Automakers tried to "prepare" their cars to achieve better results.
The cooperation is very successful: the cars achieve the first places in their category.
The car only achieved two podiums and a total of 21 points.
Nevertheless the car achieved just 480 sales between its launch in June 1980 and the end of that year.
No small car made in this period, tested without side airbags, achieved better than a "Poor."
The car achieved three 1-2 finishes during the season.
The car achieved a speed of 97 miles per hour and "won" the highly publicized race.
Nonetheless this same car achieved the fastest lap of the event at 2:03.699.
Both cars finished, and for the third consecutive year, achieved a 1-2 finish in their class.
The car also achieved 8 pole positions and 3 fastest laps.