Chevrolet Vectra

The Chevrolet Vectra was a medium sized car built by General Motors do Brasil from 1993 until 2011 and based on the European Opel Vectra, which first appeared in Germany in 1988. Launched in late 1993, it replaced the Chevrolet Monza in the Brazilian range and sat between the Monza and the larger Chevrolet Omega. The first cars offered a 2.0 litre eight valve engine in the GLS and CD trims and an imported sixteen valve version for the sporting GSi. A second generation arrived in February 1996 with airbags, traction control and steering wheel audio controls, and became the sedan favoured by the Brazilian middle class and the best selling sedan in the country from 1996 to 1998. A third generation based on the Opel Astra followed in October 2005 in Elegance and Elite trims with flex fuel engines that ran on petrol or ethanol. Production ended in 2011 when the Chevrolet Cruze took its place.