Highlights

One-of-a-kind piece of Ford and Prodrive BTCC Super Touring history
Built for Ford's stand at the Millennium Dome in 2000
Door signed by 2000 BTCC Drivers' Champion Alain Menu
Comes with Alain Menu's pit board
Includes Sony PlayStation PS1 and TOCA: Touring Car Championship game

The Appeal

The late 90s were the swansong of the greatest era in BTCC racing, a time when the track cars looked identical to the rep rockets that Britain’s salespeople ploughed up and down motorways. It was an era dominated by Ford’s slippery Mondeo. Prepared by Prodrive and piloted by Alain Menu, Anthony Reid and Rickard Rydell, the 2L V6Rapid Fit Mondy snatched the Driver’s, Manufacturers and Touring Teams Championships in 2000, the final year of the Super Touring era.

To celebrate its success and help parlay it into showroom sales, Ford created this BTCC simulator and featured it at the Millennium Dome exhibition. It is believed to be based on a replica of the test car used during the 1999 season. It retains its bodywork and interior from its road-going days and is still fitted with Ford and Prodrive parts that would have featured on the track-going version. It is equipped with the original PS1 system and TOCA: Touring Cars game.

As a display piece, a conversation starter, or indeed a functioning — if somewhat oversized — gaming rig, this is a notable artefact from a much-loved era of touring car racing.

Key Information

Mileage: not applicable: this is a non-running simulator rig
Country of registration: United Kingdom
Technical inspection status: not applicable
Technical specs: Ford Mondeo 1st generation bodyshell, converted to a static driving simulator with PlayStation integration
Paperwork: no specific documentation mentioned by the vendor

The Detail

Believed to be a replica of the 1999 BTCC test car, converted to a simulator for the Millennium Dome show in 2000
Bodywork and interior are believed to be as they were when the car was road-going, prior to simulator conversion
Still fitted with Ford and Prodrive parts from the track-going specification
Driver's door signed by 2000 BTCC Drivers' Champion Alain Menu
Rear window displays the names of all three 2000 works drivers: Rickard Rydell, Alain Menu, and Anthony Reid
Alain Menu's white pit board is included in the sale
Sony PlayStation PS1 console and TOCA: Touring Car Championship game included
Philips screen on a black stand included as shown in photographs
Chassis number PR-ST/F-2K-01

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