If there's any other series regional series you wish to include let me know. As far as I know these are the biggest series in Europe. I could also include European series like TDC and Superstars but I'm afraid there won't be any interest about them.
Shame Team Air-Cool isn't trying to get one, but they are not full time anyway thanks to their WTCC program. Hopefully we'll see some SEAT's back in BTCC, I'm sure they will run competitive for another two or three years. Just look at the Toledo that Motorbase ran last year, it was three years old and still running up front.Leon diesels available to customers
By Jamie O'Leary Thursday, September 25th 2008, 10:45 GMT
Diesel SEAT Leons could run on a customer basis for the first time in the British Touring Car Championship next year after the manufacturer's UK arm confirmed that their two cars will be put up for sale in the near future.
SEAT decided earlier this month to pull out of UK motorsport for the foreseeable future and the pair of Leon TDIs ,driven to ten wins this season by Jason Plato and Darren Turner, will now be made available to customers.
"Once the dust has settled, the cars will be put up for sale," SEAT's UK motorsport manager Scott Dennis told this week's Autosport. "SEAT UK owns the cars, the money would go there. We'll sell them to the best bidder and they can run them wherever they want to run them.
"Hopefully we'll see them in the BTCC next year."
It's unclear at this stage which teams, if any, are in the running for the cars, either from the BTCC, WTCC, or other another series.
Autosport understands, however, that BTCC squad Team Air-Cool, who ran Adam Jones in a petrol-powered Leon this year, are not among them.
Source: Autosport
That has to be the coolest looking S2000 car. With the red it almost looks identical to Per's Saab. Its real cool that all these different cars are in the regional series. BTCC has Honda and Vauxhall while STCC has Volvo and maybe Saab. While both series also have just about every car that runs in WTCC. Certainly makes these series a tad more entertaining then the big one.STCC: First pictures of new S2000 Saab 93 BioPower
The new S2000 manufacturer for the Swedish Touring Car Championship has been revealed: Saab. A brand new Saab 93 BioPower has been build in S2000 specification by the team Dealer Sport. STCC race winner Jens Edman completed a shakedown of the car two days ago at Saab's test track in Trollhättan, Sweden.
By Johan Meissner Thursday, 25 September 2008 11:49 CET
Edman was more than pleased with the first run of the new Saab and hopes to be back in the STCC next year.
"It was a perfect day, we had absolutely no problems at all with the car. We only did 15 laps, but the car felt great," said Edman to TouringCarTimes.com.
Team boss and team owner Jan Warnestad was equally pleased with the first outing of the new S2000 Saab.
"We are more than pleased with the new STCC Saab! We think the car will be a strong competitor in the STCC-field, especially thanks to Saab's strong position in the BioPower-area," said Warnestad.
The team Dealer Sport, previously named Opel Team Sweden, ran an Opel Astra for Tommy Rustad in STCC 2007, but pulled out from the series ahead of the 2008 season. Edman was negotiating with the team ahead of the 2008 season, but if Edman will be behind the wheel of the car next year remains to be seen.
"We are discussing things for next year at the moment. It would have been really nice to be back in the STCC, I have been in Denmark for six years now. The STCC has grown really strong and I hope to be back for 2009," said Edman.
Saab has backed the team during the building of the first S2000 Saab. But the level of official involvement from Saab in the team next year is unknown so far.
The engine of the car is Saab's four cylinder, two liter engine and will be run on bio-ethanol. The gearbox is a six-speed sequential from Xtrac, the some one the team used in the Opel Astra.
The car will complete a test run during the final race of the STCC at Mantorp Park this weekend.
Source: TouringCarTimes