Hunting for new manufacturers

Just a little too late to try to revive nascar. Should have pursued this 5 years ago. The addition of another foreign car probably isnt the answer. Dodge? yes, but are they interested? IDK. Dump most of the 1.5 mile tracks and tv ratings will go up. A dog leg style track? a figure 8 track with a upper and lower passover, an oval tack with a hairpin corner.. A dirt track. More 1/2 mile tracks ...add a different road course
 
StandOnIt said:
I wish they would offer a cab and a half with a 6' bed in the Ranger, I sure like my Dakota that way.
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I would imagine they will, considering the Colorado, Canyon, Frontier, and Tacoma are all offered in extended cab. I think the Ridgeline is the only truck in that class that's crew cab only.
 
The new Colorado is absolutely gorgeous... definitely on my short list of 'wants' when I get enough $$$ stored up. Put the new baby duramax in there and now you can tow too.
 
Skoalbandit33 said:
Keeping a tranny is a Dakota is half the battle.
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My 2000 Dakota 4X4 hunting/fishing truck just rolled over 182,000 miles without any major repairs and still runs like a top. Transmission and all. The normal stuff, alternator etc have been replaced over the years. And it sure as hell aint led an easy life.

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my 98 Dakota has 235 thou on it, still has the original rear brakes, alternator, power steering, 5 speed, rear end. I put a new motor, clutch and pressure plate in at 225. I got mad and over reved it. Spun a main
 
Johali said:
My 2000 Dakota 4X4 hunting/fishing truck just rolled over 182,000 miles without any major repairs and still runs like a top. Transmission and all. The normal stuff, alternator etc have been replaced over the years. And it sure as hell aint led an easy life.

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You have had a great ownership experience as the guys I know that have had Durango's and Dakota's have (about 8 total) have all had tranny issues. I suspect that even though yours has not had an easy life you have maintained it well which most people don't.
 
StandOnIt said:
my 98 Dakota has 235 thou on it, still has the original rear brakes, alternator, power steering, 5 speed, rear end. I put a new motor, clutch and pressure plate in at 225. I got mad and over reved it. Spun a main
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I have a V6 Magnum in mine and it pulls like a beast.
 
StandOnIt said:
my 98 Dakota has 235 thou on it, still has the original rear brakes, alternator, power steering, 5 speed, rear end. I put a new motor, clutch and pressure plate in at 225. I got mad and over reved it. Spun a main
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yeah mine was perfect until a telephone pole rubbed on me as I was backing up.:D got me on my blind side.
 
Skoalbandit33 said:
Keeping a tranny is a Dakota is half the battle.
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Couldn't be any worse than the SMOD (Strawberry Milkshake of Death) issue on the early 2nd-gen Frontiers. The radiators would fail and the coolant would get into the transmission, hence the name. The 2011 and newer models aren't affected by this, but I'd run from an '05-'10 Frontier/Xterra/Pathfinder with an AT.
 
guy I follow from New Hampshire on UTube, Musty1 loves his yotas P.U.'s He bought one cheap and the rear end pumpkin had rusted thru and the owner pretty much melted the 3rd member. They had recalls on the frames just rusting completely out. He said the Fords and GM's body panels rusted off, but their frames were better and it was the opposite on the Toyota's. Being in the mid south I wasn't aware of that going on. Pretty wild.
 
2 Sweet said:
Hyundai doesn't make a truck. That's also why I don't want Honda or Audi/VW. I would like to see a new manufacturer participate across the board, which includes a model for the truck series
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Car companies compete in NASCAR to sell pickup trucks (NASCAR fans like them a lot) so it wouldn't make any sense for Honda or VAG to enter NASCAR.

This announcement just sounds like a lot of hot air from a reeling NASCAR administration.
 
Dodge Won't Return to NASCAR
http://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/12471/dodge-wont-return-to-nascar

Unfortunately for Dodge loyalists, the analysis regarding a return to the sport showed that it would be too complex and, more importantly, too expensive. Part of the problem would be finding a team with top-tier engine-building capability—and there just aren’t many choices now that the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup series has consolidated engine-building among a handful of teams (Or in Toyota’s case, the company itself.) Dodge would prefer to supply the engine specifications and have the engines built by the team, like they were at Penske. But there are minimal options.

Also, re-creating the infrastructure to race at NASCAR’s highest level—which Dodge did gradually starting with the NASCAR Camping World truck series before entering the Cup series in 2001 with the help of then-flush Dodge dealers—would be prohibitively expensive. The bottom line: perhaps the company could afford to return to NASCAR, as Marchionne suggested, but that doesn’t mean it would make financial sense.
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Like he did in 2012, Marchionne could conceivably overrule the recommendation that Dodge not return to NASCAR, but that seems unlikely. Nor is Volkswagen, which came very close to fielding a Cup car based on the Passat, likely to reconsider its decision to not join the series. And for those holding out hope that Honda/Acura might race in NASCAR—always a very abstract possibility—that became more of a long shot this week when Roger Penske and Acura announced they would race in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship series, the NASCAR-affiliated sports car -anctioning body.

So unless a manufacturer comes out of left field with the money and dedication to make a NASCAR program work, it appears that NASCAR will have to make do with Ford, Chevrolet, and Toyota. As one Dodge employee suggested: “We don’t want to come back and embarrass ourselves.”
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The new 2018 Honda Accord may not be headed to NASCAR, but the silhouette is perfect for cup.

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Hawaii808 said:
The new 2018 Honda Accord may not be headed to NASCAR, but the silhouette is perfect for cup.

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I love that 6 speed manual they're making available for that car.There are few cars available with a manual transmission nowadays.It is amazing how new cars are going back to push button transmissions.
 
The timing seems poor for any manufacturer to join Nascar as at this point it isn't a going concern and still hasn't bottomed out yet. If Nascar can stop the bleeding and get some younger fans I could see a manufacturer taking a look at a future date but given the current climate it makes sense to keep the status quo.
 
darlingtonfan said:
I love that 6 speed manual they're making available for that car.There are few cars available with a manual transmission nowadays.It is amazing how new cars are going back to push button transmissions.
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Traditional manual trannys in cars are becoming a thing of the past as the newer automatics don't have any slop or slip and slide and there is no fuel mileage benefit either. It might be a very good theft deterrent feature as I'm sure less and less thiefs can drive them.
 
Skoalbandit33 said:
Traditional manual trannys in cars are becoming a thing of the past as the newer automatics don't have any slop or slip and slide and there is no fuel mileage benefit either. It might be a very good theft deterrent feature as I'm sure less and less thiefs can drive them.
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The wife complain when we take my Civic with the six speed manual,but I catch her smiling when I let her drive.
 
sloggie said:
Car companies compete in NASCAR to sell pickup trucks (NASCAR fans like them a lot) so it wouldn't make any sense for Honda or VAG to enter NASCAR.

This announcement just sounds like a lot of hot air from a reeling NASCAR administration.
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Um, why not, the Honda Rigdline is selling pretty well, so it makes some sense for Honda to enter , VW on the other hand, agree on the Truck Series, their pick up truck is not sold here in America.
 
As cool as it would be to see, I think Honda cares too much about road relevance to get involved with NASCAR. I don't think they've ever built a V8 for anything other than a race car and they haven't done that in five years now. Their big racing stuff is all V6 now. The engine they just announced they're going to use with Penske in IMSA next year is based on what's in the RDX, RLX, MDX, and TLX and it's done in collaboration with Honda R&D Americas.
 
FLRacingFan said:
As cool as it would be to see, I think Honda cares too much about road relevance to get involved with NASCAR. I don't think they've ever built a V8 for anything other than a race car and they haven't done that in five years now. Their big racing stuff is all V6 now. The engine they just announced they're going to use with Penske in IMSA next year is based on what's in the RDX, RLX, MDX, and TLX and it's done in collaboration with Honda R&D Americas.
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I think you are correct, NASCAR is not a good fit for Honda.
 
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