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Le Mans provides ideal testing ground for car technology
Published Sun, Jun 18, 2017 · 09:50 PM
New York
"WIN on Sunday, sell on Monday" is a car-racing adage. In the early days of cars, manufacturers used competitions to show off their cars and draw buyers into showrooms.
Results on the track now have a debatable effect on sales, but manufacturers continue to use racing for research and development, perfecting ideas on the track before they show up in production.
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