Supertouring or Class II Touring Cars were the rules laid out by the FIA for national touring carracing in 1994, based on the 2.0 L formula created for the BTCC in 1990. Supertouring replaced Group A as the norm in nearly every touring car championship across the world, but escalating costs and the withdrawing of works team caused the category to collapse in the late 90s. For other meanings of the acronym FIA, see FIA (disambiguation). ...-1... Auto racing (also known as automobile racing or autosport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... The British Touring Car Championship is a series of races for saloon cars which is held each year in the United Kingdom. ... 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In relation to motorsport governed by the FIA, Group A referred to a set of regulations providing production-derived vehicles for outright competition. ...
The last series to hold on to this set of rules was the BTCC, in 2000, but the current World Touring Car Championship regulations are very inspired in the old series, with production-based four door sedans powered by 2.0 L engines. This article is about the year 2000. ... A Ford Taurus, a typical 1990s sedan. ...
Although it bears no resemblance to its predecessor, the "Supertouring" name was retained by the French Supertourism Championship for the current 3.0 L tube frame cars.
The Yamaha FJR1300 has been the class leader in the Super Sport-Touring segment, but The BMW K1200GT has emerged from the Motorrad garage as a new challenger to knock the latest FJR off its throne.
As befits a high-end sport-touring machine, the windscreens on both the Yamaha and Beemer are adjustable, with the GT getting a slim nod due to increased protection and the shield remaining in the same position when restarting the bike.
Yamaha has owned the Super Sport Touring class since it coined the term when the FJR1300 was introduced late in 2002.
At 300mm, it's about the same as 1/8th scale (the Super Nitro's wheelbase is adjustable to either 280mm or 300mm).
The 1/10th scale touring cars were designed back when the engines made 0.3 hp, or were electric.
There are not nearly as many bodies for it as the 'regular' touring cars, however, it does have many of the most popular bodies available for it, and since they are bigger, those bodies look a lot cooler than their 1/10th scale brothers.
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