Chevrolet Lacetti WTCC

The very first Chevrolet Lacetti World Touring Car has been shaken down at the Motor Industry Research Association (MIRA) Proving Ground near Nuneaton. British driver, Rob Huff, put the first miles on the clock for what is Chevrolet's first ever factory racing effort in Europe.

Swindon Racing Engines, a company with a long association with RML (Mallock was its first commercial customer when he needed engines for his Formula Atlantic series in the early 1980s), has transformed the 110bhp standard lump into a strong, high revving 270bhp powerplant that uses MoTeC engine management.

The engine is mated to a Hewland six-speed sequential gearbox via a specially fabricated bellhousing. Each team is restricted to homologating 20 ratios for the season. The car is fitted with Alcon calipers and discs front and rear,

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"BRANDS HATCH, May 21st, 2006
The Chevrolet WTCC Racing lived an historic day at Brands Hatch as Alain Menu scored the first victory of a Chevrolet Lacetti in the World Touring Car Championship. Less than a year and a half since the debut in the world?s top competition for touring cars, Chevrolet has managed to climb on the highest spot of the podium, Race 2 of today?s event and clinching also an excellent fourth place in Race 1 with Rob Huff."