Although perhaps best known for iconic top class muscle cars, the early days of Trans-Am racing also catered for under two-litre production-based Group 2 Touring Cars. For 1971, new rules allowed…
Read MoreEven though an oil crisis caused by a 1973-1974 war in the Middle East massively curtailed its works career, BMW’s E9 CSL remained the best top flight Group 2 racing car throughout the remainder of…
Read MoreFor 1970, the existing Group 2 Touring Car regulations were revamped to permit a considerable degree of additional modification than had been the case during the prior era. Manufacturers would…
Read MoreIf you didn’t get enough from our recent article on the Capri Mk3 Werks Turbo, here’s a bit more Zakspeed Ford goodness: Jorg van Ommen’s iconic Denim-backed Group 4 Mk2 Escort from the…
Read MoreIn 1993, the first year that the DTM had opened itself up to the FIA’s Class 1 Touring Car regulations, Nicola Larini emerged as champion driving for the debutant Alfa Romeo team. However, the…
Read MoreThe European Touring Car Championship’s Group A formula kicked off in 1982 and saw BMW’s E28 528i emerge as the premier challenger in the top flight Division 3 category. However, with four…
Read MoreBetween 1971 and ‘72, Ford’s legendary Capri RS2600 was the class of the European Touring Car Championship field. Six ETCC wins from eight outings in 1971 were followed by an astonishing eight
Read MoreAlthough a renowned Audi tuner, Abt Sportsline’s decision to challenge the Mercedes-Benz and Opel works teams with its own TT-based challenger for the newly reformed DTM was incredibly…
Read MoreFollowing the spectacular success of the TZ and TZ2 GT racing cars, Alfa Romeo commissioned their official competition department, Autodelta, to work its magic on something with more mainstream…
Read MoreWhile most governing bodies adopted Class 2 Super Touring regulations for their national touring car championships during the 1990s, organisers for the German series briefly elected to go with the…
Read MoreAmong the litany of machines that contested Group A Touring Car championships between the early 1980s and early 1990s, perhaps the most successful was BMW’s E30-based M3. Despite…
Read MoreHaving achieved great competition success with its Neue Klasse models since the 1960s, BMW decided to create a whole new Motorsport division along with a tricked out E9-based homologation…
Read MoreHaving been founded in 1976, Tom Walkinshaw Racing (TWR) quickly became renowned for its work with privateer BMWs. The firm then picked up a manufacturer contract with Mazda for the British…
Read MoreAs had been the case since 2006, the 2008 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM) was a straight contest between Audi and Mercedes-Benz. Mercedes supplied the latest ‘08-spec. C-class to the…
Read MoreLike its forebear, the Mk2 Escort went on to have an enormously successful competition career, perhaps the highlight of which was Ari Vatanen’s 1981 World Rally Championship crown driving a…
Read MoreAs a consequence of a burgeoning domestic touring car scene, Mercedes’ hot 190 E Group A special went on to have a stellar late-life competition career that culminated in both the DTM’s…
Read MoreUntil the arrival of Nissan’s technological tour de force which was the R32 Skyline GT-R, Ford’s RS500 iteration of the Sierra Cosworth ruled the roost as the ultimate Group A touring car of its day. The…
Read MoreThanks to regulations that effectively only required a passing resemblance between donor car and track version, the Group 5 era of 1976 to 1982 spawned arguably the most spectacular production…
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