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For me the super touring was the peak of the BTCC. Before that the days of the RS500's, M3's were a joy to watch. Andy Rouse, Cleland, Sytner, Soper, etc were great characters. I think the last great character was Plato. Now it all feels a little bit more sterile, and I'm not really invested in any of the drivers tbh.

This is MG ZST not ZS

Don[t get all these doom and gloom "BTCC is failing" videos that are popping up at the moment. BTCC is aiming for a grid of 24 cars. They have 21 with the return of Bobby Thompson. The racing has been great this season with the modified hybrid levels working really well to add some spice. Contrast BTCC with the TCR series that many say is the future. They had 12 cars at their last round.

It's a BYD. The only safety item you need is fire truck to follow you. It will burn.

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Thanks for a good review which I would largely agree with from my recent experience. Yes it is very expensive at full retail but it certainly can be excellent value as a used car, if you look carefully, compared to a Toyota RAV 4 which essentially it is apart from the front styling and various Suzuki badges and symbols plus some other minor variations. I believe that it is also built on the same production line in Japan as the Toyota. I was able to pick up a 9 month old approved used car with very low mileage for £31.000 - the nearest RAV 4 equivalent was around £8-9000 more. There are of course older examples available back to 2020 but all seem to be much better value than the Toyota version. The warranty is now fairly similar to the Toyota service dependent warranty although it is 7 years rather than 10 years. On a recent long trip (over 1000 miles averaging 65 -70MPH. without any electric charging ( except for a little engine based charging ) it averaged 50MPG. On a 300 mile journey averaging 55-65MPH it achieved 58MPG. All pretty good for a very heavy car. Currently the electric range on a full charge is up to 53 miles. The main disadvantage with it is the same as the Toyota RAV 4 PHEV = the much higher Road tax amount.

How do you do that? What do you need to pull a prank like that?

Great video i ordered the v2 e boost, just waiting for delivery

Lol, best hatchback.... you need to drive a m140i...

If I was a driver like Tom or Ash I’d be banging on the doors of the Australian v8 series, maybe a wild card entry for Bathurst , could you imagine those two together having a go

Unfortunately..car design is just boring these days..tedious hatchbacks...that are so similar. ..in looks ..and sound..go back to the very early days of the 2ltr class which became super touring. ...different cars..sounds, 3 box saloons with just about 300bhp..no aero. .some with sequential boxes. .some with H pattern. .but all were different. ..we were witness to some of the most aggressive racing seen on tv...it was fantastic!.. plus we had the voice of motorsport. .Murray walker. ..the BTCC...will die off because the cars racing now will be discontinued. .the focus is off in a year or so... Hyundai has stopped production of the i30N performance. .what cars will they be using in, say, 3 seasons time?... touring car racings future..is actually in the past...people will go to more period races to get their fix....like the Silverstone classic, and Goodwood members....thats where the real racing is....

I rather watch BTCC over paint dry boring F1 any day of the week honestly. The close racing is all I want to see, no matter what speed or what the cars look like. Cars can be fast and look different in F1, but the racing is boring as hell. Not sure why anyone would watch F1 over BTCC. F1 is the worst motorsports series on the planet.

Hello swede here! One of the big reason we watched it was because it was cars that you could recognise from the streets! People was proud of their 240 and 850 because they where fast on the tv! I believed they should dile back the aero the 90s spec so people can see the car easier and we can get some propper btcc specials on the showroom. Stcc have gone fully electric, not a bad thing. But they gone spaceframe and crazy aero. A big mistakes in my opinion

The reason BTCC is failing is simple. Lack of variety. Bring back the days of RWD V6 & V8s vs Compact FWD nippers. Hell even in its "height" we at least had variety of engines regardless of the 2000cc limit. Volvo I5's, Ford/Mazda V6's etc etc. It is now all the same looks, same sounds, etc etc.

It lost driver progression. It lost ginetta. It lost clio cup . the low budget surport races aint worth watchin . if itv dropped it would fold in a year

Australia supper cars is the answer

Plugin sportage forget it

Problems with the BTCC started a long time ago, Super tourers were amazing things realy looked like the cars your brought in the show room, Lagunas, Mondeos,Primaras, Accords......... all saloons, we then stopped buying saloons, for the series to be relivent now stick them all in modified Quasqui's Pumas, Q5s and all that shite Make it an SUV race no one buys hatches, saloons and coupes any more.

Manual handbrake and buttons on dash with tiny screen. Looks like cockpit from 2008.

8:20 for those wondering theres 2 different tax brackets for these range rovers, a cheaper £365 then the more expensive 600+ one, if i was you do your research and snag a cheaper tax bracket range rover and don't do what this plonk did and buy a 2.7 sport, plenty of them failing, engine seizing under 100k mileage not worth a single penny these 2.7 snorts buy a v8 bemmer engine variant way more reliable and way more fun.

I was once told when going for a car like this is that " its not about how fast it goes but how fast it looks like it goes" lol :p

the old one more aggressive look, new one simple

Sounds like a big heavy pile of 💩

like all sports its been milked with in an inched of its life and sanitised to resemble nothing more then a car parade , oh and the fact no one watches tv anymore

Good point, used to love it in the 90s. Used to have that Nascar attitude about it, and now it's too sanitised, and the cars don't have as much character.

10:34 BTCC actually already has this and it’s called “on the limit” free on UA-cam and it’s FANTASTIC

It's available in India?

It’s so frustrating because the solution is easy, just look at the most successful period and ask why it was so popular. Road cars that people could buy, manufacturers fighting it out, and some crazy drivers with a bit of charisma not PR robots.

Get it back to as it was in the 80s 90s . The cars use to resemble the road cars. however as time went on the cars are more like one offs. The cars need more power than grip, also with a proper H section gearbox. Etc

yup, no more british machinery, in the british touring car. even vauxhall is a peugeot in a dress, these days!

Time to scrap the three race format imo, return to the one sprint race, one long race requiring a pit stop format and have less support races to boot.....

I'd hope it's not dead, I just got back into BTCC in 2021/22 - I went off it years ago when most brands pulled out and it was nothing but Astra Coupes. Hopefully Autosport International can get more BTCC brands and drivers onboard in 2025 as it's one of the few premier motorsports that fans can get really close to. It wouldn't hurt for a few manufacturers to release some BTCC inspired road going versions of the touring cars with wider wheel arches. I think a couple international rounds wouldn't hurt either, the same way British GT goes to Spa-Franchorchamps. My biggest fear is that soon every manufacturer will abandon hatchbacks in favour of SUVs...I don't think the Ford Puma would be a great touring car to be honest.

Given the way car designs are going...BTCC is doomed. In 10 years it'll be the BTSUVC.

The first thing made me fall in love with this car was its looks particularly the red & black one I saw in Germany.

Cars sound crap. Penalties. It’s boring.

In My opinion the lack of interest in the BTCC is down to the lack of coverage on Free To Air TV. Too many sports have sold out to pay TV Or Streaming services and its almost impossible to find your favourite sport unless you have ALL the streaming services, and who can afford that??

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Ford Kuga PHEV has the charge and save battery for later mode

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For me, the lack of interest is because they are NOT based upon road cars. It would be much more interesting to see how each manufacturer battles it out with their different models, designs etc. Rather than identical spaced framed vehicles that just look different. This might also help with the whole 'win on Sunday, sell on Monday' mindset.

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Agree with what one of you lads said about the three races. They're so spread across the day is hard to watch and do anything with your day unless you attend in person. I find myself mostly watching the highlights which is a shame. I enjoy both the Mini support series that alternate, but the support series are certainly not as strong as British GT either.

I'm really fallen out of love with it recently. I first got into it early/mid 90s going to Oulton Park with my dad. I DETEST itv and everything they stand for. I've found their coverage to be amateurish with few redeeming points. They'd get more viewers if they went to UA-cam like the fanatec gt series. The cars - boring, sound the same (at least on tv) Drivers - I'm probably out of touch with them atm, but when I last watched it properly there was noone recognisable, all sanatised and samey compared to Plato, Menu etc. We now watch F1 (since 1990) fanatec gt europe series, wec, elms, imsa (mx5 support racing is amazing) and Australian supercars. Maybe I just got old

Great video! 3:15 The correct question is "How much do they pay?" Not how much they get paid. Most drivers pay the team to race. Some have other businesses that they use to pay for it just because they love the racing. A few have sponsors, then the trick is to make a profit from sponsors over what it costs to race. Typical damage repair bill alone is £30k/year. Rumour has it that top teams charge drivers up to £500k/season. Few, if any, are ever paid by a team.

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What is this? I don't understand.

Get some characters back into the cars, not the boring PR speaking robots. BTCC was popular because of the racing , the rivalries, the contact racing (without penalties!) and the fact that the cars were modified road cars, not identical spaceframed, fibreglass bodied clones. Haven't watched it for a few years now, 90s were the heyday and I fear that it will never return.

Search for a real job! My gosh you are a grown up men and you are blaming yourself here on yt

It only does it on sport mode so what's the point i want to hear that sound all the time

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