page_title: Group N
section_title: Road racing
hierarchical_section_title: Group N / Road racing
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Renault Super5 GT Turbo en Rallye
context_page_description: In relation to motorsport governed by the FIA, Group N referred to a set of regulations providing 'standard' production vehicles for competition, often referred to as the "Showroom Class".
  This contrasted with the Group A all-out competition production-derived vehicles. Group N cars are limited in terms of modifications made from standard specification. Group N was introduced by the FIA in 1982 to replace the outgoing Group 1 as "standard touring cars".
  To qualify for homologation, a minimum of 2500 cars of the competing model had to be built in one year, out of 25,000 for the entire range of the model.
  The Group N regulations were officially replaced in 2013. No new cars were homologated under Group A or Group N regulations, and instead existing cars were reclassified according to Group R rules. The R4 class itself was gradually phased out.
  In 2015, the FIA realigned the rally classes yet again, finalizing the phase-out of R4. A new class, NR4 was added, identical to the previous Group N class, just with a new name to fit in with the other "R" names.
context_section_description: While Group A became the standard category for international touring car racing, Group N found a home as a more economic class in national touring car racing. In many countries, there would often be two touring car championships, one for Group A and one for Group N. The category had some brief success with the demise of the Supertouring class in the late 1990s, when a few national regulations were relaxed to allow a greater number of modifications, in the guise of Super Production.
caption: Renault 5 GT Turbo, Gr. N world championship winner in 1989 & 1990
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