Whiplash

Found out the GT program has all of friday free so that might clear quite a bit of time for me I have a feeling the V8 pits are going to be rather busy in all the teams i'm associated with given the new COTF so will spend some time in there but keeping clear of getting in the way

Soo glad to have been involved with the design of the merc... but it sounds even better than it looks...

more shameless Erebus Promotion from me... cannot wait to hear this in the concrete jungle at clipsal!

Well time for a 1 thread of the year: Will the New Brands bring in more interest? Theres the odd looking Nissan and then the car that oozes sex... The might AMG E63, Looks great ( some what biased) and sounds even better :-D I'll be around, not sure what my commitments are at the moment to pre Arrange catch ups but will no doubt cross path with Mr Nightcrawler

Out on track still has its unique sound

Saw it at the Paris motorshow was much more impressed in person than in photo's. Was invited onto the McLaren stand but didn't have time, as had some other business there.

No such thing as a GT1 Nissan these days series died out as too expensive, GT2 never made, GT3 were too unreliable and liked to sit back and BBQ each race. New Spec GT3 car for 2013 hopefully Nissan stop acting like spoilt princesses and actually make and sell them... limited to 10 cars what a F'ing joke Nissan your not a fancy rare supercar you pride yourself on the GTR being the affordable hypercar so why make the race version a) sooo expensive ( one of the most expensive GT3 cars) and b) so rare and hard to buy? also the all GT versions ( GT500, GT1 & GT3) are NOTHING like the street car... I would say about as far away from the street car as V8's are ( well maybe not quite that far) Oh well Rant over, will enjoy seeing the GTR will be schooled by the Bentley GT3 when it starts competing at the end of the year, not that I am biased

My understanding is SBR were an accredited "manufacturer" but don't hold me to that, hard barely anything to do with anything under the skin

Unfortunately i don't work full time with the team so was sitting in Adelaide watching the race online, was a great result to see, good for the team to step up and get the good result prior to starting in V8's... the base team has had success over the years, Betty's first team won the Aussie F3 series and competed in Asia as well so.... Bernd Schneider for Enduro driver after B12 hr stints?

Its alive! and sounds rather unique compare to the other cars

Cheers has been great working with the team and the cars, been nearly 12 months since i started on the designs!! and has been quite fun watching all the debate on will they wont they ect :-D

Nissan who....... This is a real V8 Supercar!!!

Been a long time coming for me, but here is the 2013 E63 AMG from Erebus Motorsports. Started working with Erebus early last year in developing the initial concept behind the AMG V8 Supercar, and the early development of the aero package.

I'm hearing the Monster Contract is a lot more air tight than the T888 one! Monster unhappy about the money they have put in to build up the image of My Whincup in that market to have Redbull step in and take up that presence Monster only really have SVG, Holdsworth, Erebus, and the Fujitsu car left ( shows how little time they have spent marketing the full car they sponsor i don't even know who drives it) that have all had minimal media time with monster Yesterday it was also announced DJR have lost Jim Beam, which leaves them very little - no money. End of an Era?

Troubles in the T888 camp The Red Bull Racing team for next year has one of its drivers in a contract to Monster!! http://www.speedcafe.com/2012/11/09/monster-energy-set-to-take-jamie-whincup-to-court/ Was at the Clipsal Launch yesterday with the Erebus boys, whose role was rather disappointing with the SLS doing 1/2 a lap of the temporary track where no spectators were only to park. Ken Block for on track entertainment every day, KISS & Motley Crue in concert on the Friday night I was surprised to see they let Courtney and Davidson do some laps with each other around the temporary circuit ( at a reasonable speed) in just shorts T Shirt and no Helmet. If anything had happened that would have been a legal nightmare! All stemming from Courtney having to fill in for a sick Tander at the last minute and Courtney refusing to wear someone elses helmet and racing suit, which is understandable but Shit hapens

Updated E Class the Erebus Machine will be based off, new car being released early 2013, guessing the V8 soon afterwards

It was put out there right at the start of the COTF announcement that all new cars / body's will be independently aero tested for parity prior to the 2013 season. Clipsal Launch at Vic Park next friday from 12 - 1.30pm

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Surprised this hasn't been posted in here yet Nissan's 2013 Challenger:

Will be honest and say i have ONLY concerned myself with the AMG stuff this year but I think the ford and holden are using the same as this year, hence the testing already? so if anyone can correct me please go ahead at the end of the day the aero / engines are all being parity tested to bring them in line with the holden and ford cars. I will be at the clipsal in the Erebus silver / black (again) so Nissan is more than welcome to 4th out on track being the Mercs!!

With a change to a control Silhouette series this will put more emphasis on engine and aero performance. Nissan - due to be released next week Holden - new VF coming Ford - continues to decline Erebus / SBR - AMG bodied / engined but privately funded Will the increase of manufacturers help build interest? Will the new chassis formula shake the grid up or is it still going to be an FPR / 888 white wash?

I'm sure it will grow on me and at the end of the day its more about function than form and knowing mclaren this will be epic around a track

Was at the Valencia Round of the DTM a few weeks ago Photo's from a happy snap camera so not the best quality and i'm no good at this style of photoshop editing.

Still undecided on the looks of the car Had a look at the car at the Paris Motorshow last week Was offered to go on the McLaren stand but couldn't be bothered waiting the 45-60mins to go on

as cool as they are there are many other cars i would buy before a Juke Nismo one looks overly complicated