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Originally Posted by gramicci101
Exactly. People are sheep. If I was in the market for a 2 door sportscar, I wouldn't buy a Mustang because Ford also makes a GT500 and they're making a new GT. I'd buy a Mustang because it fit all my requirements and I liked it.
If it was something that directly correlated to on-track testing, such as tech from the Corvette racing teams making it into consumer Corvettes, that's a little different. But I wouldn't assume that tech from a Corvette racing team was making its way into any other random Chevy car.
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My mother and all her NASCAR cronies have based their car purchases upon what ever make their favorite at that point was driving. Many of them even buy the same model 'cuz "it is the exact same car that Billy Bob Redneckinski drives so it's gotta be the best".
They don't have to actually use the tech they develop it is just the fact that it exists that attracts the "normal" person.
We "car guys" make the mistake of thinking that all car buyers need or even want to know what we do. For about 99.8% of the car buyers that is just not the case.
My daughter in law just said this weekend she is trading her 4 year old, fully loaded Matrix for a new Mitsu Mirage. When I asked her why her response was simply "they make purple".