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Originally Posted by V8 Fireworks

All very well, but that's not going to stop Ford enthusiasts switching off with the feeling "why is the Chevrolet Camaro even out there at all to provide an obstacle, there is no reason for it to be out there?"

There's other motorsport to watch and the ATCC will lose out. A Mustang Cup would work to avoid parity issues, or a move to BOP with Mustang v Z v M440i would work to attract a broad base of especially younger fans like GT car racing like does.

The ATCC has to tread very carefully indeed to not lose the support of Ford Performance, noting that Ford Performance is the only manufacturer supporting the series and the ATCC could very easily end up with zero manufacturers.

People tuning in, being baffled as to "why is the Chevrolet Camaro so prominent in the Australian Touring Car Championship?", finding the racing tedious too, and then tuning out is not going to be exclusive to Ford enthusiasts either for that matter.

Ford would have been better off just going with GT3 and also develop a mustang to take on the bimmers in the production class.