HOLDEN'S Mark Skaife says the new model racing Commodore is the biggest change in race car architecture the company has made in nine years.
The VE Commodore, unveiled in Melbourne October 24th, will make its debut in the 2007 Supercar series.
"It's the biggest architecture change from 1997, when the road car was changed to VT," Skaife said.
"Based on that was the 1998 race car introduction.
"Since that time, this is the biggest race car change that Holden have made."
The new model is still undergoing the approval process needed to become eligible for racing, with the prototype dispatched to South Australia for further testing after today's unveiling.
Skaife and fellow Holden Racing Team driver Todd Kelly have spent hours putting the car through straight line testing and making design suggestions.
While that has given them only a limited guide to how it will perform in race conditions, Skaife was confident the work put in over the past 18 months would put Holden in good stead for next year's championship. |
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"If this car goes half as well as it looks we're a big chance," he said.
"I can't wait to start 2007 and I can't wait to get my bum in the car to get out in anger and have a real go with it.
"It looks fantastic and there's good things to be gained when we start developing it.
"We don't spend millions of dollars to go slower."
Skaife said a feature of the design was the care taken to ensure the race version looked more like the road version than with previous models.
"When you look at that car, it immediately says VE, which I think sometimes we stray away from that a little bit too far," he said.
Holden intends all of its racing teams to start next year's series with the new model.
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