Photo: João Costa

Portugal-test picture special

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The major World Touring Car Championship-teams took part in a unofficial test at Estoril in Portugal last week. Chevrolet featured their new Chevrolet Cruze in the hands of Nicola Larini. BMW ran a number of cars for the majority of their drivers and SEAT were present as well with both the diesel and petrol version of the SEAT Léon. TouringCarTimes features a picture special from the test.

As shown in the picture to the right the only visible changes between the 2008 specification BMW 320si and the 2009 specification, so far, are the front spoiler and bonnet around the grille area which has been changed slightly.

See the picture further down of the BMW with 2008 specification front spoiler for comparison. More parts of the face lift of the BMW 3-series will be featured in later tests.

A couple of privateer teams, such as Wiechers Sport (BMW) and Tempus Sport (Chevrolet), were also present during the test.

Pictures in courtesy of João Costa.