The Chevrolet Vectras That Raced In Stock Car Brazil - 2000-2003
You might know these cars as Opel Vectra or Vauxhall Vectra, but in Brazil they were manufactured as Chevrolets, and GM raced silhouettes of these cars in Stock Car Brazil between 2000 and 2003.
I say silhouettes because from 2000 onwards, Stock Car Brazil cars became race cars built from scratch, with tubular chassis, only with a body shell that resembled the original car.
They started racing with V8 engines for the first time, which produced 450 HP at the time, weighed around 1320 kg, and had a bigger focus on downforce.
They were honestly pretty good for their time, they were quite fast. With 0-100 in 4.7 Seconds and 260kph top speed
This was also the last era in which Stock Car Brasil was a one-make racing series from GM, with them leaving the series in 2001, and Vicar becoming the company that manages the series.
From 2005 onwards, other manufacturers began to enter the series, although the cars are almost identical to have greater competitiveness and avoid high costs.