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12-04-2013, 03:03 AM
<p>Filed under: <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/motorsports/" rel="tag">Motorsports</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/wagons/" rel="tag">Wagon</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/" rel="tag">Honda</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/uk/" rel="tag">UK</a>, <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/category/racing/" rel="tag">Racing</a></p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2014-honda-civic-tourer-btcc/"><img alt="Honda Civic Tourer BTCC" data-credit="Honda" data-mep="42411" src="http://hss-prod.hss.aol.com/hss/storage/adam/a27add6d9918cde7dfa8411d9f72a32f/BTCCCivic_web.jpg" /></a><br />
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We all know that the letters BTCC stand for <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/btcc/">British Touring Car Championship</a>. But one of those Cs might as well stand for <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/civic/">Civic</a>, so dominant has the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/">Honda</a> team been in one of the most competitive tin-top racing series in the world. Honda has taken the manufacturers' and teams' titles in the BTCC for the past four years running, and the championship-winning drivers for the past three years have claimed the prize behind the wheel of a Civic. While that might have proven enough for any other manufacturer, Honda is returning again next season to defend its dominant position, and has just revealed the new car with which it intends to do so.<br />
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Next year Honda will be back on the grid with another Civic, only this time it's based on the new Euro-spec <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/honda+civic+tourer/">Civic Tourer</a>. That will make Honda the only team in the BTCC (and one of only a few worldwide) fielding a wagon-based racing car. In announcing the new BTCC-spec Civic Tourer, the Honda Yuasa Racing team only released this one photo and didn't reveal much in the way of details, but team manager Peter Crolla indicated that "the weight, wheelbase, layout and suspension remain the same" as the hatchback which it will replace, only with a longer roofline.<br />
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Testing of the new touring wagon will commence in January before returning champions Gordon Shedden and Matt Neal will pilot the new Civic Tourer in the season opener at Brands Hatch in the UK in late March. It remains to be seen what car Andrew Jordan (who took the title this year in another Civic with the Pirtek Racing team) will be driving next season, but in the meantime, you can check out the full <a href="/2013/12/03/honda-civic-tourer-btcc-wagon-revealed/#continued">press release below</a> for more.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/12/03/honda-civic-tourer-btcc-wagon-revealed/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Honda to field this awesome Civic Tourer wagon in BTCC next season</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/12/03/honda-civic-tourer-btcc-wagon-revealed/">Honda to field this awesome Civic Tourer wagon in BTCC next season</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 03 Dec 2013 08:00:00 EST. Please see our <a href="/rss-term-of-use/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/12/03/honda-civic-tourer-btcc-wagon-revealed/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20779071/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/12/03/honda-civic-tourer-btcc-wagon-revealed/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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We all know that the letters BTCC stand for <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/btcc/">British Touring Car Championship</a>. But one of those Cs might as well stand for <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/civic/">Civic</a>, so dominant has the <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/honda/">Honda</a> team been in one of the most competitive tin-top racing series in the world. Honda has taken the manufacturers' and teams' titles in the BTCC for the past four years running, and the championship-winning drivers for the past three years have claimed the prize behind the wheel of a Civic. While that might have proven enough for any other manufacturer, Honda is returning again next season to defend its dominant position, and has just revealed the new car with which it intends to do so.<br />
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Next year Honda will be back on the grid with another Civic, only this time it's based on the new Euro-spec <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/tag/honda+civic+tourer/">Civic Tourer</a>. That will make Honda the only team in the BTCC (and one of only a few worldwide) fielding a wagon-based racing car. In announcing the new BTCC-spec Civic Tourer, the Honda Yuasa Racing team only released this one photo and didn't reveal much in the way of details, but team manager Peter Crolla indicated that "the weight, wheelbase, layout and suspension remain the same" as the hatchback which it will replace, only with a longer roofline.<br />
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Testing of the new touring wagon will commence in January before returning champions Gordon Shedden and Matt Neal will pilot the new Civic Tourer in the season opener at Brands Hatch in the UK in late March. It remains to be seen what car Andrew Jordan (who took the title this year in another Civic with the Pirtek Racing team) will be driving next season, but in the meantime, you can check out the full <a href="/2013/12/03/honda-civic-tourer-btcc-wagon-revealed/#continued">press release below</a> for more.<p><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/12/03/honda-civic-tourer-btcc-wagon-revealed/" rel="bookmark">Continue reading <em>Honda to field this awesome Civic Tourer wagon in BTCC next season</em></a></p><p style="padding:5px;background:#ddd;border:1px solid #ccc;clear:both;"><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/12/03/honda-civic-tourer-btcc-wagon-revealed/">Honda to field this awesome Civic Tourer wagon in BTCC next season</a> originally appeared on <a href="http://www.autoblog.com">Autoblog</a> on Tue, 03 Dec 2013 08:00:00 EST. Please see our <a href="/rss-term-of-use/">terms for use of feeds</a>.</p><h6 style="clear: both; padding: 8px 0 0 0; height: 2px; font-size: 1px; border: 0; margin: 0; padding: 0;"></h6><a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/12/03/honda-civic-tourer-btcc-wagon-revealed/" rel="bookmark" title="Permanent link to this entry">Permalink</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/forward/20779071/" title="Send this entry to a friend via email">Email this</a> | <a href="http://www.autoblog.com/2013/12/03/honda-civic-tourer-btcc-wagon-revealed/#comments" title="View reader comments on this entry">Comments</a>
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