We remember the Super Touring era as being arguably the greatest period of the BTCC, but how does it stand up to todays machinery. The "Super Touring" or Class 2 cars originated as the 2.0l class of the BTCC in 1990. They were to be lightly modified road cars with at least 4 doors, no more than 6 cylinders or 2000cc and no forced induction. These rules would change over time and from series-to-series to allow for aftermarket aerodynamics, wider body kits and increased noise limits. While designed to reduce the cost of the old Group A regulations, Class 2 would soon skyrocket in cost. The Prodrive developed Mondeo that would win the 2000 BTCC championship would be estimated at £1,000,000 per car, with an engine that would be more at home in an F1 paddock than a domestic series. From its high of eight full-time manufacturers in 1998, 2000 would see only three remain for what would be the final BTCC Super Touring season. The series' popularity was also helped by the official TOCA video game series, bringing motorsport, specifically BTCC, to an all new, younger generation. The Super Touring era of racing will live on in the legends it created, both in the cars such as the Volvo 850 estate and the F1-esq blue and yellow Ford Mondeos, and the drivers who made the series so entertaining, including icons such as Andy Rouse and John Cleland to current BTCC presenter Tim Harvey and one Jason Plato, the most winningest drive in BTCC history.

NGTC, Next Generation Touring Car, would come along in 2011 to act as a replacement for Super 2000. The goal was the same as always, reduce costs, attract manufactures and increase competition. While not a spec series, NGTC has a heavily restricted ruleset. All engines are 2.0l turbocharged 4 cylinders driving only two wheels through a 6-speed Xtrac gearbox. The series would also provide a spec TOCA engine for independent teams who wished not to build their own. The result has been a period of growth for the BTCC from the shambles it was in post Super Touring into a healthy and thriving series, regularly touching the 30-car count (27 for 2023). This means that while they may not look as dramatic as previous rulesets, the NGTC era of BTCC is arguably the peak of the series, at least in terms of competition and racing quality.