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Originally Posted by Casper
Why do you think those cars are not used already?
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In the Australian Touring Car Championships?
There's two equivalent reasons, surely:
1. It's a silhouette championship and manufacturer approvals and/or funding are needed, which they are not inclined to grant for a category with low commercial return and without aligned regulations with other international formulae (e.g., no attempt by ATCC organisers to achieve a combined regulation set with Brasil Stock Cars, Turismo Carretera or DTM).
2. It's not a production-based championship, where anyone can build a racecar out of any of those suitable donor vehicles. Many of the aforementioned cars are raced happily in Series Production and the Bathurst 6-hour.
Addressing point (2) by moving to an Improved Production-like formula would alleviate those concerns. If that means everyone runs a BMW M4 because that's the best choice? So be it. There are only two different faux vehicles in the ATCC anywhere, it's hardly an embarrassment of riches as it is!