a racing heritage, nor do I think street cred and heritage are mutually exclusive marketing concepts. If Scion can help grassroots racers get into competitive cars (whether it's tC or an FT-86) and win races and championships, then that will be their heritage.
A racing heritage is not cemented in history with one successful season in one series, but it does have to start somewhere. Most young marquees will not throw tens of millions of dollars at premier series to build a following (look at Hyundai and their backing out of F1 [who could blame them?] before they even got in).
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They are not mutually exclusive
marketing concepts, but that is the key there isn't it? Marketing. Not engineering.
And obviously, racing heritage doesn't come from one successful season, rather things like 50+ years of motorsports in every category you could think of, and I dunno, say 27 years of rallying with 6 generations of a model and 6 world championships to go with it?
No one is asking scion to throw tens of millions at racing in a premier series. Rather just take some of the millions used on douche marketing, and "all show no go" and use it to go racing instead (relevant, racing of course).
There are rife opportunities, X-Games rally, IRC, GrandAm GT class ... well no, it'd just be slaughtered there wouldn't it.. but you get my point.
Instead the pay 0-60 to dress up an xD in Castrol-Toyota Rally livery with nigh a performance modification
