Interesting read...GTS content

[Mike R]

Originally Posted by Trawler

I believe the sales of the E30 M3 were also poor. I think BMW attract a different customer.

Not true, they only had to build 5000 to homologate the car for racing, but demand was so great that they built more than three times that. Where Ford just stuck with the 5000 limit for the 3dr Cosworth. Despite the Sierra being a MUCH rarer car, the current values are still similar.

[Trawler]

Originally Posted by Mike R

Not true, they only had to build 5000 to homologate the car for racing, but demand was so great that they built more than three times that. Where Ford just stuck with the 5000 limit for the 3dr Cosworth. Despite the Sierra being a MUCH rarer car, the current values are still similar.

Cheers. I never knew they built that many.

[alexk]

Originally Posted by Mike R

The first homologation run of 3500 Escort Cosworths had water injection back in 1993, so not a first on a production car.....

And that's 23 years ago Mike, so everyone forgot about it by now
Almost everyone...

[Yanto]

Originally Posted by Yanto

'M'aybe, 'M'aybe not the answer is:

Get rid of all that M sport nonsense

Expand Variant models to map to Porsche:

M3 to Carrera - cooking
M3 GTS to GTS - GT jnr
M3 GT to GT3 - GT
M3 CSL to RS - GT+ / lightweight
M3R to R - low vol / halo model of regular range

Make more / sell more (demand is clearly there).Dealers benefit from more servicing / parts throughput.

Get a road car designer that doesn't just 'stick' bits on.

Get a Motorsport Boss and / or brand Ambassador that are truly passionate and obsessional about the brand.

Le Mans (wth spin off road legal variant / GT1) to give the wealthy punters a halo car
M3 GTR cup cars / series for petrolheads (a la Carrera cup)
Jnr race series (M2) to get the kids into brand

Both of the above on a regular racing card, promote accordingly.

Simples

http://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/mo...ormula-e-entry