Favorite: V8 GT Car

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Team666
You´re right about the doors - I didn´t think of that! But before 2004 DTM cars were two door coupés.
But they are called touringcars, as you say, so...
A true GT car do not have a B-pillar, but I can´t say that I know if that is specified in GT racecars.
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A true GT car is a car that qualifies for GT racing, technically a GT car could be a Bentley Continental GT. What definies a GT car is basically a car with sporting intentions, that races or qualifies to race in a GT series anywhere. A touring car is typically a mass production road car with 4 or more seats that is modified to competition spec, there are some cases like the DTM where it's not a road car, but rather a sihouette racer that meerly resembles the road car, but it still has to resemble a mass produced 4 seater + capacity road car. There are cases such as the Monaro where the monaro that races in the AVESCO V8's is a touring car, but the Monaro that competes in the British GT is a GT car, so there are crossovers.
 
The Monaro didn't race in the V8's. It did race in the Nations Cup, a former GT series down here, and I think it may have raced in the Australian GT.
 
How about SuperGT's Lexus SC430?

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live4speed
A true GT car is a car that qualifies for GT racing, technically a GT car could be a Bentley Continental GT. What definies a GT car is basically a car with sporting intentions, that races or qualifies to race in a GT series anywhere.
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Exactly. But the Bentley was not a very good example here, since it doesn´t have b-pillar. Neither does Toyota Supra, Aston DB9, Vette C6, Maserati MC12, Lambo Murcielago, Lexus SC430, Viper, GT2/GT3 Porsches etc. Cars that currently race under GT flag that have b-pillars are Ferrari 550/575, Saleen S7, Honda NSX etc, so there is no true consistancy in this anyway. I was merely making a statement from the automotive industry, where the claim is "a coupé without a b-pillar (but there are of course exceptions)".

On topic now. Does the SuperGT cars fit in or not?
 
I don't see why not, you get NGT, GTS, GT1 and other class cars racing in the super GT anyway. Modified to meet GT500 or GT300 power requirments ofcourse.

My fave V8 powered GT racer that's competed this year would probably be the Lotus Esprit. My fave that's a car still in production would be the Spyker, I love the looks and the sound of thoes things.
 
SuperGT cars were mentioned ages ago... so I'm assuming that they are accepted. Seeing as how the class they race is a GT class. I think for our purposes we should stop with this "I'm gonna show these guys what I know" fest and get to identifying our favorite GT's.

@ Ricky Fitness: I think the Monaro the guys were discussing was from the British GT championship, although I suppose it could be from the Nations Cup, who knows...

@ Live 4 Speed: Very good point about the the cars in Super GT (more specifically GT300, I don't know if any current 500 cars are homologated to run in any other series in their GT500 form, or even close to it.) However, I'd like to reiterate the point m.piedgros was trying to make which is, for the purposes of this thread, the tune doesn't really matter. If the car has a V8 and races in a GT Championship it will be accepted with open arms. <-- So long as it is currently racing or competed in at least one event in 2006 (Same exception we made with the Lister Storm in the V12 thread).

Jonerz
 
m.piedgros
@ Team666: 1) Where do GT1 cars come into it? lol. This is getting a little out of hand.

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Ha ha! I told you I misunderstood! :dunce:


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