Honda reveals BTCC Civic Tourer for 2014

[Tristan Clark]

Tristan Clark submitted a new blog post:

Honda reveals BTCC Civic Tourer for 2014

Thought you had seen the death of the station wagon in touring car racing? Think again. The Honda Yuasa Racing team will campaign a stunning racing version of the brand new Civic Tourer in next year’s British Touring Car Championship.

While many among the motorsport fraternity were blindsided by the announcement, the rationale behind Honda’s intriguing motorsport project is perfectly understandable. The Japanese marque is preparing to launch its brand new Civic Tourer next month, and...

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[Kjell Eilertsen]

Looks stunning!

 

[Howard]

That. Looks. Awesome.

 

[Bram Hengeveld]

Looks nice but why would they ruin the perfect aero design of the standard Civic? Rear wing becomes pretty much useless on such models, something the Seat Leon suffered from as well in the WTCC.

 

[Simon Bacon]

Looks nice but why would they ruin the perfect aero design of the standard Civic? Rear wing becomes pretty much useless on such models, something the Seat Leon suffered from as well in the WTCC

It made sense for WSR to go down the 1-series route last year, being a RWD, but I can't see the extra weight over the rear doing a FWD any favours. Hope I'm proved wrong

 

[Jimlaad43]

Am I the only one that thinks it looks like a disaster?