Editing Group A (section)

==Touring car racing==
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[[File:Ford Sierra RS 500 1.jpg|thumb|[[Ford Sierra RS500]] Group A touring car]]
[[File:BMW E30 M3 1.JPG|thumb|A [[BMW E30 M3|BMW M3 (E30)]] Group A DTM touring car]]
For [[Touring car racing|touring car]] competition, vehicles such as the [[BMW E24|BMW 635 CSi]] and [[E30 M3|M3]], [[Jaguar XJS]], various turbo [[Ford Sierra]], the [[Ford Windsor engine|V8]] [[Third-generation Ford Mustang#1983–1986|Ford Mustang]], the turbo [[Volvo 200 series|Volvo 240T]], [[Rover SD1|Rover Vitesse]], various [[Holden V8 engine|V8]] [[Holden Commodore SS Group A|Holden Commodore]]s, various turbo [[Nissan Skyline]]s, including the [[4WD]], twin turbo [[Nissan Skyline R32|GT-R]], [[Mitsubishi Starion|Mitsubishi Starion Turbo]], [[Alfa Romeo 75]] (turbo) and [[Alfa Romeo Alfetta|GTV6]], various [[Toyota Corolla]]s and the [[Toyota Supra#Turbo A|Toyota Supra Turbo A]] were homologated. In the [[European Touring Car Championship]], Group A consisted of three divisions, Division 3 – for cars over 2500cc, Division 2 – for car engine sizes of 1600–2500cc, Division 1 for cars that are less than 1600cc. These cars competed in standard bodykits, with the production-derived nature required manufactures to release faster vehicles for the roads in order to be competitive on the track. Tyre width was dependent on the car's engine size.

The FIA continued to promulgate regulations for Group A touring cars until at least 1993,<ref name="FIA">Specific regulations for Touring cars (Group A), 1993 FIA yearbook of automobile sport, green section, pages 167–188</ref> however Group A survived in touring car racing in domestic championships until 1993. The German [[Deutsche Tourenwagen Meisterschaft]] (DTM) switched to a 2.5L [[Class 1 Touring Cars|Class 1]] formula in 1993, while in Japan in 1994 the [[Japanese Touring Car Championship]] organisers followed suit and switched classes like most other countries who had adopted the [[British Touring Car Championship]]-derived [[Supertouring]] regulations. Many of the redundant Skylines found a new home in the form of the [[Super GT|JGTC]] (Japanese GT Championship) with modified aerodynamic devices, showing its competitiveness whilst being up against [[Group C]], former race modified roadcars and specially developed racers, like the [[Toyota Supra]]s during the earlier years.

The [[Confederation of Australian Motor Sport]] had originally announced in mid-[[1983 Australian Touring Car season|1983]] that [[Australia]] would adopt Group A from 1 January 1985 to replace the locally developed [[Group C (Australia)|Group C]] (not to be confused with FIA [[Group C]] racing cars) rules that had been in place since 1973. A class for the new Group A cars was included in selected Australian Touring Car endurance races in late 1984, prior to the replacement of Group C for 1985. The category would be officially termed '''Group 3A Touring Cars''' from 1988.<ref>Group 3A - Touring Cars, 1988 CAMS Manual of Motorsport, pages 228 to 233</ref> From [[1993 Australian Touring Car season|1993]], CAMS replaced the existing Group A-based category with a new formula which would also be designated Group 3A Touring Cars.<ref>Group 3A - Touring Cars, 1993 CAMS Manual of Motorsport, pages 205 to 214</ref> This was initially open to five litre [[V8 engine|V8]] powered cars and two litre cars (later to become known as [[V8 Supercars]] and [[Super Touring|Super Touring Cars]] respectively).

[[Hillclimbing|Hillclimb competitions]] still use Group A as a touring car class across Europe, while in [[Australia]] Group A is now a historic class, though only actual cars raced from 1985 to 1992 (complete with log books) are allowed to compete.