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* The narration was removed from the Road Handling Test<ref name= "Martin"/>.
[[Image:Testtrackconcept2.jpg|thumb|400px|Meg Crofton, president of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Operations and Alan Batey General Motor's CMO at "Accelebration", Test Track 2.0's Grand Opening.]]
* The first Barrier Test had its crashing car removed<ref name= "Martin"/>.
Although Test Track remained essentially the same (apart from the minor changes listed above), things began to change when GM's sponsorship of the pavilion ended in 2009 <ref name= "book"> Pedersen, R.A. The EPCOT Explorer's Encyclopedia:. United States: Epcyclopedia, 2011. Print. </ref>. Initially, GM agreed to continue sponsoring the pavilion on a yearly basis <ref name= "book"/>. In January of 2012 however, Disney and GM agreed to a new sponsorship agreement that included a makeover of Test Track <ref name= "book"/>. Subsequently, on January 6, 2012 Disney announced that Test Track would be closing for a lengthy refurbishment on April 15th of that year <ref> https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2012/01/re-imagined-test-track-will-put-guests-in-the-designers-seat-this-fall-at-epcot/ </ref>. During the renovation, the premise of the attraction was changed, so that guests now designed their own Chevrolet car in the queue, and then tested their car on the attraction. Although the refurbishment was significant, the ride track and vehicles remained essentially the same. When discussing the changes, Imagineer Melissa Jeselnick noted:
{{Quotation|I think the new attraction and the artwork represent the digital age, and when people think about what the inside of a computer looks like, that's what you think of.... The whole automotive design process has evolved since Test Track opened and things have moved into the digital realm, and the same has been true for WDI's design process. It updates the automotive story to reflect what is happening today <ref> https://www.wdwmagic.com/attractions/test-track/news/27aug2012-recap-of-the-test-track-2-imagineering-live-chat.htm </ref>.}}
Test Track reopened on December 6, 2012 with its updated attraction and postshow <ref> https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2012/10/test-track-to-reopen-at-epcot-december-6</ref>. On hand for Accelebration (as Test Track 2.0's Grand Opening was called) was Meg Crofton, president of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts Operations, United States and France, and Alan Batey, CMO of General Motors. The band One Republic also played at the event <ref> https://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2012/12/test-track-presented-by-chevrolet-celebrates-grand-opening-at-epcot/ </ref>. Following the reopening, Test Track was officially sponsored by Chevrolet (a subsidiary of General Motors) <ref> http://www.autonews.com/article/20121109/BLOG06/121109854/chevy-supercharges-test-track-at-disney-world </ref>.
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