Chevy Cruze WTCC livery gets official Italian reveal
Click above for high-res image gallery of the Chevy Cruze WTCC
Chevy used the Bologna Motor Show this week to debut its new livery for its also new Chevy Cruze WTCC racer. The Chevy Cruze will replace the Lacetti both on the street and the track, where the Lacetti managed to rack up 14 wins in the last three seasons of the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC). The new livery carries over the team's white and blue color scheme with an asymmetrical application that is said to highlight the new ginormous split grille up front. Aside from the new graphics, the WTCC Cruze looks particularly menacing with a full complement of fender flares, a large rear wing and deep front chin spoiler. The racer will debut in early March in Curitiba, Brazil, while the production car will go on sale in Europe around the same time. We here in the States will have to wait even longer to buy the successor to our own Cobalt, that is, if General Motors is even around then.
Gallery: Chevy Cruze WTCC
[Source: Chevy]
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TJ 9:41AM (12/05/2008)
"that is, if General Motors is even around then. "
Wow. What tripe.
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BigMcLargeHuge 9:48AM (12/05/2008)
'Detroit is going down in flames' sells headlines. And AB is clearly not free of the doom-and-gloom media sensationalism.
happy_penguin 10:54AM (12/05/2008)
The media creates the self fulfilling prophecy. Couple that to the neo American "Japanese = cool" attitude and the recipe is disaster for Detroit in spite of how devastating it will be for the entire country.
GOT 9:44AM (12/05/2008)
The Cruze is generic and ugly. Where's the Chevy Ultra WTCC???
http://www.autoblog.com/2006/09/28/paris-motor-show-chevrolet-wtcc-ultra-pics-and-info/
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moyoi 10:38AM (12/05/2008)
the styling is so over done on the ultra, it would instantly be made a niche car. GM needs 0 of those. Cruze is very nice, if im in the market by year 20-something I'll buy one.
Mobius_1 11:20AM (12/05/2008)
Where's the Chevy Volt WTCC? :)
Ben Poese 9:49AM (12/05/2008)
Just think... 10 years from now, we'll see pieces of this car all over the US in various mismatched body panel form with kids at the wheel on the local drag strips.
Just add the folgers fart can on the exhaust.
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KeatMP 2:24PM (12/05/2008)
Just like every 90s Honda Civic.
giantkiller06ss 11:07AM (12/05/2008)
I likey. I hope they bring it to the US soon not later and make swoopy stylish coupe version to replace my Cobalt SS/SC. And least then the haters could stop complaining that the interior looks cheap.. Never mind that it completely out performs anything remotely near its price class.
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Tourian 11:13AM (12/05/2008)
I like it. I just wish I could see this series on TV like back in the old days when SPEED covered the BTCC. That is a good looking car, I just don't like the name. Despite how bad people think the name is tainted, Cavalier would just work so much better IMO.
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DC 11:44AM (12/05/2008)
Front end really looks like the BMW 3 series WTTC if you ignore the grille.
I like it, much better than the Lacetti.
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Atlas 11:58AM (12/05/2008)
I like this car. Maybe we should keep GM around so this car can be produced.
Make it tight; make it nimble. Make owners proud of their car.
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M-D 12:51PM (12/05/2008)
But what about the really important question: will the Cruze also replace the Lacetti as Top Gear's "Reasonably Priced Car"?
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Thunder 2:17PM (12/05/2008)
The bowtie camo livery is pretty neat. I wish that GM/Chevy would ease up on the use of the giant gold bowtie on the nose of everything.