What is Subaru doing in the BTCC?
Subaru in the British Touring Car Championship? It is happening in 2016. MATT JAMES examines the Japanese manufacturer's foray into circuit racing with the ambitious Team BMR
There were a few raised eyebrows when the news was announced on Tuesday that Subaru was coming to the British Touring Car Championship in 2016.
Bosses at Team BMR, which is building and operating the Levorg machines, had kept their lips sealed very effectively. And even those people that did guess correctly would not have envisaged an estate version of the car.
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