GPR Motorsport has unveiled the Toyota Avensis NGTC - or Next Generation Touring Car - a new racing concept which will have its debut in the Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship. The Toyota Avensis NGTC will meet the track for the first time in a race in the final round of this year’s BTCC season.
The Toyota Avensis NGTC has been designed and developed by GPR Motorsport from Buckingham for the new BTCC regulations. The manufacturer helped the British team build the Toyota Avensis NGTC by providing a donor car and a new body to be built according to the new regulations. The new regulations of the BTCC will be adopted by the participating teams from the 2011 season.
The Toyota Avensis NGTC will be driven by James Thompson in its first race at Brands Hatch on 9 – 10 October.
GPR Motorsport Press Release:
GPR Motorsport-engineered Next Generation Touring Car
First images of the Toyota Avensis Next Generation Touring Car (NGTC) have been released, revealing the racing concept that will make its track debut in the final round of this year’s Dunlop MSA British Touring Car Championship.
The artist’s drawings reveal more design details of the Avensis that is being designed and engineered by GPR Motorsport in Buckingham as a test and development model for new BTCC regulations.
Toyota has supplied GPR Motorsport with a donor car and bodyshell to build to the new
specifications, which teams will be able to adopt from the 2011 season. James Thompson, a BTCC double champion, will pilot the Avensis NGTC when it makes its first public race appearance at Brands Hatch on 9 – 10 October.
Toyota has no plans to re-enter the championship with a works team, but has been pleased to lend its support to TOCA, appropriately with a British-built car - Avensis is manufactured at Burnaston in Derbyshire, close to the Donington Park race circuit.
