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Supertouring replaced Group A as the norm in nearly every touring car championship across the world, but escalating costs and the withdrawal of works team caused the category to collapse in the late 1990s. The cars looked like regular road cars, while expensive changes had to be made to provide space for racing tyres inside the standard wheel arches. In relation to motorsport governed by the FIA, Group A referred to a set of regulations providing production-derived vehicles for outright competition. ... The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive. ...

An example for this was the German Super Tourenwagen Cup (STW) series, which ran from 1994 to 1999, after the end the 2.5 L V6-powered Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft in 1996. In 2000, the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters resumed with 4.0 L V8-powered cars. 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ... The current DTM logo DTM was the initials for the former Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft (German Touringcar Championship), held from 1984 to 1996, a motorsport series based in Germany, with additional rounds elsewhere in Europe. ... The Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM, German Touringcar Masters) is a motorsport series based in Germany, but also with rounds elsewhere in Europe. ...

There was no restriction on body size and doors until 1993, when it was changed to only allow cars with a minimum of four doors and no smaller than the EuroNCAP 'Small Family Car' class, although 'Large Family Car' tends to dominate the category. Until 1995, teams were only only permitted for fit aerodynamic device that were available through dealers, but that changed when in 1994 BTCC season, Alfa Romeo entered a 155 with Gabriele Tarquini and Giampiero Simoni as drivers. The car had a front spoiler with a bottom piece which could be unscrewed and moved forward, acting as a splitter, and a rear spoiler with a pair of extensions, giving the car more downforce. As Alfa Romeo won the first five rounds, Ford, supported by Vauxhall made a complaint to the race stewards and then responded by building their own production spoilers, which was banned by the organisers, TOCA. TOCA also decided the aero device was illegal and was stripped of points they earned at Snetterton and Silverstone and was later reinstated along with the spoilers upon appeal. Soon afer that, the FIA changed the regulation in all series to allow cars to only use non-production aerodynamic devices with a restricted size. Restrictions varied from body type to bodies as Volvo also debuted their 850 estate the same season as Alfa Romeo, only were forced to revert to their 4-door model the following season, when they found themselves to be disvantaged against the new rules. In the Italian Supertourismo category, teams entered extended spoilers without complaints. 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... EuroNCAP, the European New Car Assessment Programme, is a safety assessment programme for automobiles supported by several European governments, many major manufacturers and motoring organisations across the world. ... A Ford Focus, classed as a small family car. ... A Ford Focus, classed as a small family car. ... 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1994 (MCMXCIV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... Alfa Romeo is an Italian automobile manufacturing company, founded as Darracq Italiana by Cavaliere Ugo Stella, an aristocrat from Milan in partnership with the French automobile firm of Alexandre Darracq. ... 155: The Alfa Romeo 155 was launched as a new class of car in 1992. ... Gabriele Tarquini was a Formula One driver from Italy. ... The Fédération Internationale de lAutomobile, commonly referred to as the FIA, is a non-profit association established in 1904 to represent the interest of motoring organisations and motor car users. ... AB Volvo (or Aktiebolaget Volvo) is a world-leading Swedish manufacturer of commercial vehicles, buses and construction equipment, drive systems for marine and industrial applications, aerospace components and services. ... The Volvo 850 was introduced worldwide as a 1992 model, except for the US where it arrived in the 1993 model year. ...

Alfa Romeo also homlogated 2500 road cars, which was the minimum, for that season to allow their 1.8 L car with an advantage of a higher rev limit to enter, that was also changed to only non-homlogated cosumer models to enter.

Some series however, would change the rules to suit crowd demands and competition from rival series, one example, was the Japanese Touring Car Championship, who made increases to body width and exhaust noise, also keeping the front aerodynamic devices basic in 1997 and in 1998 with the withdrawal of Nissan Motors due to financial problems and Honda, to commit to its F1 progran and realising it would be less expensive for them to race their NSX in the Japanese Grand Touring Championship series, leaving Toyota as the sole factory manufacturer to compete using their Corona EXIVs and Chasers. In 1999, a new formula using spaceframe cars came to nothing and the series was abandoned altogether as by then, the Japan's big three had all got work entries in JGTC to this day, now known as Super GT. The Japanese Touring Car Championship (abbr: JTCC, officially known as All Japan Touring Car Championship, Japanese name: 全日本ツーリングカー選手権), was a series of championship for touring cars held in Japan. ... Nissan Motor Co. ... For other uses, see Honda (disambiguation). ... Formula One, abbreviated to F1 and also known as Grand Prix racing, is the highest class of single-seat open-wheel auto racing. ... The Honda NSX (Acura NSX in North America) is a sports car made by Honda. ... ... Toyota redirects here. ... // Early Days The Toyota Corona was a midsize car manufactured by Toyota. ... // General History of the Toyota Chaser The Toyota Chaser has been known as one of the triplets or quartets of Toyota, due to the fact that it shares the same chassis with its siblings, Cressida, Mark II and Cresta. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with SuperGT. (Discuss) The Super GT series, formerly known as the All-Japan Grand Touring Car Championship or JGTC is a grand touring car race series authorized by the Japan Automobile Federation and recognized by the FIA. // History The...

In Australia, who had the series since 1993 when the old Group A ATCC series was divided between the V8 cars and the Supertouring to meet world wide popularity. In 1996, after spending the previous two years as a minor category, the Supertouring category would be given the chance the compete at the Bathurst 1000 as a sole category. The CAMS was unhappy about this and hosted their breakaway "Australian 1000 Classic" race for two years and it soon ended up outpopularised the Supertouring race. In 1999, due to waning demand from spectators and entries, the Bathurst 1000 name would be given back to the renamed V8 Supercar series and former category was given its own 500 mile race before being abandoned altogether. The Liberty V8 aircraft engine clearly shows the configuration A V8 engine is a V engine with eight cylinders. ... Holden Corner (aka Hell Corner) of the Mount Panorama Circuit The Bathurst 1000 is a 1000 km motor race for touring cars, conducted at the Mount Panorama Circuit near Bathurst, New South Wales, Australia. ... Greg Murphy in a Holden Commodore leads 3 other cars at Bathurst V8 Supercar is a touring car racing category, the most popular category of domestic motorsport in Australia and one of the worlds biggest and most professional racing championships. ...

Unfortunately, during the Supertouring's long run, the category would suffer two fatal accidents in 1995 alone, Gregg Hansford at Phillip Island and Keith O'Dor, at Avus fatal accident was as a result of a broken neck caused by their car being t-bone. Soon after that rollcages in competition cars with built in side impact bars and seats with head restraints on the side would become mandatory. Named after Governor Arthur Phillip, Phillip Island in Victoria (Australia) forms a natural breakwater for the shallow waters of Western Port Bay. ... The Automobil Verkehrs und Übungs-Straße, better known as AVUS, was a motor racing circuit on the south-western outskirts of Berlin, Germany, between Charlottenburg and Nikolassee. ...

The last series to hold on to this set of rules was the BTCC in 2000 as a sub non works category. One reason for its demise was the cost of preparing a car for competition as in 1990, a Vauxhall Cavalier would cost £60,000. By the later part of the 90's, a similar car with more sophisticated aerodynamics device and telemetry would cost £250,000. This article is about the year 2000. ... 1994 Vauxhall Cavalier LS The Vauxhall Cavalier was a midsize car, sold in the UK by Vauxhall Motors, the British subsidiary of General Motors, from 1976 to 1994. ...

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. Now, wider wheel arches are allowed, with makes the cars look more spectacular. Cars under S2000 regulations are cheaper than their predecessors. Various national championships use similar rules. WTCC redirects here. ... A Ford Taurus, a recognizable sedan. ...

Although it bears no resemblance to its predecessor, the "Supertouring" name was retained by the Championnat de France Supertourisme for the current 3.0 L tube frame cars. Superleggera, also called tube-frame, is an automobile construction technology used in classic sports cars in the middle of the 20th Century. ...

List of championships that used the Super Touring formula

• BTCC 1990-2000, Britain
• JTCC 1994-1996, Japan
• STW, 1994-1999, Germany,
• STCC 1996-2002, Sweden

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External links

• SuperTouring.co.uk