...and your 2003 Inianapolis 500 Pace Car is.....
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...and your 2003 Inianapolis 500 Pace Car is.....
... the 2003 Chevrolet SSR. 
http://www.autoweek.com/cat_content...._code=05536458
Don't know if this is new or not... it is to me anyway!
PS: Sorry for the misspelling of Indianapolis in the title.
http://www.autoweek.com/cat_content...._code=05536458
Don't know if this is new or not... it is to me anyway!
PS: Sorry for the misspelling of Indianapolis in the title.
Last edited by Darth Xed; Mar 27, 2003 at 08:29 AM.
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Hmmmm. I would have thought a 50th Anniv. Vette would have been a perfect choice for Indy this year. Or the new Caddy Roadster.
Not that I even care - The Indy 500 has lost me forever as a fan. Tony George can go get bent. The IRL sucks.
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Not that I even care - The Indy 500 has lost me forever as a fan. Tony George can go get bent. The IRL sucks.
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Originally posted by Raven99
Hmmmm. I would have thought a 50th Anniv. Vette would have been a perfect choice for Indy this year. Or the new Caddy Roadster.
Hmmmm. I would have thought a 50th Anniv. Vette would have been a perfect choice for Indy this year. Or the new Caddy Roadster.
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Originally posted by Magnum Force
it's all marketing, plain and simple...i seem to remember a GM minivan pacing some race a couple years ago
it's all marketing, plain and simple...i seem to remember a GM minivan pacing some race a couple years ago
People snickered because it needed to be modified by Pontiac to run safely. What Aztek had to do with motorsports is anyone's guess.
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You're right - the Vette was last year's pace car
That shows you how much I have been paying attention to Indy for the last six years since the The Big Split with CART.
That's a good point about the Caddy, but the same argument (about the price being too high) can be made for the Corvette. Not that many people can afford a $45K+ car, and those that can afford such a car wouldn't necessarily want one with gaudy pace car stickers all over it.
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That shows you how much I have been paying attention to Indy for the last six years since the The Big Split with CART. That's a good point about the Caddy, but the same argument (about the price being too high) can be made for the Corvette. Not that many people can afford a $45K+ car, and those that can afford such a car wouldn't necessarily want one with gaudy pace car stickers all over it.
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Originally posted by jrp4uc
I believe the 50th Vette was last year. The XLR would have been nice, but I guess it's not really a car people are going to see and then rush out to buy. I guess $75k window stickers aren't going to win over buyers because they saw the car with pace car decals.
I believe the 50th Vette was last year. The XLR would have been nice, but I guess it's not really a car people are going to see and then rush out to buy. I guess $75k window stickers aren't going to win over buyers because they saw the car with pace car decals.
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Re: ...and your 2003 Inianapolis 500 Pace Car is.....
Originally posted by Darth Xed
PS: Sorry for the misspelling of Indianapolis in the title.
PS: Sorry for the misspelling of Indianapolis in the title.
Jeff
Re: Re: ...and your 2003 Inianapolis 500 Pace Car is.....
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Originally posted by jrp4uc
I believe the 50th Vette was last year. The XLR would have been nice, but I guess it's not really a car people are going to see and then rush out to buy. I guess $75k window stickers aren't going to win over buyers because they saw the car with pace car decals.
I believe the 50th Vette was last year. The XLR would have been nice, but I guess it's not really a car people are going to see and then rush out to buy. I guess $75k window stickers aren't going to win over buyers because they saw the car with pace car decals.
I knew GTO wouldn't get it after the big stink raised when Chrysler first put a Mitsubishi built import as a pacecar, and the S/C Monte Carlo won't be out till the fall, so that wasn't going to get it.
But an SSR?! A truck?!! I would have never guessed it!
..... but then, this still is the final year or so under the influence of the old guard GM, so maybe it's not surprising afterall.
