[BTCC] BTCC 2018 Rumours & Silly Season

[S griffin]

Yes, a lot people associate the Scoobys with the blue and yellow liveried cars they used in the WRC

[Alfisti]

Originally Posted by BLiTZ

Same round here. About 10-15 years ago The petrol station owner and long standing Subaru dealer that had been selling them to farmers since the early days, started a Skoda dealership along side, then dropped Subaru, closed the petrol station and eventually got bought out by a bigger chain that's now Skoda and Seat.

Sounds like York!

[billy bleach]

Is this still a BTCC thread or a moan about Subaru?

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by billy bleach

Is this still a BTCC thread or a moan about Subaru?

[BLiTZ]

Originally Posted by Alfisti

Sounds like York!

That's cause it is

FR Pulleyn now DM Keiths Skoda/Seat and Turnbulls Mazda.

[Dudley]

Originally Posted by Alfisti

(Exception being the BRZ coupe, but that is another niche model; small seller too).

And isn't the supply of those actively limited by the deal with Toyota?

[Alfisti]

Originally Posted by Dudley

And isn't the supply of those actively limited by the deal with Toyota?

I believe so. I think Toyota shifted three times as many GT86s than Subaru did BRZs last year in Europe.

[Alfisti]

Originally Posted by billy bleach

Is this still a BTCC thread or a moan about Subaru?

I'll stop it now! ☹

Mr Plato will take over moaning responsibility shortly... 😉

[BSchneiderFan]

Originally Posted by Alfisti

I believe so. I think Toyota shifted three times as many GT86s than Subaru did BRZs last year in Europe.

If I was weighing up essentially identical cars in that class, I’d probably buy the Toyota. If I wanted a tamed WRC car with 4WD, I’d probably go for a Scooby.

[btccbloke]

so anyway... 32nd seat, any guesses?

[Alfisti]

This thread is lacking silliness again.

Ant McPartlin in a Mini sponsored by Kaliber zero alcohol lager.

[medius]

No 3rd Subaru, TOCA sanctioned guest car driven by an ex-F1 driver on the Snett weekend... Anthony Davidson in a Toyota/Gazoo-Speedworks Avensis?

[MagicBoy]

Andy Neate in an Infiniti sponsored by the Insolvency Service...

[Sodemo]

A shame those Infinities are no longer used.

Does anyone have any background info on them? Ie were they good cars, bad cars?

[btccbloke]

Originally Posted by Sodemo

A shame those Infinities are no longer used.

Does anyone have any background info on them? Ie were they good cars, bad cars?

I think being rear wheel drive they had potential to be good cars but the team was so badly run on all levels they were not developed as well as they should be.
As far as im aware the same people still own the cars as randomly I see facebook or twitter posts that they are planning to reenter but I think Mr Gow has them filed next to Andy Neate somewhere

[thlbtcc]

I could be wrong on this, apologies if so, but I seem to remember Tony Gilham having an option to either run/purchase/lease the cases, but going for the CCs instead.

[luckn002]

https://twitter.com/btcnorlinracing/...140456961?s=21

Looks like some blue for the BTCN livery

[crmalcolm]

Originally Posted by luckn002

https://twitter.com/btcnorlinracing/...140456961?s=21

Looks like some blue for the BTCN livery

To be expected as they are running with Hampton by Hilton on the cars this year, and Hampton's colours are blue.

Announcement was made on 13th March.

[thlbtcc]

Originally Posted by luckn002

https://twitter.com/btcnorlinracing/...140456961?s=21

Looks like some blue for the BTCN livery

The turquoise on the roof is definitely very different to the 2017 livery.

[luckn002]

https://twitter.com/cainemotorsport/...663452672?s=21

Looks like orange on the HARD car too - I would guess will follow the orange, pink, green highlights as last year + maybe 'Brisky' blue varying with each car?

[thlbtcc]

SAP sponsoring Turkington. Great to see a large company like this sponsoring someone in the BTCC - http://www.colinturkington.com/turki...ship-with-sap/

[swooshiain]

Originally Posted by btccbloke

As far as im aware the same people still own the cars as randomly I see facebook or twitter posts that they are planning to reenter but I think Mr Gow has them filed next to Andy Neate somewhere

There was been one on display at Knockhill last year when the Super Tourers visited, and Derek Palmer was there driving one of the super tourers in the race - I was certainly under the assumption that they still own the cars.

[thetool]

Originally Posted by thlbtcc

SAP sponsoring Turkington. Great to see a large company like this sponsoring someone in the BTCC -

As is the way with most of these deals, it is likely to be an in-kind sponsorship. Turkington Holdings likely have a business relationship with SAP and this "sponsorship" exposure is just an added bonus.

[Alfaholic]

Originally Posted by Alfisti

This thread is lacking silliness again.

O.K. - How about Thorney Motorsport being given a guest TBL and running John Cleland in a retro liveried Vauxhall Insignia?

(serious question - what happened to the Vauxhalls?)

[BobJones]

Originally Posted by thetool

As is the way with most of these deals, it is likely to be an in-kind sponsorship. Turkington Holdings likely have a business relationship with SAP and this "sponsorship" exposure is just an added bonus.

It could just as likely be not that.