What will be the most popular manufacturer in Gran Turismo 7?

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Just "thinking out loud". Partners of PD are vying for player's choices. Toyota dishing out free car(s) for your time, Mazda rewarding brand loyalty( I'm pumping this stuff up :sly: ). Seriously, though.
PD making sure Mazda and Toyota are automatically in FIA events. Porsche becoming a partner. Michelin all in for now.
EVs are becoming a big deal. SUVs have taken over from small cars and family sedans/wagons.

When GTS came out, it seemed like the French marques were the ones to have. Still seems a bit that way, if you want to win a Gr.4 Daily Race. The marketing has ramped up within that game. Safe to say we'll see even more in GT7. Naturally.

Porsche with Taycan and possibly their Unseen portfolio, plus the GT1 road car. Toyota's new car line up. Mazda banking on their 100+ years. Brands realeasing VGTs proving to themselves they "still got it".
Mercedes-Benz haven't outright posted anything, but having Lewis Hamilton TT DLC, the AMG GT S cover car and the AMG GT GT3 pretty much selling itself with its performance, make it a popular brand.

It's all marketing.
 
If it's anything like GT Sport the most popular manufacturer at any given time will be the one with the best balance of performance, so my educated guess is going to be Dodge.
 
If it's anything like GT Sport the most popular manufacturer at any given time will be the one with the best balance of performance, so my educated guess is going to be Dodge.

That is a good joke. Especially when you extended it by saying educated guess as a replacement to partiality, preference or bias towards.
 
Aside from the car list of Toyota and to a smaller extent Mazda, I personally don't see any bias towards official partner marques.

To start with, there's no production Cayman in the game for some odd reason. No 928/948, no 959, and I'm sure there are plenty more historically significant Porsches others can name that haven't even been on PD's radar. Even for a smaller company like Mazda, we're missing all important cars like the 1967 Cosmo Sport, JC Cosmo, the RX-8 Spirit R, SA RX-7, MX-30, NB and NC Roadsters, actual Roadster Cup Cars, Speed3, and not to mention the 787B is a cruel joke in this game.

Even if we were to look at the partners' competitive merits, again, nothing really jumps out at me aside from Toyota. Porsche only won one live manufacturers (if I recall correctly), and both their cars are just hopeless in a straight line. Mazda hasn't even made it to the grid of these live events when the likes of Hyundai have. The Atenza Gr. 4 is simply abysmal; by far the single worst Gr. 4 car in every aspect, especially tyre wear. The Atenza Gr. 3 was nerfed in mass twice in the last season when it was hardly tearing up leaderboards before, and the RX-Vision is a rather tail happy mess I never feel comfortable behind the wheel of.

If I were an impressionable kid with no pre-emptive bias, I wouldn't look at Mazda or Porsche and think, "wow, this is a good manufacturer!" just by playing this game and judging by merit (I still blow chef's kisses to the Cayman GT4 Clubsport every time I drive one though). The GR Yaris might just sway me on Toyota though.
 
The RSR has proven popular in GTS. Also, the 991 '16 are one of the META in N500. 962C is a favorite in Group C.
So far, the 917K is getting so many looks.
If that car, fingers crossed, is not Gr.X(the multi-class trailer could mean nothing) and is in the 1,000,000-2,000,000 range, it's another feather in the cap for that brand.

Who knows? It might take a couple cars like the Cappuccino and Escudo to propel that brand to the top. However, the partnership Manufacturers are having a head start.
 
New Ferraris coming to the game and classics not seen before from Alfa and Alpine. Returning favourites like the Skyline & Supra GT500s. The premium CLK and 155. It’s going to be interesting.
 
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In order starting with the most popular:

1. Toyota
2. Mazda
3. Porsche
4. Lexus
5. Honda
6. BMW
7. Nissan
???. Everything else, even Hyundai and Mitsubishi.
Second to last: Citroen
Dead last: Renault Sport

I mean honestly, what interesting cars have those two introduced lately? Even Mitsubishi has potential with the revival of the RalliArt label. I could see Alpine being added as an additional option for the Manufacturers Series, too, rather than having it replace Renault Sport as a brand.

And Citroen? What do they really have other than the DS3 and the GT by Citroen? Heck, I don’t even know how Renault and Citroen could get Gr.1 cars - not that they’re needed for the Manufacturers Series, but I do think they’re neat - whereas Peugeot has the VGT, the 908, and potentially the 9X8, eventually. This is also assuming the older, Group C-era 905 doesn’t return as well.
 
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Porsche and Mercedes just seem like they’ll be popular due to the 911 GT1, 917K and the CLK-LM. Plus, the classic road cars coming to GT7.
 
How about Manufacturer with most attainable cars? :dopey:

I can see Nissan being real popular when the classic Zs, KPGC and R92CP pop up. The JGTC R34 seems to be high on a fair few player‘s must buy list. Would still love to see sales figures and what brands are trending. I mean, PD have the figures for the manufacturers. We, the players, should see what’s hot as well. Monthly figures aren’t too much to ask.
 
Just waiting for the KPGC10. :D

But I'm afraid it won't be nice to drive, comparable to the CSL 3.0, which I bought in the first few minutes of the game and built it up including the widening. It looks great, sounds fantastic, but drives sooo bad :(
 
Just waiting for the KPGC10. :D

But I'm afraid it won't be nice to drive, comparable to the CSL 3.0, which I bought in the first few minutes of the game and built it up including the widening. It looks great, sounds fantastic, but drives sooo bad :(
and the 240Z, hopefully they don't cost an arm and a leg.
 
Had a look over my Manufacturers. The most of my cars in any one brand are:

Toyota - 77
Nissan - 48
Honda - 31(I’m surprised by that one)
BMW - 29
Chevrolet - 24
Porsche - 23
Mazda - 20
AMG - 16
Ford - 14
MINI - 13
Ferrari - 12
Dodge - 10
The rest are in single digits.

I’m now at 244/427 and 431 total cars. Not looking to collect every car, but will collect all the Nissans, Porsches and BMWs. Plus, some DLC if I like whats available.

It‘d be interesting to know what’s most popular at the moment.
 
In single player people will probably drive their favorite cars, but Sport mode will be the typical meta-hunting borefest as always and everyone will race whatever Gr. 4 or Gr.3 car is the fastest in that iteration of BoP even if it means buying a new car every week. According to those stats posted Peugeot is the least popular car brand in the game, but everyone sure seemed to love using the RCZ in GTS when the meta happened to favour FF cars.
 
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