Bull Run

[LancePearson]

The net result of the asian capacity increase in car making is that virtually all cars work very well nowadays. Personally....either investment in ten yrears might have similar r.o.I. you need both and I am not qualified to set anyones ad budget....all I know is you cant spend zero and from where the industry is there is still too much capacity so swaying people to your product is also importtant. Is this the best way? Beats me but it is one of the ways. Most marketing today is push marketing rather than pull marketing so quality thru r and d is insufficient, need some but is it enough? Not by itself. If that is a ten year deal with the biggest sports franchise on the plsnet...man uted worth $3, 000, 000, 000 who is to say that annually is bad? I dont know tho it seems a lot to me

[Fully Vetted]

Develop your product line, develop your product line, develop your product line and you end up making the best product possible. Then sales will not be an issue. I'm not saying spend $0 on sponsorships. Of course not. But, that much on 1 sponsorship makes no sense. At least to me it doesn't.

[LancePearson]

FV, as I said, it seems a lot to me as well. Selling about 13,000 cars a year is maybe a billion dollar stream of income....so dumping that much divided by the time of the sponsorship per year into it seems heavy to me but GM tends to look at Corvette as their flagship and Marque and may be spending a bunch on that one thing since they cut way back everywhere else...don't think they did super bowl ads, etc. As someone else said, ad money is always second guessable and the ad guy has been replaced to it may just be a bad buy of ad according to the current crop. It seems to me like you to be too much for that one thing but I don't really know their thought process. I do hope they have one.....and there's the worry!

Have a great day. I'm frustrated as I screwed my face replacement on my bose radio head up yesterday...far more important to me right now! LOL.

[boostedmaxPSI]

June 1st -7th is the same week for the Hot Rod Power Tour. I will be on that

Looks like our paths will almost cross. Ft. Worth, Texas to North Carolina.

[Fully Vetted]

Frank, I was going to ask you if you were going to do the Power Tour. Are you taking it all the way to NC? I was thinking of doing the leg to Little Rock and then hanging out there for a couple of days. Depends on a couple of other trips I've got planned.

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by LancePearson

Methinks the vettes we love are not guaranteed a future at all. Will see by 2015 if they even survive...it is an issue.

the vette has been dying since the mid 70s....still here

[boostedmaxPSI]

Originally Posted by Fully Vetted

Frank, I was going to ask you if you were going to do the Power Tour. Are you taking it all the way to NC? I was thinking of doing the leg to Little Rock and then hanging out there for a couple of days. Depends on a couple of other trips I've got planned.

As it stands now, I will be going the full distance in my 66 Mustang. Should be a blast.

[cvette98pacecar]

Originally Posted by boostedmaxPSI

As it stands now, I will be going the full distance in my 66 Mustang. Should be a blast.

I think We should start planning a power tour 2016 event.

[LancePearson]

Originally Posted by Kevin

the vette has been dying since the mid 70s....still here

sales in the 70's: 40,000 a year...now? 12,000 or so....that's not healthy or growth.

[boostedmaxPSI]

Originally Posted by cvette98pacecar

I think We should start planning a power tour 2016 event.

Let's do it. I'm up for any time I can get out, hang with buddies and see some of the less travelled roads.