page_title: British Touring Car Championship
section_title: Next Generation Touring Car
hierarchical_section_title: British Touring Car Championship / History / Modern Era / Next Generation Touring Car
caption_attribution_description: English: Andrew Jordan driving for Pirtek Racing during second practice at Thruxton in the 2012 British Touring Car Championship season.
context_page_description: The Kwik Fit British Touring Car Championship is a touring car racing series held each year in the United Kingdom, currently organised and administered by TOCA. It was established in 1958 as the British Saloon Car Championship and was renamed as the British Touring Car Championship for the 1987 season. The championship, currently running Next Generation Touring Car regulations, has been run to various national and international regulations over the years including FIA Group 2, FIA Group 5, FIA Group 1, FIA Group A, FIA Super Touring and FIA Super 2000. A lower-key Group N class for production cars ran from 2000 until 2003.
context_section_description: In 2009, the BTCC released details of its Next Generation Touring Car (NGTC) specification, to be introduced from 2011. The introduction of these new technical regulations were designed to dramatically reduce the design, build and running costs of the cars and engines as well as reducing the potential for significant performance disparities between cars. The NGTC specification also aimed to cut costs by reducing reliance on WTCC/S2000 equipment, due to increasing costs/complexity and concerns as to its future sustainability and direction.
caption: Andrew Jordan in his NGTC Honda Civic during practice at Thruxton Circuit, April 2012
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