WTCC
-
Better brush up on your French because one of the most exciting entries for the 2014 World Touring Car Championship is France’s Citroën, which is fielding two cars driven by two world champion French natives. We’ve already told you that the unstoppable Sébastien Loeb, a winner of nine World Rally Championships and the man who just obliterated the Pikes Peak record, will drive for Citroën in WTCC starting from next year. Now we can confirm that his teammate will be fellow Frenchman Yvan Muller. Muller is a winner of three WTCC titles, two of those earned with...
-
Citroën Reveals Sébastien Loeb’s New WTCC Race CarAs was confirmed a month ago, Citroën is to enter the World Touring Car Championship in 2014 with at least two cars, one of which is to be driven by the French automaker’s star driver Sébastien Loeb, a winner of nine World Rally Championships and the man who just obliterated the...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Citroën To Enter WTCC With Sébastien Loeb In 2014
French automaker Citroën has finally confirmed it will campaign the World Touring Car Championship, starting next year and with star driver Sébastien Loeb in tow. Loeb is the winner of nine World Rally Championships and was predicted to join Citroën in WTCC as early as September of...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Citroen Committed To WRC, Considering WTCC Entry With Sebastien Loeb
Despite fears Citroen may pull out of the World Rally Championship next year due to financial constraints, the French automaker has confirmed it's committed to the sport and will be racing at the start of the 2013 season next January. Citroen, which won the championship last year, thanks to the...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Chevrolet starts trials for WTCC Cruze race car
The all-new Chevrolet Cruze is an important model for General Motors globally, so from the start of its development there have been plans to eventually enter it into the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC). The international race series competes in Europe, Africa, South America and the...
Kenneth Hall -
WTCC To Be Powered By Bio-fuel By 2009
Starting from 2009, all cars in the FIA World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) will run exclusively on bio-ethanol fuel after the decision was approved by the championship’s governing council yesterday. From next year onwards, some of the teams will start using bio-ethanol fuel, racing...
Ralph Hanson -
Chevrolet’s exciting new WTCC Ultra race car concept has made its official debut at the Paris Motor Show, and if early comments are anything to go by, it seems GM is onto a good thing. The WTCC Ultra was designed with the goal of creating a muscle car for European tastes and to represent Chevrolet’s racing efforts in that region. The WTCC Ultra was a GM global effort and represents the most international concept vehicle in GM history. Initial work was started in South Korea, and then the project went down to Australia where the car received its aggressive exterior characteristics...
-
GM’s Epica-Based WTCC Ultra Concept
GM’s display at the upcoming Paris Motor Show will include a race-inspired concept car based on its Epica small car. Labelled the WTCC Ultra, GM’s new car will feature a 190hp diesel engine based on the lower spec 2.0-litre common rail diesel from the standard Epica. The WTCC Ultra will...
Alex Kaufmann
