CHEVOLET OPTRA / LACETTI / NUBIRA @ GM DAEWOO - WTCC

In Europe, the car was initially sold as Daewoo Lacetti, but by the end of the 2004 it was rebadged as a Chevrolet. As with its home market, in some European markets, the Lacetti name is also used for the entire range of sedan, station wagon and hatchback models on the same J-series platform.

The European models are available with the following three gasoline-powered 4-cylinder engines:

1.4 L E-TEC II — 94 hp (69 kW) at 6300 rpm
1.6 L E-TEC II — 109 hp (80 kW) at 5800 rpm
1.8 L E-TEC II — 122 hp (90 kW) at 5800 rpm (produced by Holden)
In Europe the sedan version was also sold as Daewoo Nubira, but late in 2003 it was announced that Daewoo would be rebranded as a Chevrolet on the European markets and sales of the Chevrolet Nubira began early in 2004, initially only in Eastern Europe. Following the rebranding of Daewoo products as a Chevrolets across Europe, Nubiras were renamed Chevrolet Lacetti on some markets, thereby expanding the Lacetti lineup to include not only a 5-door hatchback, but also sedan and station wagon models, in line with Korea.
The engines built for the Nubira and its badge engineered twins are the same as in Lacetti hatchback and its badge engineered versions. All of them are gasoline-powered 4-cylinder engines.

World touring car championship
2004 Daewoo LacettiSince 2005, the European Lacetti sedan is used as a base for race cars competing in the WTCC touring car championship, and in spring of the same year Chevrolet released the first pictures of a street legal concept car based on the race cars from this championship and called Lacetti WTCC R+. The concept car is powered by an 1.8 L E-TEC II engine available in production models, but with a power increased from 122 PS (90 kW) on 172 PS (127 kW) through supercharging. Its acceleration from 0 to 100 km/h (0 to 62 mph) is estimated at 8 seconds and it is able to reach the top speed of 215 km/h (134 mph).

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