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Homologation - not a delicious pasta meal but just as tasty
The process of making a car legal to race in a particular motorsport class is known as homologation ("to approve or confirm officially"). Basically, some racing classes require manufacturers to sell a certain number or road cars (or race cars which can be purchased by the public), for them to be eligible to race. Some famous examples from the era of FIA Group A rules include Mitsubishi's Evolution Lancers, Nissan's R32 Skyine GT-R, and the BMW E30 M3. These models are comprehensively upgraded above the bread-and-butter E30, R32 and Lancer variants to be suitable to then be built into a lightning-fast...