homologation special
It’s a special car made just to qualify for racing rules, usually only a few are built.
A homologation special is a limited production vehicle built to meet racing regulations, often with unique features.
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"still be a GT3 when the whole purpose of a GT3 is this race derived homologation special track focus"
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"It was built as a homologation special for DTM. I mean the race car could not go racing until there was a street legal version, of course."
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"there was a lot of hype around the Geo Yaris when it first came out and it's a really really cool concept yeah it being a homologation special that never happened but it happened anyway"
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