Originally Posted by
Evoracer
I'm sure we can appreciate your National pride but that really has nothing to do with the reality of it.
Trans Am "grew" into a more diverse class. The 70's gas crisis and influx of japanese imports had something to do with it.
Smaller displacement motors were allowed along with smaller cars as compared to the American "heavy iron" musclecars.
The emphasis of VTA has centered around the most prolific days of Trans Am.
From a purely realistic viewpoint, the Mazda would be more of a Mini chassis as compared to a standard 1/10 touring car chassis.
If I'm not mistaken, cars like the Porsche 911 ran during the heyday of trans am. There were also a handful of c2 and c3 corvettes that ran trans am in the late 60s early 70s eventhough these cars usually ran b production. There was even 1 pantera that ran half a season during 1971.
I'm not arguing that these cars should or should not be allowed but the rules as they are written clearly state PONY CAR. The Porsche, bmw, pantera, Mazda, Datsun, and corvette are not pony cars. The only other pony cars that would qualify that are not currently on the vta list are the 60s early 70s firebird and the 67-69 cougar. I imagine the only reason they are not on the list is because they aren't available.