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Originally Posted by porsche962fan
one very good aspect about BTC regs are those side bumper, here clearly visible in yellow
wonder why the heck it wasn't adopted in other rules , even NGTC and TCR as they seem very practical 
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I hated those boxy 'side skirts' on the BTC cars, the same way I hate the boxy archs and skirts on the NGTC cars, they make the cars look like wallowy hovercrafts.
The super tourers and S2000 cars looked much more agile without all the extra fibreglass bolted to the side. I get that they're to save the shell from damage but I think it's gone too far and bred the culture of excess contact we now have in the BTCC, give the drivers bumper cars and they'll bump them!
Of all the modern touring cars I think TCR cars have some of the best aero designs (that's got to be thanks to the amount of manufacturer input steering the styling). Sure there's some exceptions (the Alfa Romeo's square wheel wells for example) but overall, they look great!