Tonight's joke? Kia at Le Mans

"El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First!" (lightningzone) 02/08/2015 at 17:02 • Filed to: None

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I am obviously into endurance racing mood, and I was talking with a friend about the WEC, and after pausing for a couple of seconds he says: "You know what? Kia should build a hybrid LMP1 car and race at Le Mans". He is obviously under the influence of a new car(he recently got a Optima hybrid), but let's be honest. Kia doesn't really give a shit about racing and sports cars and enthusiasts. They don't even care enough to make a Vision GT concept.

How can a brand who's motorsports peak was a couple of WC Optimas, build a car to compete in WEC and especially at Le Mans?

In my opinion Kia is the victim of its own competence. They built a few cars that don't suck and people suddenly expect them to compete at top levels of global motorsports.

For Sweden > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 02/08/2015 at 17:11

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Why not? Give the Koreans comparable resources and they'd probably destroy everyone, right up until Japan invades to keep them down.

El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! > For Sweden 02/08/2015 at 17:43

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Isn't their job to get those resources? Or are they too busy with their fancy new Gangnam HQ.

Conan > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 02/08/2015 at 17:44

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I'm still stung by their lack of the only car of theirs I'd want.

For Sweden > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 02/08/2015 at 17:45

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Gangnam HQ is expensive. Mostly because of the necessary air-defense batteries.

CTSenVy > For Sweden 02/08/2015 at 18:58

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If they want promote their brand at a higher level it's a great way to start.

Really all they realky need is to poach some engineers from other teams and partner with somebody like Rebellion Racing to run the team. I'm not saying that they would come out and be favorites, but it would be a start.

bryan40oop > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 02/08/2015 at 21:20

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"How can a brand who's motorsports peak was a couple of WC Optimas, build a car to compete in WEC and especially at Le Mans?"

The same thing was once said of Toyota

Other Barry > El Relámpago(LZone) - Humanity First! 02/08/2015 at 22:26

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I believe their peak was when they kicked everyone's ass in Grand Am with a pair of Forte Koups.

GhostZ > For Sweden 02/09/2015 at 18:55

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...are we still talking about cars here?