[Shotimes] OT - IRL Gen 4 Chevy, NOT!

[Dave Kegel]

Don, It's called brand loyalty.  You were just adamantly saying recently how
a Buick person would NEVER own a Pontiac, etc..

Yes, people realize that they can't get a 700 HP pushrod V8 in their FWD
Monte Carlo, but they root for and buy Chevy products, based on this loyalty
and to some extent how Chevy does in the various forms of racing.

Ford allowing Chevy to use their motor (and it is/was a Ford-owned motor,
you can't argue that) is just plain stupid.  I think it was a bad decision,
for several reasons, but we can stop arguing about it.

Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: "Donald Mallinson" <dmall@mwonline.net>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: July 28, 2003 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] OT - IRL Gen 4 Chevy, NOT!


> Dave,
>
> You can't tell me that you actually believe that the
> majority of people out there think that the motor run in any
> top racing series, including NASCAR has any relationship to
> what they buy!  The average person is just a bit sharper
> than that.  Even the Olds Quad Four that WAS production
> based for a while a least, wasn't fooling many people.
>
> The people that count KNOW who did the motor and what it is,
> the rest of the people pretty much know that they can't buy
> an IRL motor in their Impala.  Same with CART/Ford or F1 and
> any maker there.
>
> It is corporate pride that they are going for and just
> getting the name out.
>
> No con job, just racing.
>
> Don Mallinson
>
> Dave Kegel wrote:
> > Yes, but those numbers are miniscule and somewhat meaningless compared
to
> > the millions of "Race on Sunday, buy on Monday" fans that Chevy is
marketing
> > the new Gen 4 Chevy IRL motor too.  It's all a giant con job.  Chevy had
> > nothing whatsoever to do with that motor.
> >
> > Dave
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Donald Mallinson" <dmall@mwonline.net>
> > To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> > Sent: July 28, 2003 12:45 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Shotimes] OT - IRL Gen 4 Chevy, NOT!
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>Everyone in the engineering and racing community KNOWS the
> >>contribution that Cosworth made, and yesterdays race raised
> >>their stock in trade a huge amount.  They got all the credit
> >>they needed or asked for.  Quite often a deal like this is
> >>kept secret.  I applaud Chevy for going public and fixing a
> >>very embarrassing problem.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > .
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