DIVERSIFY OR DIE?

WHEN Holden announced the end of the Commodore badge last December, it heralded the end of a decades-long Red vs Blue rivalry. With the future of Supercars racing seemingly up in the air, Ford and Holden diehards took to Facebook for a classically robust debate.

JJ Dano – Holden followers tend to forget, Ford was there at the start and have been there to farewell Holden.

Darren Dee – Ford, during their period of not building Aussie V8s, pulled out of racing in Oz and it was only privateers flying the flag.

JJ Dano – It was the privateers flying the flag and Ford did have some involvement, be it parts or certain supplies. Ford has never shied away. Just never stayed as constant with factory support.

Heath Macfarlan – Holden has to bail out unless the Camaro becomes a full-time car for the Holden brand, and by the looks of it, the Falcon beat the Commodore 17 championships to 16. Falcon will forever be in front.

Neil Morrison – Holden vs Ford ended with Toranas and GTS, which were still road-going cars. Anything after that were purpose-built race cars.

Brent Burrett – Bring back homologation on actual road vehicles, not kit cars.

Tristan Edmonds – That would suck beyond belief.

James Forge – Group A certainly did not suck. It also got us some pretty decent road cars.

Mark Weir – Opens the door for the REAL Nissan to begin racing Supercars again.

Brad Rowlandson – They got banned 30 years ago.

Mark Weir – And so did decent Group A racing.

Mat Krusche – I miss the Skylines vs BMW battles on the smaller tracks. A mix of different cars with different strengths and weaknesses.

Stephen Swift – I hope this kills the Supercars series. It hasn’t been interesting in years. Bring back a proper touring car series.

Douglas Collins – They made the mistake in the 90s when they went from being ATCC to V8 Supercars. They melded everyone to be either red or blue.

Ant Worth – Remember HQ racing? Is it time for VT vs AU racing with max budgets of $100K per car?

James Forge – HQ racing destroyed a lot of HQS and depleted supplies of good used parts. I would not like to see Commodores and Falcons treated the same way.

Jason Stanyer – If Holden leaves Supercars, which it very likely will, the future of Supercars is in serious doubt. Holden fans aren’t suddenly going to support a Mustang team, and I really can’t see any other manufacturer joining the category.

James Forge – This is the same company that committed to the ZB’S future only a couple of weeks ago and back in about 2010 committed to Australian manufacture well into the 2020s? Is a commitment from GM Australia worth anything these days?

Glenn Mcdonell – We will never see that rivalry again, no matter what side you follow – that’s the thing that sucks the most. Now who do we all hang shit on?