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Originally Posted by FastCarFanBoy
If it turns out to be quicker on a road course than a reg ZL1 who will care if its slower than the ZL1-1LE on track? Those few who own ZL1-1LE's and the forum and magazine bench racers? That's too small a slice of the pie to chase after imo.
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You underestimate the power of publicity. There are several reasons any of the manufacturers push to make these low-volume cars.
1) Most importantly: To make a splash, prove their mettle in engineering, and say they did it.
2) To test new parts, materials, and technology.
3) The "Halo" effect in the show room.
They do it so the magazines can mark down the fastest time of the generation...to immortalize the achievement, and contribute to the car's reputation. Meanwhile, us keyboard-racers can argue that "Car X" had the fastest time around XX track, or down the ¼ mile. But today...the ¼-mile just doesn't have the same importance it used to...the focus is all on the road course.