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Personally I would love to see this formula:
Production derived machinery, ie: Corvette, Viper, Porsche 911, Jaguar XKR, Panoz Roadster, Mustang Cobra, Acura NSX, Camaro Z28, BMW M3 GTR, Audi S4, Ferrari 550 GTO, and maybe a few of the smaller manufacturers like TVR, and Morgan tossed in. The cars would basically be silhouette machinery requiring the production car hood, roof and trunk deck. The fenders would be flared ala Trans Am to allow plenty of rubber. Use curb weight and fuel capacity to even the field.
The lesser class would consist of sub-2.5 liter sedans and GTs such as Ford Focus, Honda Civic, Toyota MR-S, Acura RSX, Chevy Cavalier, Nissan 350Z, Mazda Protege, Volkswagen Golf, BMW 3-series, Dodge Neon, Audi TT, and the new Mini Cooper S.
Allow the manufacturers to develop the GT machinery to its current level and let it be the playground of the fctory teams and well-heeled privateers. The lesser cars could be cost controlled with limited tire selection and maybe a claim rule.
This would eliminate the ultra-expensive LMP and SR classes and give every manufacturer a direct link from the track to the showroom with their high end GTs. No driver changes and races about 2 hours long. Mix in road courses with just a few street races (Cleveland would be excellent) and a couple of medium size ovals.
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