Chevrolet Cruze team achieve podium finishes in WTCC

Chevrolet have added a fourth car in the World Touring Car Championship starting with the Monza leg. The usual Chevrolet Cruzes of Rob Huff, Alain Menu and Yvan Muller are still fielded while the new entry is piloted by Argentinian Leonal Pernia.

Leonal’s background includes the TC2000 Championship in Argentina, TC2000 Copa Endurance, and Turismo Carretera. The 34 year old came in 2nd in the whole series and 3rd in the Copa Endurance.

Chevrolet is currently at the top of the Manufacturers Championship and have achieved two podiums for Race 2, with Yvan Muller in the top spot and Robert Huff securing third place in the final race. Leonal Pernia came in 10th while Alain Menu came in 9th.

General Motors and Naza Group are working together to bring the Chevrolet Cruze to Malaysia in the form of the 1.8 litre Cruze sedan. The Cruze has been Chevy’s top selling car in its class in China, Australia, India and Singapore and is expected to be launched in Malaysia very soon. They plan to sell around 1600 units of the Cruze this year alone.

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Jacob Alexander

Jacob Mathew Alexander has been a motoring nut for as far as he can remember and has recently turned his passion into writing. After spending some time in the same industry in the UK, Jacob's work is from a slightly different perspective.

 

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  • BRAZBUZ on May 28, 2010 at 12:24 am

    cruze will be launch here at 10/6

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    • Captivated by Chevy on May 28, 2010 at 3:32 pm

      I hear the price is gonna be below RM100K, for a 1.8l and 6 speed, must save up to get an all white, am happy with my current captiva, after sales service is great and should be even better now with NAZA stabilizing the brand

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  • WTCC is a more relevant racing series to day to day car compared to F1

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  • Drove this while in the US last year. Excellent car I must add, good pick up too. I had a bad perception of Chevrolet(Daewoo rebadged…) but not anymore.

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  • Nahar on May 31, 2010 at 12:40 pm

    Drove an Aveo for 5.5 yrs and now a Cruze for the past 2 mths…must say its a damn good car esp the 6 speed that makes driving along the NS highway fun…totally loved it!!!

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  • Chevy Fan on Jun 09, 2010 at 10:46 pm

    Yeah I saw 2 cruze parked in AmBank HQ lobby at Jln Yap Kwan Seng KL tonite..all ready for the launch tomorrow! ;)

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