Chris Stockton’s BTC Racing outfit will switch to a saloon version of their current Chevrolet Cruze for 2015, having bought Aiden Moffat’s 2014 car.

As reported last month, Moffat will run a Ciceley Racing-built Mercedes A-Class, having forged a strong tie with team in the latter stages of the year, in a bid to get the 18-year-old as far up the grid as possible for the 2015 season.

With the Cruze now not needed by Moffat, BTC Racing have acquired the ex-Andy Neate machine, having expressed an interest in switching to the saloon version of the Cruze, having run the hatchback for the 2014 season.

“RML didn’t choose the saloon [for World Touring Cars] by fluke. It’s slippery, and better down the straights,” Stockton told TouringCarTimes at Rockingham in September. “If our car went down the straights as fast as the Passat, we’ve have half the difference that we’re missing given to us.

“We will do something – we won’t be back in the hatchback,”

BTC Racing had a difficult 2014, failing to make it in to the overall Drivers’ standings and only scoring one point in the Independent Drivers’ championship.