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| GMAC SPONSORS 2006 CHEVROLET WTCC CAMPAIGN | |
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VIENNA, 12 January 2006 – General Motors Acceptance Corporation (GMAC), the financial services arm of General Motors, will be the main sponsor of the Chevrolet's World Touring Car Championship team; it has been officially announced at the Vienna Auto Show today. The GMAC liveried 2006 Chevrolet Lacetti WTC made its first public appearance at the Austrian show
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GMAC is not only one of the leading financial services companies in the world but also a moving power in motor sports with a significant involvement in sponsoring worldwide. The WTCC adds to the list of GMAC sponsored race series like the NASCAR Nextel Cup (USA), ALMS (USA), BTCC (UK), DTM (Germany), HPDC Supercar Series (Australia), Le Mans and other race events in Chile and Mexico.
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“It is great for GMAC to be involved in such an exciting series with our GM sister company Chevrolet”, said Carlos Ribeiro, Regional Vice President, GMAC European Operations. “The World Touring Car Championship with its international reach is an ideal platform for us to demonstrate our partnership with Chevrolet, their customers and dealers in Europe and the rest of the world.”
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In Europe, working together GMAC and Chevrolet are investigating opportunities to deliver special race weekend campaigns in the showroom, leveraging further the Chevrolet and GMAC race partnership.
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All three Chevrolet Lacetti race cars will prominently display the GMAC logo. Drivers will be Nicola Larini from Italy, Rob Huff from England and Alain Menu from Switzerland, the latter rejoining the GMAC family having driven a GMAC sponsored Opel in the German DTM series in the past.
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GMAC Financial Services (General Motors Acceptance Corporation), a wholly owned subsidiary of General Motors, is one of the world's largest financial services companies with business lines in automotive and commercial finance, commercial and residential mortgages and insurance. GMAC has operations in over 40 countries and, since inception in 1919, has extended more than $1.3 trillion in credit to help finance more than 150 million vehicles worldwide.
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| > | 19 July 2006 Chevrolet heads to Mexico after intensive tests |
| > | 30 June 2006 Brazilian winter and soccer fever welcome WTCC |
| > | 23 June 2006 Interactive live web conference from Curitiba |
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29 May 2006 Chevrolet Starts Four-Race “World Tour” In Germany |
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19 May 2006 Menu 8th in free practice session |
| > | 10 Mai 2006 Rob Huff Keen To Go Back To Track Of First Touring Car Success |
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21 April 2006 Balances and Calculators As Important as Stopwatches |
| > | 27 March 2006 35 Cars Expected In Closer Than Ever Touring Car Fest |
| > | 22 March 2006 Ideal Conditions At Second Day Of Official Test |
| > | 21 March 2006 Team Sees Winter Promise Confirmed |
| > | 10 March 2006 First Privateer Lacetti Runs In Magny Cours |
| > | 28 February 2006 Learning Process On New Tyres Continues |
| > | 21 February 2006 Drivers Enthused By 2006 Chevrolet Lacetti WTC |
| > | 08 February 2006 Rob Huff Happy With “Comfortable and Smooth” Car |
| > | 30 January 2006 First Customer Cars Will Run In ADAC Procar Championship; WTCC Outing Possible |
| > | 12 Januar 2006 Continues Involvement in Top-Level Motorsports |
| > | 11 Januar 2006 New Car To Start Testing In February; Customer Cars Available |
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