With twelve World Touring Car Championship wins under their beltusing the Daewoo-built Lacetti, Chevrolet unveiled the new Cruze basedWTCC contender for the 2009 season. www3.tvboxnow.com s% L7 c+ w/ n- H2 t ~# c3 ~
Equipped with a paintjob that appears to be some sort of digitalcamouflage made up of Chevrolet logos, the WTCC Cruze is alreadyundergoing testing for its upcoming debut in Curitiba, Brazil nextspring. So far, the team seems rather confident. According tomotorsport manager Eric Nève, the "new Cruze will be the next milestonein Chevrolet Europe's motorsports history." tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 I; A# x! Y/ D0 G
The championship racers are all based on compact and midsized cars,powered by 2.0-liter, four-cylinder engines. All the cars also have tobe derived from its manufactured counterpart though heavy modificationsare allowed. Judging from the pictures, the Cruze seems to at leastlook the part. Click through the post to read GM's official pressrelease. |