Track use: Chevy 1, Ford 0

[kevm14]

Not just in performance...in warranty.

http://blog.caranddriver.com/why-yes-mr ... -grenaded/

Good news for owners of sixth-gen Camaros: Tracking your car won’t void your warranty. According to an interview with Camaro chief engineer Al Oppenheiser on the Motor Authority website, Chevrolet will honor the warranty of track-driven SS model Camaros and above (that means ZL1, 1LE, and the future Z/28 models) as long as the car remains 100-percent stock.

According to Oppenheiser, “If you’re not modifying your car and you take your production car to a track day and you have an issue with one of your parts, it’s covered under warranty. We know when somebody changes their ECM calibration, and we know if they changed to a cold-air intake, we can tell all that. But driving it as you break it in from the dealership, if you have a half-shaft or whatever, it’s covered.”

The warranty covers the entire powertrain, and the maker confirmed that it includes the SS, ZL1, and 1LE with both V-6 and V-8 engines. We assume it will include the upcoming new Z/28.

And the Ford part:

Ford came under similar scrutiny when it revealed the 2015 Mustang GT’s line-lock feature. Technically available for use by anyone with a 2015 Mustang GT and set of tires to burn, Ford maintains that the “electronic line-lock for 2015 Mustang GT is intended for use only on racetracks” before mentioning that “racing voids your warranty.” Talk about a buzzkill.

lol

[Bob]

I commend GM for this, but the percentage of people who track their cars and keep them stock has to be pretty small.

[kevm14]

Which is why this move makes even more sense for GM to do.

[Bob]

Yeah, it's good marketing for them at almost no cost. Any modern performance car should be able to hold together under hard track use.

As a side note, I don't think Lotus ever gave anyone a hard time about track use back when the Elises were still under warranty. They did, however, deny some driveline warranty issues based on "standing starts." This was a hard launch that the ECU had the ability to log.