Usually I'm not one for immediately putting down every newly announced road or race car in a wishlist, but BMW has done something so cool that it's hard not to want it in GT.
2026 BMW M3 Touring 24H
It's for all intents and purposes a GT3 spec Super-Wagon, you can't get much cooler than that. I know the updated M4 GT3 is very much in the pipeline, and adding 2 BMW Gr.3 cars so quickly is not really a PD move, especially when so many other Gr.3 cars need updates, and PD naturally spread their race cars out. But it's a Estate Car built on a contemporary GT3 platform! Imagine how many people would instantly main this car just because of the sheer aura you'd have bombing down the Doettinger Hohe
And to make this a proper wish
list, I have to add the other cool racing wagons run over the years to join it!
2016 Subaru Levorg GT BTCC
A car that has appeared in now-defunct rival Forza Motorsport, the Levorg had a fair bit of success on the BTCC circuit, winning the 2017 drivers title in the hands of Ash Sutton, though by the end of its lifespan several rule changes kneecapped the Subaru, though it did win it's final meeting at Brands Hatch in 2019. This would be a unique addition to Gr.4, being a RWD touring car, compared to the GT4-inspired machines that make up most of the RWD entries in the category.
2014 Honda Civic Tourer BTCC
Another BTCC Estate, the Honda Civic Tourer had significantly less success than the Subaru effort, but in the digital world with BOP, who's to say it can't find it's purpose among the field. It would likely be saddled with the "old car" handicap PD insists on putting out, and front drivers are in a pretty rough shape across the board in GT7, BUT that doesn't mean it shouldn't have its time in the sun.
1994 Volvo 850 Estate BTCC
The one that started it all, a slam-dunk marketing exercise that captured the hearts of fans old and young alike, even if it didn't bring home any hardware. THE car you think of when you bring up a Touring Car Shaggin' Wagon, this would be a fun add-on to GT7s roster, though with the lack of any aero devices I doubt it would be quick enough to fall into GR.4 without some serious BOP muscle, which is my theory on the lack of older touring cars in GT7. Stupid overly-restrictive-yet-still-totally-unbalance-able group system.
BONUS DUCK
Skoda Octavia Estate Touring Car
While technically never homologated to the Super Touring class in any series, this car WAS built to Super Touring specifications based on an Audi A4 Touring Car, and DID run in, and win the Italian Hillclimb Championship in 1999 and 2000, so it does have proper competition pedigree, and would finally give Skoda something more than a VGT, and more importantly - something that can be represented in sport mode. Also, it's still a Super Touring spec machine, and we will take any Super Touring Era representation at this point.
