So what was the last homologation special?

"YSI-what can brown do for you" (ysi-what-can-brown-do-for-you) 11/22/2013 at 21:40 • Filed to: Mercedes Benz, Homologation, Homoloagtion Special

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The most recent one I can think of was the CLK GTR(not pictured here, that is a LM which had a V8. . . but who cares), and that was made so that it could race in the late 90s. Has there been a car that has done that recently that I am missing? BTW, I love homologation specials, they are always so crazy!

themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles > YSI-what can brown do for you 11/22/2013 at 21:47

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BMW E46 M3 GTR is my current guess. Made so they could stick it to porsche in the GT series.

But the Porsche GT3 might be considered a homologation model for its racing program now that they use a special version of the flat-6 in it. I'm not 100% sure on that though.

Agrajag > YSI-what can brown do for you 11/22/2013 at 21:48

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I can't think of any and that makes me sad.

daender > YSI-what can brown do for you 11/22/2013 at 21:50

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I guess the NSX-R GT for JGTC GT500 racing.

f86sabre > YSI-what can brown do for you 11/22/2013 at 21:51

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Evos and STis were homologation cars for Group N Rally and a requirement for WRC up until 2004 or 2005. Needed 5000 road going specimens.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > YSI-what can brown do for you 11/22/2013 at 21:53

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NASCAR

f86sabre > f86sabre 11/22/2013 at 21:53

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Also, ACO rules require homologation of all GT competitors. same with ALMS when it existed. Here were some scandals such as when they allowed the big bore 911s a few years ago that were never homologated for Le Mans and the V8 M3s in ALMS.

Sn210 > YSI-what can brown do for you 11/22/2013 at 21:54

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When did they make this one?

Or this one?

Manuél Ferrari > YSI-what can brown do for you 11/22/2013 at 21:56

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I dunno if there is anything I love more than homologation specials. What is more awesome than a car that is designed to be a race car first and then only made street legal so that it could race? I can't think of anything.

daender > Sn210 11/22/2013 at 21:58

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Porsche 911 GT1: 1996-1998

Lotus GT1: 1997

Manuél Ferrari > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 11/22/2013 at 21:59

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That M3 GTR was awesome. You're right it only existed to compete in racing.

I think the Porsche GT3 has some notable differences between the production car and the track-only cars. Not 100% sure either.

Manuél Ferrari > Agrajag 11/22/2013 at 22:00

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Me too. Seems like we'll be seeing less and less homologation specials.

TheDon > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 11/22/2013 at 22:07

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Hardly.... The only hung stock cars get these days are stickers that look like the production car. It's not lik th old days where actual stock cars were modified for Track use

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > TheDon 11/22/2013 at 22:12

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They still require a production car for it to be "based" on

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > themanwithsauce - has as many vehicles as job titles 11/23/2013 at 00:11

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That's the best car ever featured in video games right there.

Aya, Almost Has A Cosmo With Toyota Engine Owned by a BMW. > YSI-what can brown do for you 11/23/2013 at 00:17

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Well, quick lookup in google reveals that you still can buy a homologation special superbikes. Just in case ypu're interested.

Eazy-O > daender 11/23/2013 at 10:15

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Oh man would I rock that snorkel. Mmmmm.

TheDon > Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire 11/25/2013 at 08:52

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True but you don't see Chevy or Ford purposely selling something like a Ford Taurus with a 500 CI V8 and some practically race track tech just so they can slip it onto the track.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > TheDon 11/25/2013 at 08:58

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NASCAR doesn't use 500 ci V8s, they are 358's, so the SS actually has a bigger motor.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > Eazy-O 11/25/2013 at 11:56

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Rumor has it that the snorkel on the roadgoing version was a fake and was just stuck on the back glass. Can't remember where I heard that so I'm not even going to bother to search if that is true or not.