Having achieved their goals, Nissan left the BTCC at the end of 1999. At the end of 1998 Audi and Peugeot had already withdrawn and Nissan were joined by Renault and Volvo in their post 1999 departure. While the BTCC still exists, it has lost much of the glory that made it the prime touring car championship in the 1990s. The RML prepared Nissan Primera was the last of a great generation of BTCC winners and the first Japanese car to win a BTCC championship. One of the successful 1999 Primeras is pictured above at the 2007 Goodwood Festival of Speed, where it was driven up the hill very quickly by Anthony Reid.