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2005-12-02 AWARD FOR BEST POSITION IN THE WTCC
ZURICH / COURGENAY, December 2, 2005 -Chevrolet Europe Executive Director Erhard L. ("Hardy") Spranger kept his promise of awarding the Chevrolet team's first podium position with a high-quality timepiece made by Swiss watchmaker AJS ...
2005-11-23 Start of Diesel Engine Production for Chevrolet Europe in March 2006
In March 2006, production of the new diesel engines for the Chevrolet Europe vehicles will start at the new powertrain facility of GM Daewoo in Gunsan, South Korea ...
2005-11-22 New Chevrolet Captiva: A compact SUV for Europe
Captiva will be the name of the new Chevrolet Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) due to be launched in summer 2006 ...
2005-11-20 CHEVROLET CONCLUDES 2005 WTTC CAMPAIGN ON THE PODIUM!
MACAU, 20 November 2005 - It was curtains down for the Chevrolet WTCC team's 2005 campaign and it ended on a brilliant note with Alain Menu earning a well deserved and historic first podium finish. ...
2005-11-18 ALL CHEVROLET DRIVERS AMONGST TOP TEN IN QUALIFYING
MACAU, 18 November 2005 - After upstaging all his rivals in this morning's first free practice, Chevrolet WTCC driver Nicola Larini continued his form by securing a position on the 3rd row of Sunday's WTCC season finale on the picturesque Macau street circuit. Saturday shall be devoted to the traditional motorcycle Grand Prix. In an incident packed qualifying session marred by three red lights and several accidents ...
2005-11-17 CHEVROLET DRIVERS SETTLE INTO MACAU RHYTHM
MACAU, 17 November 2005 - The Chevrolet WTCC Team settled into the rhythm during today's 30' testing session leading up to Sunday's season finale. While Nicola Larini enjoys the advantage of having previously raced at Macau, team mates Alain Menu and Rob Huff spent the bulk of the session learning the ropes of the twisty Chinese street circuit which traditionally takes no prisoners when it comes to mastering its treacherous layout. ...
2005-11-16 Chevrolet T2X Concept Car
The Chevrolet T2X concept vehicle combines the body of a compact sport utility vehicle with the exciting design of a sport coupe ...
2005-11-09 CHEVROLET LOOKING FORWARD TO FINISH ON A HIGH
ZURICH / WELLINGBOROUGH, 9 November 2005 - After an eight-week break, the World Touring Car Championship reconvenes at the capital of touring car racing in Macau, China. ...
2005-11-08 JOIN THE DRIVERS IN MACAU: CHEVROLET TO HOST LIVE CONFERENCES VIA INTERNET
Chevrolet is again hosting live internet press conferences at the final rounds of the 2005 World Touring Car Championship in Macau, China ...
2005-10-12 Wayne Brannon New Head of Chevrolet Europe
Effective January 1, 2006, Erhard "Hardy" L. Spranger (62), Executive Director Chevrolet Europe, will retire from General Motors Europe, after a long and successful career with the company ...
2005-10-10 Chevrolet Europe Ends Third Quarter with Sales up 27 % and a 1.14% Market Share
Zurich. For the third quarter in a row, Chevrolet Europe announces a remarkable overall sales growth. ...
2005-10-03 DETERMINED LARINI SALVAGES POINTS FROM SPANISH CARNAGE
VALENCIA, 2 October 2005 - After yesterday's brilliant qualifying performance by Rob Huff, it turned out to be a weekend of frustration for the Chevrolet WTCC racing team, with both Huff and Menu falling victim of dangerous driving by other competitors, while Nicola Larini saw his efforts cut short by an electrical problem in race two ...
2005-10-02 Best Ever Qualifying Position For Chevrolet
VALENCIA, 1 October 2005 - Chevrolet Lacetti WTCC driver, Rob Huff will start the first of tomorrow's two WTCC races from an unprecedented fourth position on the grid. Driver and team drastically changed the set up of the car after this morning's second free practice session and made the best of a new set of tyres to score Chevrolet's highest qualifying position yet in the 2005 World Touring Car Championship. Team-mates, Nicola Larini and Alain ...
2005-09-30 Two Chevrolet Matiz for Assisi Municipal Police
Two Chevrolet Matiz have been delivered to the Assisi Municipal Police by Erhard L. Spranger, Executive Director, Chevrolet Europe, and John Passadis, President of Chevrolet Italia ...
2005-09-22 CHEVROLET SET TO MAKE IT FIVE IN A ROW IN SPAIN
ZURICH / WELLINGBOROUGH, 21 September 2005 - The last European race for the 2005 World Touring Car Championship will take place at the ...
2005-09-18 GRITTY DRIVE BY MENU BRINGS MORE POINTS IN TURKISH BATH
ISTANBUL, 18 September 2005 - A determined drive by Swiss Chevrolet driver, Alain Menu brought more points in the second Istanbul race, today. At the brand-new, very fast and very hot power-track, a slight set-up change between the two races gave Menu the tool to fight for position in the second race. Nicola Larini and Rob Huff were less fortunate when both of them got hit by other drivers in the first race, and Larini got hit again in the second race. ...
2005-09-17 NICOLA LARINI BREAKS QUALIFYING DUCK IN ISTANBUL
ISTANBUL, 17 September 2005 - Italian Chevrolet WTCC driver, Nicola Larini scored an unexpected 12th qualifying time in this afternoon's session for tomorrows 15th and 16th rounds of the 2005 World Touring Car Championship in Istanbul, Turkey. The brand new Istanbul Park Otodrom is a track with many long straights and big elevations, ...
2005-09-12 European premiere at the IAA: New Chevrolet Aveo sedan
Frankfurt. With the new Aveo, Chevrolet has added another attractive model to its product range. ...
2005-09-12 Speed study: Nubira station wagon in WTCC racing trim
Frankfurt. The World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) with its 20 races in Asia, Europe and South America, provides the very best in motor racing. ...
2005-09-12 CHEVROLET RACING TO HOST LIVE PRESS CONFERENCES VIA INTERNET
ZURICH / BRUSSELS, 12 September 2005 - Chevrolet is to host a live internet press conference at the next rounds of the 2005 World Touring Car Championship in Istanbul, Turkey on September 16th, 17th and 18th. ...
2005-09-07 CHEVROLET DRIVERS AIMING TO KEEP POINT-SCORING MOMENTUM GOING
ZURICH / WELLINGBOROUGH, 7 September 2005 - The next stop for the 2005 World Touring Car Championship will be the brand new Istanbul Park Otodrom in Turkey, the second new race track the WTCC visits this year. ...
2005-08-30 HARD WORK REWARDED BY THIRD CONSECUTIVE POINTS FINISH
SCHERSLEBEN, 28 August 2005 - What had started as a rather tough weekend for the Chevrolet World Touring Car Championship team had a sort of happy ending when Alain Menu netted a single point in the second of the two Oschersleben races. The Swiss driver used his years of touring car experience to avoid incidents and accidents and ran a competitive second race to eighth. ...
2005-08-29 GRID POSITIONS DON'T REFLECT DRIVERS' OPTIMISM
OSCHERSLEBEN, 27 August 2005 - There was a mixed bag of emotions within the Chevrolet World Touring Car Championship team at Oschersleben, today. While the drivers improved on their times from this morning's free practice session, they didn't make ...
2005-08-22 New Chevrolet Aveo Sedan Debuts at the IAA in Frankfurt
Zürich. With the new Aveo, Chevrolet has added another attractive model to its product range. The four-door notchback sedan ...
2005-08-20 CHEVROLET LOOKING FOR MORE POINTS IN GERMANY
ZURICH / WELLINGBOROUGH, 18 August 2005 - After two consecutive point-scoring weekends in Mexico and Belgium, the Chevrolet WTCC team is now looking forward to scoring more points on the twisty Oschersleben track in eastern Germany. ...
2005-08-01 CHEVROLET WTCC DRIVERS TAKE CHILDREN FOR A LAP AROUND SPA
BRUSSELS, 1 August 2005 - Last Friday, the three Chevrolet WTCC drivers, Alain Menu, Nicola Larini and Rob Huff took children from the local "SOS Children Village" around the Ardennes track for a few laps which will no doubt be forever be engraved in their memories. ...
2005-07-30 Chevrolet Lacetti Drivers Close The Gap To The Top
SPA, 29 July 2005 - Chevrolet WTCC drivers, Alain Menu, Rob Huff and Nicola Larini learned the hard way that the Spa Grand prix track - scene of tomorrow's rounds 11 and 12 of the 2005 World Touring Car Championship ...
2005-07-31 Rain And Experience Bring Points To Chevrolet
SPA, 30 July 2005 - Swiss Chevrolet driver, Alain Menu scored his first 2005 WTCC points at Spa today, after a rain shower shuffled the cards just before the start of the second race. A good tyre gamble by the race engineers allowed Menu to finish sixth, after many drivers with a less inspired tyre choice went off the road or simply lost ground. ...
2005-07-27 Chevrolet Matiz/Spark now available with automatic transmission
Zurich. For the first time, the new Chevrolet Matiz/Spark 0.8 is now available in Europe with a four speed automatic transmission. The Matiz/Spark auto is not only ideal for ...
2005-07-20 DRIVERS LOOKING FORWARD TO RACE ON WORLD'S MOST BEAUTIFUL CIRCUIT
ZURICH / WELLINGBOROUGH, 19 July 2005 - Back from two point-scoring races at the Mexican Miguel E Abed track in Puebla, the Chevrolet WTCC team will now tackle the second half ...
2005-07-11 Chevrolet Continues Solid Growth in Europe
Zurich. In the first six months of 2005, Chevrolet Europe increased vehicle sales across Europe by 25 percent over the same period last year. From January to June ...
2005-06-26 FIRST DRIVERS POINTS FOR ROB HUFF AND NICOLA LARINI
AMOZOC, PUEBLA, 26 June 2005 - Chevrolet drivers Rob Huff and Nicola Larini wrote another important chapter in Chevrolet's 2005 WTCC campaign by both scoring points in rounds nine and ten of the 2005 World Touring Car Championship in Mexico, today. ...
2005-06-25 CHEVROLET LACETTIS QUALIFY SIXTH, EIGHTH AND TENTH
AMOZOC, PUEBLA, 25 June 2005 - Rob Huff, Alain Menu and Nicola Larini will start tomorrow's ninth and tenth rounds of the 2005 World Touring Car Championship from their respective best ever starting positions. ...
2005-06-24 WORLD TOURING CARS TO STAR IN SOLD-OUT MEXICAN RACE
AMOZOC, PUEBLA, 24 June 2005 - The 2005 World Touring Car Championship has arrived in Amozoc, near Puebla, Mexico, for its first ever race outside Europe. ...
2005-06-14 Drivers Looking For First Point At The Autodromo Miguel E Abed
ZURICH / WELLINGBOROUGH, 13 June 2005 - The 2005 FIA World Touring Car Championship will travel across the Atlantic for the first time this year for rounds 9 and 10 of the series. The races at the Autodromo Miguel E Abed in Puebla, Mexico, will mark the halfway point of the championship and are run on new territory for all the competitors, which might be beneficial for the Chevrolet Racing team. ...
2005-05-29 NICOLA LARINI SCORES BEST CHEVROLET RESULT YET
IMOLA, 29 May 2005 - Italian driver, Nicola Larini scored Chevrolet best result to date in the 2005 FIA World Touring Car Championship by finishing 11th out of 32 starters in today's second race in Imola, Italy. In extreme temperatures, the former Formula 1 driver kept his head cool and stayed out of trouble. ...
2005-05-28 DIFFICULT START TO A HOT WEEKEND
IMOLA, 28 May 2005 - The Chevrolet racing team had their work cut out today at Imola, where practice and qualifying was held for tomorrow's rounds seven and eight of the 2005 FIA World Touring Car ...
2005-05-25 GM-AVTOVAZ builds 100,000th Chevrolet
GM-AVTOVAZ today celebrated the production of the 100,000th car, a Chevrolet Viva, built at its manufacturing plant in Togliatti, Russia ...
2005-05-23 CHEVROLET DRIVER NICOLA LARINI BACK AT TRACK OF HIS BEST F1 RESULT
ZURICH / WELLINGBOROUGH, 23 May 2005 - This weekend will see the third and last part of the busy month of May, as the 2005 World Touring Car Championship contenders tackle rounds seven and eight in Imola, Italy ...
2005-05-15 ROB HUFF SAVES HALF A DAY FOR CHEVROLET
SILVERSTONE, 15 May 2005 - British driver Rob Huff saved half a day for Chevrolet in rounds five and six of the 2005 World Touring Car Championship in Silverstone today. Making a blitz start in the first race, he drove an intelligent and consistent race, bringing his car home in 13th ...
2005-05-14 CHEVROLET CONTINUES TO CLOSE THE GAP
SILVERSTONE, 14 May 2005 - The Chevrolet racing team continued to improve on their form in today's free practice and qualifying sessions at the British Silverstone track where rounds five and six of the 2005 World Touring Car Championship will be run tomorrow. ...
2005-05-12 Winners of Chevrolet Matiz/Spark Photo Competition Announced
Zurich. The Matiz/Spark Photo Collection initiated by Chevrolet Europe has been successfully concluded. By April 30, more than 70 international journalists from all of Europe and North America submitted their best shots taken during the Matiz/Spark pan-European media launch in Umbria, Italy in March this year. ...
2005-05-09 CHEVROLET RACING LOOKING FORWARD TO HOME RACE
Next weekend will see the famous "Tourist Trophy" moniker being used again at the equally famous Silverstone race track in Great Britain for rounds five and six of the 2005 World Touring Car Championship ...
2005-05-02 Chevrolet WTCC R+: Racetrack flair takes to the road
Magny Cours. Following its highly visible premiere at the World Touring Car Champion-ship (WTCC), Chevrolet is now taking the flair of the racetrack to the road. ...
2005-05-02 STRONG FINISH FOR NICOLA LARINI IN CHEVROLET LACETTI
MAGNY-COURS, 1 May 2005 - Nicola Larini scored Chevrolet Racing's best WTCC finish to date in the fourth race of the 2005 World Touring Car Championship in Magny-Cours, France. ...
2005-04-30 CHEVROLET QUALIFIES IN TOP 15
Alain Menu Fastest Lacetti Driver In Hot Conditions MAGNY-COURS, 30 April 2005 - Under a very hot, central French sun, the Chevrolet Lacetti World Touring Car Championship team achieved the first of their goals set for this second 2005 WTCC rendezvous by qualifying inside the top 15. ...
2005-04-28 Futuristic Concept Car T2X Debuts at Seoul Motor Show
Seoul - The T2X concept car, unveiled today at the fifth Seoul Motor Show, offers a glimpse of the future design direction of GM Daewoo Auto & Technology (GM Daewoo), the parent company of Chevrolet Europe. ...
2005-04-21 T2X concept car revealed at Seoul Motor Show
Zurich. Four new models will be unveiled by GM Daewoo Auto & Technology (GM DAT) at the fifth Seoul Motor Show, which runs from April 30 to May 8 ...
2005-04-20 CHEVROLET RACING STARTS BUSY MONTH OF MAY IN FRANCE
ZURICH / WELLINGBOROUGH, 20 April, 2005 - Next weekend will see the Chevrolet Lacetti WTC tackle rounds three and four of the 2005 World Touring Car Championship in Magny-Cours, France ...
2005-04-19 Chevrolet Aveo Debuts at Shanghai Motor Show
Shanghai, China. The all-new Chevrolet Aveo is making its worldwide debut at Auto Shanghai 2005, China's premier auto show in 2005 ...
2005-04-10 CHEVROLET SHOWS PROGRESS WHILE LEARNING
MONZA, 10 April, 2005 - The Chevrolet Racing team took another step forward it their learning process of the 2005 World Touring Car Championship. Alain Menu, Nicola Larini and Rob Huff all ...
2005-04-09 CHEVROLET CLIMBS THE LEARNING CURVE
MONZA, 9 April, 2005 - The Chevrolet Lacetti World Touring Car Championship team has made its official race debut in Monza, today... ...
2005-04-07 Chevrolet Europe Sales up 33.6 Percent in First Quarter
Zurich. Chevrolet Europe posted continually rising sales in the first quarter of 2005. The sales increase over the first three months of 2004 was over 33 percent - from 43,000 vehicles in the first quarter of 2004 to over 57,000 ...
2005-04-05 CHEVROLET LACETTI TO MAKE RACE DEBUT IN MONZA
ZURICH / WELLINGBOROUGH, 4 April, 2005 - The Chevrolet Lacetti World Touring Car will make its racing debut at the opening rounds of the 2005 World Touring Car Championship in Monza ...
2005-04-04 CHEVROLET WORLD TOURING CAR
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2005-03-23 CHEVROLET RACING IMPROVES TIMES AT MONZA FIA WTCC TEST
MONZA, 23 March, 2005 - Chevrolet Racing continued the development work on the Chevrolet Lacetti WTC on the second day of the two-day FIA WTCC test session at Monza, Italy, but were ...
2005-03-22 CHEVROLET RACING FACES THE OPPOSITION
MONZA, 22 March, 2005 - Chevrolet Racing finished their first day of the FIA WTCC Test in Monza, Italy, with a lot of work to be done, but with a clear knowledge of how to get it done. This first ...
2005-03-04 CHEVROLET RACING CONTINUES WINTER TESTS IN SPAIN
VALENCIA / ALBACETE, 4 March, 2005 - The Chevrolet World Touring Car Championship team finished a second extensive winter test in Spain, yesterday. ...
2005-03-01 New Matiz freshens up the growing A-segment
The new Matiz will join a segment of the car market that accounted for 5.0 percent (890,000 units) of the total market in western and central Europe in 2003 and 5.5 percent (just over 1 million units) in 2004. ...
2005-03-01 Statements about the new Chevrolet Matiz
2005-02-28 Athletic and appealing: The S3X off-road concept with seven seats
Just as the Kalos heralded the establishment of GM Daewoo Auto & Technology Co. (GM DAT) in South Korea only two years ago, so the Chevrolet S3X show car rings in a new era for Chevrolet in Europe, with new products designed, engineered and manufactured in South Korea ...
2005-02-28 New Chevrolet Matiz: A Top Seller in Top Form
Zurich The new version of one of the most popular small cars on our roads is ready for the off From mid-April, the new Matiz will premiere in the show rooms of the Chevrolet dealers ...
2005-02-28 Chevrolet's 2005 Model Range
Matiz best-selling mini with choice of two lively enginesKalos attractive compact car now available as sporty three door model ...
2005-02-28 CHEVROLET TO ENTER 2005 FIA WORLD TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP
ZÜRICH, 1 March 2005 - Chevrolet Europe will participate in the 2005 FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) ...
2005-02-21 New Chevrolet Matiz to Debut at 2005 Geneva Motor Show
Zurich The new version of one of the most popular small cars on our roads is ready to take center stage The new Chevrolet Matiz will debut at this year's Geneva Motor ...
2005-02-11 CHEVROLET RACING WRAPS UP FIRST EXTENSIVE WINTER TEST
ALBACETE, 11 February, 2005 - Chevrolet Racing wrapped up a week of testing the new Lacetti World Touring Car in Spain today. ...
2005-02-10 CHEVROLET RACING STARTS WINTER TEST PROGRAMME IN SPAIN
ALBACETE, 10 February, 2005 - After the initial shake down of the Chevrolet Lacetti WTC at the MIRA Proving Grounds in the UK, Chevrolet Racing has embarked on a ...
2005-01-26 Nearly a Quarter of a Million Chevrolets Have Been Assembled in Europe
The fine-sounding French name 'Chevrolet' betrays the European roots of the brand. But is was not only the man himself - Louis Chevrolet (1878 - 1941) ...
2005-01-24 Chevrolet Rally Challenge Begins 2005 with New Kalos 3-Door Rally Car
The Chevrolet Kalos Rally Challenge will be launched in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg in 2005. ...
2005-01-21 ALAIN MENU AND NICOLA LARINI TEST CHEVROLET LACETTI WTC
NUNEATON, 21 January 2005 - Swiss driver, Alain Menu, and his Italian team mate, Nicola Larini, both had their first drives in the Chevrolet Lacetti WTC at the MIRA ...
2005-01-19 New Sporty Body Style: the Chevrolet Kalos Three-Door
Chevrolet is expanding its popular front-wheel-drive Kalos range. Following its premiere at the Paris Motor Show, the three-door version is about to be launched. The sporting ...
2005-01-12 Start of Production of All-New Matiz Mini Car in Korea
The next generation of Chevrolet's best-selling mini car, the Matiz, began rolling off the assembly line at GM's Changwon plant in South Korea today ...
2005-01-06 Chevrolet and Daewoo Car Sales up 42 Percent in 2004
Zurich. Chevrolet Europe, known as GM Daewoo Europe up to the end of December 2004, again posted continually rising sales in 2004. ...
2005-01-05 CHEVROLET LACETTI WTC HAS SUCCESSFUL SHAKE DOWN
NUNEATON, 5 January 2005 - The very first Chevrolet Lacetti World Touring Car has been shaken down at the MIRA Proving Grounds in Nuneaton, Great Britain, today. ...
2005-01-03 The Trend towards the 'Value Brand'
A famous couturier who designs an affordable fashion collection for a major clothes retailer? A furniture company, which, with its friendly, colourful design and cost-saving ...