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- 2016 Subaru Levorg GT BTCC (NGTC-Spec) ex-Jason Plato
2016 Subaru Levorg GT BTCC (NGTC-Spec) ex-Jason Plato
Lot Number: 315
2016 Subaru Levorg GT BTCC (NGTC-Spec) ex-Jason Plato
Subaru UK/Team BMR 2016/17 BTCC entry driven by Jason Plato to two wins, fully refreshed and updated and now eligible for the Goodyear Touring Car Trophy, Britcar and others.
- NOT SOLD
LIVE AUCTION: This lot was auctioned on Friday 23rd August, 2024 at 2.30pm BST at The Wing, Silverstone Circuit, NN12 8TN
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SUMMARY
Subaru UK/Team BMR 2016/17 BTCC entry driven by Jason Plato to two wins, fully refreshed and updated and now eligible for the Goodyear Touring Car Trophy, Britcar and others.
DESCRIPTION
Once synonymous with forest rallying and Colin McRae, the Subaru name returned to motorsport for the 2016 season of the British Touring Car Championship with the Levorg Estate.
Subaru UK lent their official blessing and support to Team BMR’s 2016 Touring Car bid, with the Hertfordshire-based team impressing the manufacturer with a healthy budget and previous BTCC success. The offer of cars and a commitment for three years support came, giving Subaru a cost-effective way to get the kind of television exposure that would normally cost much, much more. BMR saying 'The Levorg is essentially perfect for an NGTC; within the rules, it is all about the engine and the positioning of its centre of gravity. Previously, when the rules in the BTCC were more free, it was possible to engineer something trick with the suspension set-up or change something else on the car to overcome any problems. But with the NGTC rules the way they are, there is little freedom to do that because everyone has the same suspension. That meant that the boxer configuration of the engine plays an important part. It’s a flat engine and it carries the weight low down'.
The engineers overcame the fact that the Levorg is a four-wheel drive road car (outlawed by BTCC rules since the Audi A4 crushed all comers during the 1996 season), adapting it (through a rule change) to two-wheel drive and in doing so, made it rear-wheel drive, which again aided performance.
Input on the car’s build came from Subaru UK and Japan, assisting with cars, spare parts and body panels, plus a supply of engines from Japan (because Subaru didn’t sell cars equipped with the specific engine required in the UK). The turbocharged, 2-litre, four-cylinder, boxer engine supplied was upgraded for competition by the tuning experts at Mountune.
The car presented here is a 2016-built BTCC Subaru Levorg GT (NGTC) #039-03 by BMR Racing, driven as car ‘99’ by BTCC legend Jason Plato in the 2016 and 2017 seasons, securing two wins. The car was then campaigned by Josh Price in 2018, before being fully refreshed with updated 2019 bodywork and livery. It is currently eligible to race in championships including the Goodyear Touring Car Trophy, Britcar plus many others. It was bought by our vendor in 2021 who has only used it for track days, demonstrations and at invited displays. What an opportunity to own a piece of BTCC history, a race-winning car with a build-cost of in excess of £300,000, that was driven by one of the best and most popular BTCC drivers, all for the price of a new family saloon!
Full specification: 2019 NGTC Subaru Levorg BTCC car
- Fully complete and running car built to the latest regulations (as per 2021)
- Full NGTC roll-cage
- RML subframes
- Full Cosworth electronics system
- Xtrac 1046 gearbox with racing differential
- AP Racing brake system
- ATL fuel cell
- Refreshed Penske dampers
- Race seat and harnesses
- 2019-specification Swindon engine producing 350bhp
Additional professional images to follow soon.
SPECIFICATION
- Lot Number
- 315
- Make
- SUBARU
- Model
- LEVORG GT BTCC NGTC SPEC EX JASON PLATO
- Registration Number
- N/A
- Chassis Number
- BMR 039-03
- Transmission
- Manual
GALLERY
CONSIGNOR
Joseph Watts
- Car Specialist
- 07779 082707
- joe@iconicauctioneers.com
For further information regarding this lot please contact Joseph.
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