[WEC] New rules. New manufacturers. The 2021 and beyond positivity thread!

[NaBUru38]

Originally Posted by veeten

Yes, it's a rental car company, same as AVIS or National. In the past, they rented Ford vehicles, including the Mustang. Their biggest claim to fame were their commercials/adverts and their specials, including the famous " rent a Shelby" program, where you could rent a 350GT-H (H for Hertz). In either black/gold or white/gold, it was the best rental car offers ever devised.

It was only later that most rental companies stopped being tied to a specific manufacturer and diversified their offerings.

In fact Ford owned Hertz and General Motors owned Avis.

[FIRE]

Before they joined Jota I had never heard of Singer.
Are they so big they can afford a big FIA WEC sponsorship?

[FIRE]

Originally Posted by NaBUru38

In fact Ford owned Hertz and General Motors owned Avis.

At one time Hertz was also owned by GM.

[Matador]

Next year is definitely going to be a banger. Predicting now a 4-6 way title fight, with Alpine and BMW making significant strides and Cadillac with their single lap pace and Jota's operational excellence factoring in. Toyota seems to have something in the pipeline to come back swinging (Maybe to counter Ferrari's straight line speed) and I'm sure Ferrari will be looking to introduce another Joker update.


Curious to where Aston Martin is going to come out of the gate and if Peugeot will make any improvements.



The 2024 season isn't even finished and I'm already excited.

[Mike E]

Hyundai finally takes the plunge

https://www.dailysportscar.com/2024/...programme.html

[FIRE]

Originally Posted by Mike E

Hyundai finally takes the plunge

https://www.dailysportscar.com/2024/...programme.html

https://tentenths.com/forum/showthread.php?t=159028

[TF110]

There's rumors I read on another forum of one hypercar manufacturer pulling back it's wec program for imsa. DSC has a little bit to say on it in the post-Fuji write up. I'm thinking it's Lamborghini.

[Adam43]

It’s great they are in both, but maybe the thought is to concentrate on one for a bit and put all your resource into that. Assuming it is Lamborghini.

[TF110]

Originally Posted by Adam43

It’s great they are in both, but maybe the thought is to concentrate on one for a bit and put all your resource into that. Assuming it is Lamborghini.

Might be stretching their budget a little thin, especially with the 2 car mandate in wec next year. 3 cars vs 1.5 if they do wec and imsa. But if it's just imsa it can be 1 car full time and another for the endurance cup.