Golden Motors is a Russia

Russia

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n auto racing

Auto racing

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 team based in Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg

Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

. They are best known for their efforts in the FIA

Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile

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 World Touring Car Championship

World Touring Car Championship

For the video game, known as World Touring Car Championship in Japan, see TOCA World Touring CarsThe FIA World Touring Car Championship is an international Touring Car championship sanctioned by the FIA.-History:...

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Team history

The team was formed in 2004 by businessman and driver Andrey Smetsky

Andrey Smetsky

Andrey Smetsky is a Russian auto racing driver.-Career:He has competed in the Russian Volkswagen Polo Cup, Russian Super Production Championship and the Russian Lada Ice Cup. In 2007 he finished runner-up in the Russian Touring Car Championship with a touring class Honda Accord...

 along with Alexander Lvov

Alexander Lvov

Alexander Lvov is a Russian auto racing driver.-Career:He is twice champion of the Russian Touring Car Championship. First in 2001 with an Opel Astra, and again in 2007 with a Honda Accord...

, a successful driver in the Russian Touring Car Championship. They initially ran Super Production class Honda Civic Type R's

Honda Civic

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 in the RTCC, switching to the Super 2000

Super 2000

Super 2000, also known as S2000, is an FIA specification and classification for production based race cars. The specification is split to cover both rally and touring car racing. Super 2000 rally cars are also permitted to compete in Super 2000 World Rally Championship events...

 Honda Accord Euro R

Honda Accord

The Honda Accord is a series of compact, mid-size and full-size automobiles manufactured by Honda since 1976, and sold in a majority of automotive markets throughout the world....

 for 2007. These new cars had been prepared by the Italian World Touring Car Championship

World Touring Car Championship

For the video game, known as World Touring Car Championship in Japan, see TOCA World Touring CarsThe FIA World Touring Car Championship is an international Touring Car championship sanctioned by the FIA.-History:...

 team, JAS Motorsport. Golden Motors entered one round of the WTCC at Anderstorp

Scandinavian Raceway

The Scandinavian Raceway is a race circuit in Anderstorp , Sweden.The track was built on marshlands in 1968 and became an extremely popular venue in the 1970s, just as Swede Ronnie Peterson was at the height of his career...

 under the Golden Motors Honda Dealer Team banner. They returned for two rounds in 2008, at Valencia and Brno

Masaryk Circuit

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. No success was achieved and the team did not return to the WTCC in 2009. They have most recently competed in the Finnish Touring Car Championship.

The team has also competed in the European Touring Car Cup

European Touring Car Cup

The FIA European Touring Car Cup is an annual touring car racing event, which has been held at various locations across Europe since 2005. Unlike in previous years where it was a one-off event, for 2010 the series is a three round event.-History:...

. In 2006 Lvov won the Super Production class.