This year’s BTCC grid is remarkably good looking. It hasn’t always been; I still haven’t quite recovered from Jeff Smith’s 2011 livery. But this year’s cars are an impressively professional looking bunch.

Top of the pile in my world are newcomers United Autosports, who’ve come straight in with a couple of bloody smart looking cars in red, white and blue.

Fellow new team Rotek Racing have also shown up the established teams something rotten with this classy Oakley-sponsored effort.

Somewhat further up the colour spectrum, the third Motorbase Focus, run as Crabbie’s Racing, certainly stands out. And I like it for that.

An honourable mention must also go to Wix Racing, for refining their livery into a very tidy yellow effort. It looks good on the Mercedes-Benz A Class, doesn’t it?

Finally, the MG. Remarkably, they’ve come up with an even more elaborate team name: MG KX Momentum has become MG KX Clubcard Fuel Save. So, in effect, still ‘MG Tesco Tesco’. Like 2013 – and unlike 2012 – it looks fine.

Photo Credits
United Autosports: United Autosports – Flickr – Some rights reserved
Rotek Racing: Rotek Racing
Crabbie’s Racing: Pranavian – Flickr – Some rights reserved
Wix Racing: Bryan Janes – Flickr – Some rights reserved
MG: Bryan Janes – Flickr – Some rights reserved