The season will be the 33rd for Argentina’s long-running touring car series, and will start on March at Cordoba, ending in late November at San Luis.

The new Buenos Aires street race, originally due to take place at the end of the 2011 season, will now feature as the second event on the 2012 TC 2000 calendar on April 1st.

Eight events on the calendar have been named, whilst four remain at TBC at this time, with the series’ traditional endurance event, the 200km of Buenos Aires (not to be confused with the street race) still to be slotted.

No event is scheduled to take place on July 8th, which is the date scheduled for the World Touring Car Championship’s first round in Argentina. Nor is their a round scheduled for the also popular Turismo Carretera series on this date, which hints that neither will be racing in support of the event.

In 2012, the series also makes a switch in engine suppliers after four years using a 2.2 litre, four-cylinder engine based on Ford’s Duratec, which was built by Argentina-based Berta Motorsport.

For 2012, British sportscar builder Radical will provide the series with its TCX engine, a 2.7 litre V8 unit in the first year of a three year partnership with the Championship.

2012 Argentinean TC 2000 Championship Calendar

Mar-11 – Cordoba
Apr 1 – Buenos Aires
Apr 22 – Rosario
May 20 – San Juan
Jun 10 – TBC
Jul 1 – Termas de Rio Hondo
Aug 12 – TBC
Sep 9 – TBC
Sep 30 – TBC
Oct 14 – San Martín
Nov 4 – Bahía Blanca
Nov 25 – Potrero de Los Funes