START PLAYLIST HERE: www.youtube.com SHAKEDOWN goes to yet another special playlist – EXTREME or TRADITIONAL RACING – School Leo on which is best. Courtesy of the 2 new sports cars, Subaru BRZ and Scion FRS – technically identical, but branded via 2 different racing environments. Which do you prefer? Which is ‘best’? LINKS – www.scion.com www.youtube.com www.subaru-msm.com www.subaru-msm.com
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I think in traditional racing you get more of a sense of brand recognition. Even more so in racing series that require the vehicle to be a certain amount original to the production cars. Extreme? racing is good for showing what a brand can do … but never will … Though I don’t agree with drag racing being put into the category of “extreme”, its been around since the first two cars were created. The best form is dependent on what you are showing.
Formulas mainly were put to balance safety and taking the performance to the highest level possible. Some cars are better in wheel-to-wheel than others. Can’t have that Scion do wheels instead of time attacks or drifting ( which isnt really much of a race in a true racing sense, unlike its origin, the touge? ). It all will depend on what the consumer is into, drifting vs rallying vs time attacks vs wheel-to-wheel. Scion & others are just pointing their marketing to their target audience.
I see Scion racing as a pure definition of EXTREME RACING. Why? Scion doesn’t sell you a vehicle and say this is what you get. From the? beginning they focused on making the car yours. They prove this when you see the crazy mods they do to their vehicles. Everyone crying about how the tc shouldn’t be drifting needs to pay attention to that fact and man up. That being said i think any sport that involves tearing 500+ hp from daily drivers and seeing how fast they go on the track is what matters.
Guess i can’t comment then. WTH? Youtube???
Traditional racing. I`m all about race on a sunday, Sell it on a monday type of? guy. I dont wanna see a race of cars you can only dream of. rdw scion tc ?? never seen on a street so that makes it unreal in a way. so traditional racing FTW
Traditional? Racing Ftw!
I gotten into drifting ever since 2003 when Drift Day was just something passed along by word of mouth, know a lot of? those pro drifters. I love all motor sports. As for the brand’s image on motor sports goal differences between Scion & Subaru on the same car “86″ I would have to favor Subaru because of the involvement with the company directly for Super GT where more than likely Scion where drifting, drag, rally & road racing would be done by a privateer with little of Scion direct involvement.
i actually watched all the video’s…subaru always said that their goal is to make impreza a rival for BMW m3? and audi s5…so i think they are trying to evolve into a more main stream brand by doing more traditional racing and scion is where subaru was 10 years ago.
As a true fan of automotive? racing, I can’t just pick one. Both traditional and extreme have their place in the racing world. but for a car to build a name for its self, i would have to say that its needs to start in the extreme and work its way into the traditional. I feel that the Drift and Time Attack appeal to the younger generation and as the team and car get better and build experience, so do the fans. so eventually the car and fans could move into the traditional racing.
traditional racing no? doubt.. the trill is awesome.. speedddddddddddddddddddddd
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extreme seems more fun cause it is a bit more accessible, but obviously if you car about speed and not about big smoke then traditional is the way to go. only few people ever get track time but lots of us do doughnuts in parking lots.
I think thats why brands will advertise with extreme, its actually doable by the consumer. (in moderation of course)
i prefer traditional but i know that? type of racing rarely reflects on anything id be able to do with my car
Traditional. Modifing cars to race? and run them.
Isle of Man IS extreme racing. That’s some hairy s*#t!! My vote is for traditional if I have to? pick.
@LeoParente Traditional Racing? for me
i believe in both kinds of racing traditional to catch? your attention and show what they can do. And extreme to keep your attention and to push technology, and conventions.
Personally i love drifting and grip racing gt300 and isle of man.
I don’t connect any brand with racing. I mean, where can I? find a RWD Scion tC at a showroom. Factory sponsored racing is a joke.
I might actually care about a factory racing team if there was an actual ‘stock car’ racing series.
How much money a brand can dump into a one off vehicle reflects nothing on a street car’s reputation.
I honestly can’t believe this is a real question posed in the racing community. Am I missing something?
Traditional racing =? Real racing
Extreme racing = Ricer racing
I’m? going with Traditional, especially after Subaru’s Vid.
traditional? if your a true petrol head
Wow Suburu’s driver and video in isle of man won it for me !? Tradional!!!!
but as for marketing for the scion I believe marketing toward youngsters and drifting would be better.
Traditional racing.. i live? for that.
@abdul0022 how? is honda becoming dead
for car fans traditional racing is where they look and admire cars
for people that dont really care about cars but see these extreme racing cars and think they will look cool? in the same version of the car just street legal
it depends on what sort of market the company think they can get the most out of
scion for example are a bit of a laughing stock when it comes to car fans so they target the people who are not car fans to sell more cars
Hondaminican has it right. but the new car being rwd changes the game a little. traditional is far more applicable to the way most new FR-S or BRZ owners will be racing their cars. drag drift and time attack have their place too. IMO time attack is kinda awesome and seems to have a little of that crazy can am/ IMSA? unlimited spirit.