@svdljst i was thinking about this very thing myself, without tournaments what is the point of any special event car now? i really think someone from EA ought to fill us in on where the game is heading in that respect
personally i think that as the game is now 1 year old that they'll be stopping support/updates for the game in the very near future and they're just trying to maximise the amount of money they can squeeze out of the players by tempting us with new shiny cars, then it'll bang, game closes, only for a new game to be released and we start all over again (but hopefully a little wiser about spending real money)