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26 - The Oakville Beaver, Wednesday September 10, 2008 www.oakvillebeaver.com Volvo C30 impresses in a dramatic WTCC debut Volvo's new Green C30 racecar took its debut in the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) in the seventh race of the series recently at Brands Hatch in England. Volvos priority was to test the new ethanol driven racecar against the best in the world. This was a debut that gave both a taste for the future and some drama. Robert Dahlgren managed Volvo's ethanol-powered C30 racecar gave a good account to qualify tenth out of twenty- of itself at its debut in a World Touring Car Championship six drivers in a qualifying ses- (WTCC) in England. sion where the thirteen fastest drivers were within one second. Amongst others, Dahlgren out qualified two of this years absolute dominating drivers in series, SEAT's Gabrielle Tarquini and Rickard Rydell. The out-qualified veteran Rickard Rydell would however reappear in Dahlgren's rear view mirror during the first race heat. After ten laps in to the heat where Dahlgren was fighting for tenth position with James Thompson, Rickard Rydell crashed in to Dahlgren who ended up off the track and had to end the race there. Unfortunately, the car was damaged in a way that could not be repaired in time for the second heat that starts 45 minutes after the end of the first heat. Corvette ZR1 pricing to start at $125,195 General Motors Canada has announced pricing for the Corvette ZR1 will start at $125,195. The Corvette ZR1 has a top speed of 330 km/h (205 mph), making it the fastest Corvette ever produced and ranking it among the global super cars of commensurate performance. A favourable power-to-weight ratio gives the ZR1 an advantage over the competition. That performance is shown with acceleration times of 0-96 km/h in 3.4 seconds, 0-160 km/h in 7.0 seconds and a quarter-mile elapsed time of 11.3 seconds at 210 km/h Under the carbon-fiber hood, a new LS9 6.2-litre supercharged small-block engine powers the ZR1. 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