Car Names: Chevrolet WTCC Ultra Concept
Brand Name: Chevrolet
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"The WTCC Ultra is the most global concept vehicle GM has ever created," says Peter Bramberger, GM Design Manager in Australia. Indeed, the way it took shape is indica-tive of Chevrolet's international alignment. The initial concept and early design work was developed in South Korea by Max Wolff and Steve Eum from the GM DAT Advanced Design Studio. The dynamic look of the car stems from "down under" – it was the Aus-tralian GM design department that came up with the exciting contours and the no less striking interior. Not the first hot Chevrolet GM's Australian subsidiary has styled: Cur-rently a team at GM Holden is working to turn the Chevrolet Camaro concept car into re-ality.
The design of the WTCC Ultra was coordinated and approved by GM Design Vice Pre-sident, Ed Welburn (USA) and David Lyon, Executive Director GM Asia-Pacific Design (South Korea). GM Vice President Bob Lutz was involved in the project from the very beginning and enthusiastically supported it.
All the exterior design development was carried out at GM Holden Design, where the clay model was constructed. The interior was also built completely digitally in Australia. The WTCC Ultra prototype vehicle was entirely constructed by the Japanese company, YDS, which had already built the Chevrolet studies, T2X and S3X. For the animation to be shown at the Paris Motor Show on the Chevrolet Europe stand, GM Technical Centre in India created the 3D data for the outer skin from the clay, and the Swiss company, Protoscar, produced and rendered the animation to a storyboard provided by GM Design
European input was provided by GM Europe Engineering but also by the British mo-torsport specialists, Ray Mallock Limited (RML). The technical partner for the Chevrolet team in the WTCC helped with race components and the chassis. "Apart from that, sup-pliers like Hella, Osram, Dupont and Kumho participated in the development of parts for the vehicle. These companies are based globally, and once again an example of the global nature of the WTCC Ultra," said Bramberger.
Chevrolet WTCC Ultra: Technical data
Exterior dimensions
Length (mm) 4,324
Width (mm) 1,906
Height (roof / with rear spoiler, mm) 1,490/1,569
Overhang front/rear (mm) 935/739
Wheelbase (mm) 2,650
Track width front/back (mm) 1,685/1,670
EngineType four-cylinder
Common-Rail diesel
Capacity (cm3) 1,991
Bore/stroke (mm) 83/92
Output (kW/PS) 139/190
