Do you mean year? It came out in '93. It boasts SVGA graphics, but, at
least from the demo I played, I thought they were mediocre. Things like
octagonal wheels doesn't impress. Maybe they cleaned it up on final
release? Anyway, it was received fairly poorly and hasn't been a
commercial success, judging from the net and sale prices.
Sponsorship is based on the US Mag "Car & Driver" which uses the exact
same magazine format displayed by the game. Perhaps your "Car" is the
UK version?
Also, framerate wasn't even good on my 66 (again, from the demo, perhaps
the final version was better).
On the positive side, I've heard some say the car dynamics were pretty
good. Framerate was too poor for me to spend the time to investigate.
Dave