Comments by "John D" (@johnd8892) on "NASCAR Fan Reacts to Excel Series at Bathurst - Australia" video.

  1. While it should be no big deal how there is different pronunciation of Hyundai in the US and Australia the importers actually ran an ad on how they thought it should be pronounced which Australians took to ; https://youtu.be/yI2aUjwFF0k From the earlier eighties models before the low price value of these Excels really put them on the map here. Australia an early important trst market since if a car does well in Australia then likely to do well in the US to a large extent. Toyota and Nissan philosophy they used in the very early sixties. Hyundai now a contender for second largest car selling company in Australia along with Mazda, the Ranger ute company, and Kia. Toyota number one by a big margin for many years.
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  2.  @karenmcneill2602  luckily the title and description said 1988. I am old enough to remember the ad but not the year. Early models trying to establish the brand.
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  3.  @karenmcneill2602  your welcome. Amazing how a YouTube search will turn up something obscure that I had only vaugely remembered. Close thing because it had only been posted in the last two weeks.
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  4. The upmarket Morris Mini Cooper S with a 1275 cc engine was the fast one. The winning year was 1966 when the Cooper S filled positions 1 to 9 beating the drum braked Valiant V8 as the next car outright. From 67 to 71 it was all Ford and Holden V8 models, although the Cooper S usually won the class for cheaper mid priced cars. Mini Minors were slow. In 1963 getting beaten by a VW Beetle looking like Herbie but number 54. Took the big upgrades to Cooper S spec to be fast and reliable.
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  5. Another worth a look is a Holden Commodore used in recent rally to spectacular effect : https://youtu.be/_aBxYwbn0Jg Unusual action from Blendline TV who are more the affordable grass roots side of motorsport here.
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  6. Bit different to the ads in 1988 then : https://youtu.be/yI2aUjwFF0k
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  7. Yes and every years Bathurst has great stuff, especially the early years when there were more makes running of cars you could buy on Monday.
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  8. Just released an even faster but much more affordable car at Bathurst : https://youtu.be/gu95fdEENsQ From Blendline TV coverage of grass roots motorsport here.
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