Video: Reid Reunited With Championship Near‑Miss Nissan

They may have looked something like the D-segment saloons that dominated the outside lane of the M1 in the late 1990s, but Super Touring era BTCC racers are thoroughbred competition machines in their own right. Budgets were huge, egos were fragile and the racing was absolutely spectacular.

One of the leading lights was Anthony Reid, and we re-united him with the Nissan Primera he campaigned in 1998. As he outlines, the car may have shared its general shape with the showroom model, but that's where the similarity ended.