These Are The VF Commodore V8 Supercars
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Following Holden’s unveiling of the 2013 VF Commodore this weekend came a set of reveals of the VF Commodore for the V8 Supercar series, with three of Australia’s leading Holden racing outfits showing their new Car of the Future contenders. The cars are planned to make their track debuts this coming weekend (February 16 and 17) during an official pre-season testing session at Sydney Motorsport Park.
Most importantly, the unveiled V8 Supercars likely showcase the design of the VF Sport series, which itself is widely expected to be the analogue of the upcoming Chevrolet SS Performance Sedan. The sport-focused models from Holden and Chevrolet are expected to feature unique front-end styling defined by large, blacked-out front grilles.
Since Holden only showed the VF Commodore Calais — the luxurious and sporty flagship of the Commodore line — during the Sunday reveal, enthusiasts have been chomping at the bit to see the sport models. Those waiting to do just that will need to wait until later this week — when Chevrolet will show its SS performance sedan at the season-opening Nascar race in Daytona, Florida.
As for the V8 Supercar series — which is similar to America’s NASCAR since the cars aren’t mechanically related to their road-going counterparts — the biggest change in appearance seems to be the mounting points of the rear wing, which now has a pedestal-style mount on each side of the spoiler rather than the centrally-mounts found on the previous generation. Under the skin, however, all V8 Supercars will be entirely different this season thanks to new Car of the Future regulations that go into effect this year. The new rules are meant to make the cars cheaper to build and repair, while improving competition in an effort to attract new manufacturers to the series.
So all we can do at this point is wait until Saturday the 16th for Chevy to unveil the SS Sedan. Let’s hope that The Bow Tie brand will also provide specifications along with the unveiling.
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If the SS is packaged like this–complete with the aggressive side skirts, an optional gargantuan factory rear spoiler, a front splitter (with a little more clearance), the right combo of low profile/sticky tires and rims, with a six or seven speed manual, plus upwards of 500 horsepower, and the right interior appointments–THEN I think it will be a HUGE success.
Things any reputable tuner shop can do if you got the coin!
I always loved the front bumper/splitter on the V8 Super cars. I’m so tempted to buy one from rhys-millen-racing, and paint the inner blades red just like this!
Either way, I’m always curious as to why the Commodore gets a whole new chassis designation for what appears to be little more than a facelift.
I know they refine the chassis, and update the interior, but generally [at least for the VE-VZ] they looked nearly the same. And I know the current VE and VF appear to be the repeating the trend.
Any Aussie followers out there who can shed light on this?
correction: I meant VT-VZ…
V8SC have introduced “Car of the Future”. Like NASCAR’s Car of Tomorrow, it is supposed to revolutionise the sports competition. COT was supposed to make the cars look more like their road car variants although they are still far behind. COTF is a standardised chassis and roll cage that allows any manufacturer to put a large sedan exterior on top. It also reduces the cost of building/manufacturing the race cars by almost 50%. With V8SC introducing COTF, Holden was able to simply put the VF’s body parts onto the race car instead of having to develop the race car design. This is also allowed them to race the VF’s this year instead of next year (after a year of building a control race car design). COTF has allowed Nissan to race the Altima and (through a private group) Mercedes E63 AMG’s will be raced.
Nascar and V8SC have a bigger difference than relation. For one thing, on a V8SC car, the head lights and tail lights actually turn on, the 4 doors actually open, the boot actually opens, the grill is real.
But do the actual V8SC vehicles have anything in common with the road vehicles after which they are named?
Yes, the head lights, tail lights and grill are the exact same as the real car. The doors are the same on the outside but the interior has been stripped away obviously.
@Holden4Life a “Cup Car” is 100% racecar (where what they still call a “Stock Car” is concerned) with a full tubular chromoly crash cage chassis. Not one part of the car comes from the assembly line. So there is no mounting points for the grill, or lights and no door would withstand the impacts of up to 190 mph! Have you ever seen a Cup Car without it’s skin?
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Doors need not apply, on the other hand as far as NASCAR is concerned. The music went silent on Feburary 18th 2001!
As for V8 Super Cars, they don’t go near as fast (top speed) but are a lot more enjoyable to watch! I hope they come to SoCal one day soon!
Although it’s not a real car, it has features (design, shape) and parts (doors, grill, lights etc.) from the real car. It’s motor sport meets motor cars. The only stickers are decals and sponsors. Oh and V8SC cars turn left AND right.