Chevy taking a cheap shot at BMW, Ferrari, and Porsche regarding ALMS

[Sticky]

Chevrolet released this video touting how they have to turn down the power in their car to go racing in ALMS against Porsche, BMW, and Ferrari. Yes, the ZR-1 is a powerful car but what is with the cheap shot Chevy? Your ALMS motor is based on the Z06, not the ZR-1. Secondly, didn't BMW beat you last year with less displacement and start off this year winning Sebring in 1st and 2nd? Maybe you need the extra power.

Chevy commercial:

Details on the ALMS motor, 5.5 liter based on the LS7, not LS9:

[DD GT3 RD]

great marketing, most people dont know this stuff. And american cars are know for Power

[Sticky]

great marketing, most people dont know this stuff. And american cars are know for Power

It's cool, but it isn't even really accurate.

[DD GT3 RD]

It's cool, but it isn't even really accurate.

Since when is marketing accurate! I thought marketing is just to sell products by any means, thats why on every commercial you have that tiny text at the bottom (the only honest part). Or take medicine marketing...a pill for restless leg syndrome, yet it can cause dizziness, nausea, vomitting, internal bleeding, loss of sight and death! LOL Or birth control pills that give you clear skin!

[Sticky]

Since when is marketing accurate!

Well, usually it is. Like when talking about your racing program... that is kind of a major thing to get wrong when you don't even talk about the Vette with the motor you are racing. People are smarter than they give them credit for. I don't think that is a fair correlation because this isn't discussing side effects, it is discussing facts they know.

[deemo319]

So what. Plastic car that started off the year with a loss.

[M3_WC]

So what. Plastic car that started off the year with a loss.

My bmw's have plastic bumpers also. Whats your point?

[NatAsp-M3]

Good marketing. Translation= power aint everything... but if they have difficulty with the class I'm sure they're welcome to step up.

[M3_WC]

I don't see anything wrong with the ad. They basically just saying their road car has 168ph more than the alms car. Which is true. I dont really see it as a shot at bmw. All the teams can produce more hp in alms than they are allowed.

I think they will win the 24 hrs Le Mans. Last year was their first full season with the new GT2 car. Their team is a machine, team and personal wise the best in the series.

[Sinister M3]

Great Commercial.

[Sticky]

I don't see anything wrong with the ad. They basically just saying their road car has 168ph more than the alms car. Which is true. I dont really see it as a shot at bmw. All the teams can produce more hp in alms than they are allowed.

I think they will win the 24 hrs Le Mans. Last year was their first full season with the new GT2 car. Their team is a machine, team and personal wise the best in the series.

It's a veiled shot basically saying they have to turn their power down to race the other makes, implying they are much weaker. It would be great if their road car referenced resembled their race car but it doesn't.

[inlineS54B32]

It's not that I see something "wrong" with the ad... It's really informative and great - except for the part where it starts to remind me of those commercials where they sell "Golden Eagle Coins" (hope I am not the only one noticing these commercials) which are completely worthless in comparison to what they attempt to portray to the elderly, non-educated, etc. on television.

They are not only saying that their road car has 168 more horsepower (the difference between the LS5.5R V8 and the LS9 then some) than their race car does... They are also alluding to something along the lines of "just to be fair to Porcshe, Ferrari and BMW, we had to dial our ZR1 engine back"...

In the commercial, the problem is when they say something similar to: "when they (Chevy) wanted to race the 638 HP Chevrolet Corvette ZR1 against Porsche, Ferarri and BMW - they were asked to dial it back, OH around 168 horsepower… You know, just to be fair."

In all reality, this is complete and utter bull$#@! - they simply were following the rules; they did not come rolling into the series asking/saying "we are using this 6.2 liter supercharged engine/engine that makes more power than is allowed in the series, is this okay, or will we need to detune so we can be fair? If they wanted to run a supercharged engine (à la ZR1 engine), they would have been "told" to make it 4.0 liters; if they wanted to use an NA engine, they would be told they could have 5.5 liters of displacement.

They are not mentioning anywhere in this commercial that a 6.2 liter supercharged ZR1 engine (the "detuned" engine they are alluding to) is not allowed in the class they are "asking" to be in. Since a HUGE percentage of the general public does not know the rules (probably no one knows them all), and since it "sounds about right", people will go ahead thinking that Ferrari, BMW and Porsche have a serious power disadvantage unless Chevy plays fair by detuning their ZR1 engine. In reality is completely untrue… THIS is the problem with the commercial.


So far, the M3 has taken 1st and 2nd over the "detuned ZR1" (3rd and 4th) as shown on this Corvette website (you know... just to be fair)
http://www.corvetteracing.com/


Cheers.

[Sticky]

They are not only saying that their road car has 168 more horsepower (the difference between the LS5.5R V8 and the LS9 then some) than their race car does... They are also alluding to something along the lines of "just to be fair to Porcshe, Ferrari and BMW, we had to dial our ZR1 engine back"...

Exactly!

They are not mentioning anywhere in this commercial that a 6.2 liter supercharged ZR1 engine (the "detuned" engine they are alluding to) is not allowed in the class they are "asking" to be in. Since a HUGE percentage of the general public does not know the rules (probably no one knows them all), and since it "sounds about right", people will go ahead thinking that Ferrari, BMW and Porsche have a serious power disadvantage unless Chevy plays fair by detuning their ZR1 engine. In reality is completely untrue… THIS is the problem with the commercial.

There we go This is my point.

[lughed]

Marketing. Simply the rules say this much power and weight and etc. not saying hey Chevy you make to much power sooo, decrease it.

BMW should hit back with a commercial saying... "hey Chevy, BMW doesnt need 5.5 liter engines to make 480 hp. race engines." As for the ZR1, BMW could say something like, "hey Chevy, BMW built a n/a 630 hp 6 liter 20 years ago, and we didnt need a supercharger to do it." BTW F1>ZR1 anyway, anyday!

This is what companies that are constantly behind and chasing instead of leading have to do. Audi

[M3_WC]

I don't see anything wrong with the ad. They basically just saying their road car has 168ph more than the alms car. Which is true. I dont really see it as a shot at bmw. All the teams can produce more hp in alms than they are allowed.

I think they will win the 24 hrs Le Mans. Last year was their first full season with the new GT2 car. Their team is a machine, team and personal wise the best in the series.

Yup, called it.

Corvette Racing is built for the 24hr race. They are a well oiled machine.

I liked how they sandbagged in qualifying. You could tell on the first lap they were right on the pace.

[Sticky]

Yup, called it.

Corvette Racing is built for the 24hr race. They are a well oiled machine.

I liked how they sandbagged in qualifying. You could tell on the first lap they were right on the pace.

Early on in the race it looked like the Vette couldn't match the M3 though. Nice job by Chevy, excellent racing and hey, they won with an ex-BMW driver.

[Bimmerdude]

Early on in the race it looked like the Vette couldn't match the M3 though. Nice job by Chevy, excellent racing and hey, they won with an ex-BMW driver.

Drivers change makes, cars don't. Chevy won. .

[Scorpion]

It's on like donkey kong.

[Sticky]

Drivers change makes, cars don't. Chevy won. .

Well, ALMS should be a lot more interesting now.

[M3_WC]

Early on in the race it looked like the Vette couldn't match the M3 though. Nice job by Chevy, excellent racing and hey, they won with an ex-BMW driver.

The other Vette should have won, it was much faster than the number 73 car that won. The 74 car had over a 1 lap lead the entire race, when Magnussen decided pull a stupid pass early in the morning. 74 car was 2 laps up on the winning Vette, when he wrecked.

Really could have been a vette 1-2 finish, if not for a driver mistake.

When it comes to the 24hrs, I no longer care about the bimmers. I like for an american team to go over there and kick some ass. They have done it for years in the old GT1 class.

[Sticky]

When it comes to the 24hrs, I no longer care about the bimmers. I like for an american team to go over there and kick some ass. They have done it for years in the old GT1 class.

I can understand this and I'm way happy about the Vettes. The French are rather arrogant about "their" race so I certainly take some pride in Chevy winning it. BMW did well, the M3's are amazing and these vettes would be faster if they were allowed more displacement.