The two cars will be driven by three time STCC champion Fredrik Ekblom and former ADAC Volkswagen Polo Cup driver Patrik Olsson.

“The purpose of the entry is to show the potential of the bio gas fuel – Sweden’s best green fuel.”, says Håkan Buskhe of E-ON.

Fredrik Ekblom comments: “For me this is a big challenge. I’ve competed in the STCC for a total of nine seasons so to be able to take part from the beginning with a totally new racing concept with a clear environmental profile feels new, fresh and very exciting.”

Ekblom moves from the WestCoast Racing BMW team which last week announced that current champion Richard Göransson would join their squad alongside Robin Rudholm. With the Volkswagen Scirocco Ekblom will now switch to front wheel drive cars after a couple of seasons with the BMW 320′s.

At the moment, as far as Race Incident knows, the LPG fuels are not included in the allowed fuels for the STCC but with the strong environmental profile of the championship I guess there will be no problems for the two Volkswagens to be on the starting line in 2009.

Team mate to Göransson will be Robin Rudholm, who will stay for his fourth consecutive season with the team. Göransson will fill Fredrik Ekblom‘s seat who will, according to Touringcartimes, stay in the championship but will drive a front-wheel car for 2009. Swedish magazine Auto Motor & Sport reported on their website that Ekblom will be joining the new STCC Volkswagen team.

Flash Engineering’s team boss and driver Jan “Flash” Nilsson comments on Göransson’s departure on his homepage: “The reason for Richard Göransson’s move to WestCoast Racing is something only Richard knows himself. Personally I think his made a good short-term descision (more money in the wallet) but in the long-run a worse descision. Time will tell.”

Race Incident wonders on a slightly different note: how many STCC titles will Richard Göransson have to get before he’s considered for a WTCC drive?