Talk:List of Group C sports cars

Eligibilty

Are all iMSA GTP cars Group C eligible? --Falcadore (talk) 20:44, 1 February 2009 (UTC)

Not at all no matter how similar they look, considering they use different regulations. Donnie Park (talk) 20:21, 11 June 2009 (UTC)

Toyota

Wait Wait, i thought in 1989 Toyota used an 88C-V, not 89C-V. Now i know GT4 is a game but they got them straight from the manufactors, so which is wrong, GT4 or Wikipedia? Spinodontosaurus (talk) 17:42, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

The 89C-V raced at Le Mans in 1989, not sure about what was raced by the factory team domestically in Japan. Not that concerned, the car did exist, even if it was just a partial season update. Refer [[1]]. --Falcadore (talk) 18:53, 30 November 2009 (UTC)

One sentence intro?

Perhaps this article could be improved by a better explanation of what it is about. I don't mean a complete copy of the Group C sports car article but some additional exposition, even an explanation of what time period, and motor racing series and continents, the category ran, would be beneficial. --Falcadore (talk) 17:13, 13 July 2011 (UTC)

Cars that competed

The FIA technical regulations are in place as a ruleset for what is allowed to compete in FIA and FIA-sanctioned series. This is why we have scrutineering and homologation forms and whatnot that confirm that a car meets these regulations. Cars that never raced, and only existed as testbeds or designs have no homologation forms, have never been approved, and more than likely do not quite match the parameters of the regulations, especially as regulations change year in, year out. A car may be built to a rough guideline of the regulations, but likely would need minor modifications before actually competing. Many early developmental versions of racing cars differ from what actually appears on the track, even if just for carrying extra data collecting equipment. The intent may be for them to be Group C cars, but they never were entered as such. The³5₉ (Talk) 08:09, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

• Given that we list Le Mans Prototypes that never raced in that article, then there is no reason not to list Group C cars that never raced, other than to satisfy your ego. Just because a car never raced, that does not mean it wasn't homologated, or legal. This is all I have to say on the matter. Lukeno94 (tell Luke off here) 08:19, 12 March 2014 (UTC)

The List of Le Mans Prototypes had a discussion of the same topic long ago, and I held the same opinion than that I did now, roughly, that cars that did not compete should not be listed, and in fact the original list reflected that. It's simply fallen out of check. Just because one list is wrong does not mean this one is ok. The³5₉ (Talk) 08:25, 12 March 2014 (UTC)