[BTCC & Supports] 2012 Discussion - BTCC 2012 is go!

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Thank you :thumbsup:

One thing I'd read was that Rob Austin was attempting to get Colin Turkington into his Audi for 2012. Oh I so wish that could happen.
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Turkington has not appeared in any of Flash Engineering's plans for this year, so I suppose he is a free agent now.
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Cheeveer wrote:Turkington has not appeared in any of Flash Engineering's plans for this year, so I suppose he is a free agent now.
Cue "Turkington to V8SC Rumours" :sly: :suspicious: :wink:

Generally I dont approve of events like the Gold Coast 'International', where the teams have to use 2 drivers per car, one of whom is a visiting 'International star', but I would be happy for 'Turks' to be one such invitee.

Unfortunately the rumour is all of my imagination / hope. :(

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Turks back in the BTCC would be great, but I agree its unlikely to happen.

The number and variety of cars in the BTCC is better than ever, just a shame it lacks the top stars nowadays.
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oh lord this is not only an awful paint job, it's an ugly car IMO to boot.

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kals wrote:Oh yes... :cool:

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From behind you can confuse the Insignia with a large 4x4. It isn't a pretty car at all.
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I think it looks great.
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I think the car looks great...... In black, or in the Batman livery. However Green does not do it justice and brings the overall look down to 'not if I owned it'. So I agree, in the dodgy green livery it looks 'well ordinaire.' :wink:

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Its a potentially great looking car. Thorney posted a number of potential liveries with fantasy sponsors on Facebook and they looked very good. The current livery is pretty poor though.
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BTCC 2012 has kicked off.

Andrew Jordan in the Pirtek Honda Civic
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Very nice :thumbsup:

Whereas Plato and Neate's MG...

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What a mess!

More pictures can be found here - http://www.touringcartimes.com/article.php?id=7339
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There are quite a few looks I dont like in that lot, but that MG is frightful. I can only hope that the guy who came up with that design is now out of work.

I do like the Proton Persona for some strange reason. And the blue Honda looks very tasty compared to the White (works?) Hondas. Neale's car anyway.

There are certainly a few designs and liveries there that officially dont work for me in the slightest, but some that do.

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The Pirtek Civic is a real stand-out livery, I love it. The MG I think is an ok looking car, but I echo the sentiments of others, its livery its a mess.

I'm also liking the RAR Audi, WSR BMW and Motorbase Ford colours.

First part of the season will be wide open but I expect the Honda's to come to be way ahead by the end of the season. Not expecting much from MG this year, although Plato will drive his socks off.
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The MG is quite a pretty car, smooth lines and nice flowing bodywork. No real sharp lines and edges. The livery is such a let down. But then again, 888 have a reputation for bad busy liveries:

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Some pretty good looking cars there. The new shape Civics look great. That MG, on the other hand...


This is not directly BTCC related but since this also includes supports, I read that the Formula Renault series has been axed due to low number of entries. Any ideas on whether that will be replaced with something in time for this season?
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