Yay! New (to us) car......

->As a former 3.0Si E3 owner, i'm a big fan of this era of BMW.

->With regards to the Alfa, it was this that led to the introduction of

->standard aero kits from each manufacturer, which led to lots of downforce

->which led to the huge brakes. In other words, an Alfa 155 silverstone is a

->hugely important landmark in the evolution of the BTCC in the 1990s.

->But you knew this anyway ;-)

IMHO it marked the beginning of the end for the BTCC :-(

I don't disagree with you at all :-( It marked the start of the era of big grip and big brakes. The last year I really - really - liked the BTCC was 1987. Mike O'Brien in a Holden Commodore, Tim Harvey and Dennis Leech in Rover Vitesses, Andy Rouse in a Sierra Cosworth (pre RS500) John Dooley in an Alfa GTV6, Chris Hodgetts in a Corolla GT AE86. I actually liked the class system in BTCC racing.

The beginning of the end for BTCC, IMHO, was the RS500.

->Bob Sherunckle wrote:

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->The beginning of the end for BTCC, IMHO, was the RS500.

Thanks for that, there I was thinking I was old ;-) The final coffin nail for me was a Audi A4 and the weight penalties.

200bhp was significant in a 1973 car, that's for sure. It was around 1991 I had it though. Still, it could keep up with the traffic.

If it's the Knockhill incident you're talking about, I was there and saw it - right at the bottom of Duffus onto Macintyres.

P.S. it was actually 18 1/2 times it barrel rolled ;-)