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Current models[edit]

Thorne driving for Thorney Motorsport at Brands Hatch in the 2012 BTCC season.
As of 2013 British Touring Car Championship season total of 10 different models were built and raced under the NGTC regulations. The following Next Generation Touring Cars are currently competing in championships:
  • Audi A4 - Made its debut during the first round of the 2011 BTCC. Built by GPR Motorsport, Rob Austin Racing ran a single A4 for most of the season, firstly using an engine prepared by Ric Wood and then using a Lehman-built engine from Oulton Park onwards.[6] A second A4 was run by the team from round nine.[7] The car took a second place during Round Eight's third race at Rockingham, after leading part of the race.[8] For the 2012 season the car was modified by the team, with the aerodynamics being updated. Rob Austin Racing ran a single car for the first four rounds of the season, before entering both of the A4's at Croft. Austin claimed a third place finish in the second race, and gave the car its maiden Independents Championship win. For 2013 both Audi's were entered from the start of the season, featuring updated bodywork to reflect the road car's facelift and now using engines prepared by Field Motorsport, who maintained the Lehman engines midway through 2012.[9] Austin took another podium in the opening race of 2013 and claimed the fastest lap, but his car was severely damaged in the third race after a heavy collision with Dave Newsham, which helped gain the car the nickname 'Sherman'. For Oulton Park, Austin's A4 used the TOCA-BTCC engine in a bid to find extra performance. The second car was fitted with the new engine a round later at Croft.
  • Proton Gen-2/Proton Persona - Welch Motorsport reintroduced the Proton marque to the BTCC in 2011.[10] This was the first appearance of the brand since 2004. Before the start of the 2012 season Welch Motorsport adapted the aerodynamics of the Proton Gen-2 to reflect the Persona model. Initially the car used the TOCA-BTCC engine, but from 2014 onwards will be mounted an in-house engine.
  • Toyota Avensis - First seen as a prototype in 2010 during practice for the final round at Brands Hatch. The Avensis was chosen as a demo model for the BTCC to launch the new specification ahead of the 2011 championship. Dynojet and Speedworks Motorsport ran one Toyota Avensis each in 2011, driven by Frank Wrathall and Tony Hughesrespectively. The car showed top 12 potential early in the season. The Avensis scored its first points at Snetterton circuit in August 2011 at the hands of Frank Wrathall. Over the course of the season, Wrathall took four podiums. In 2012, the cars were aerodynamically upgraded to reflect the design of the new Avensis. Wrathall took the first win for the car and the first win for Toyota in 19 years.
  • Vauxhall Insignia - Thorney Motorsport introduced the Vauxhall Insignia to the BTCC during the final round of the 2011 BTCC. However due to lack of testing time, the car failed to start any races.[11] The car did compete in select races during the 2012 season. At the end of the season Tony Gilham Racing bought the two Insignias. In 2014 the cars changed ownership again since Tony Gilham Racing merged with BMR Restart to form Team BMR.
Pirtek Racing's NGTC Honda Civic at Thruxton, with a Speedworks Motorsport Toyota Avensis behind.
  • Honda Civic - Honda Racing Team swapped to the new ninth generation Honda Civic, built fully to NGTC regulations, in the 2012 BTCC season. They were the first manufacturer backed team to announce their intention to run fully to the NGTC specification.[12] The Honda Civic was about to be the first NGTC car to be raced in the Scandinavian Touring Car Championship, at the hands of Tomas Engström, but it didn't happen.[13] At the first round of the 2012 season, the Civic became the first full NGTC specification winner.[14] As of the end of the 2013 season the car has won in total of 10 titles for 2 seasons of racing.
  • MG6 GT - MG KX Momentum Racing currently run a pair of MG6 GT models in the 2012 British Touring Car Championship season. This made MG the second manufacturer to announce plans to run fully NGTC specification cars.[15]
  • Ford Focus ST - Redstone Racing compete with the third generation Ford Focus ST. The car was revealed hours prior the 2012 round at Snetterton with Mat Jackson driving the car for the reminder of the 2012 season. Only one car was entered, with expansion of 2 additional cars for team for the next season.[16]
  • BMW 125i - West Surrey Racing are switching to NGTC spec BMW 125i cars to replace their S2000 BMW 320si that they have been running since 2007. The team will use 3 cars for the season.[17]
  • Volkswagen CC - Tony Gilham announced that they were going to run at least 2 VW CC cars in the 2013 season alongside their 2 Vauxhall Insignia cars with both models racing under different team label to distinguish them as separate entries.[18] The team ran only 1 car with BMR Restart acquired the second shell, in which their driver Warren Scott raced in the second half of the season.
  • Chevrolet Cruze 4dr - In January 2013 Andy Neate announced his intentions to continue in BTCC in 2013 under his own newly created IP Tech Race Engineering team with NGTC Chevrolet Cruze under the Club 44 banner. Unlike BTC Racing's version of the Chevrolet Cruze, the team uses the saloon version of the car. The car made its first race appearance for the season at Snetterton.

Future models[edit]

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Series currently allowing cars built to NGTC rules to race:

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