Subaru to race Levorgs in British Touring Car Championship

A brace of Subaru Levorgs will take part in this year's British Touring Car Championship. Jason Plato and Colin Turkington from Team BMW will be at the wheel of the estate car, which will be fitted with a 2.0-litre turbocharged Mountune Race engines-developed powerplant. Though four-wheel drive in its road-going guise, the race car will be rear-wheel drive for the BTCC, following a rule change last year.

"We're very excited to have teamed up with BMR from the 2016 Championship - the first time a Subaru has competed in BTCC," said Paul Tunnicliffe, Managing Director for Subaru U.K. and Ireland.

"Although the Levorg features the Subaru famed all-wheel drive system, the car can be easily developed to compete with rear-wheel drive in order to comply with the BTCC regulations… so we can't wait to see how it goes against very established competition," he added.