The carmaker will offer the teams interested a new 2.4l V6 engine with an aluminum block and cylinder heads. The unit is yet to be developed, hence there aren't any other technical details available at this point.
The unit will be developed by General Motors and Ilmor Engineering. Its appearance in the 2012 IndyCar season marks the first time since 2005, when Toyota and Chevrolet withdrew from the series, that we'll have a manufacturer's competition on our hands, with the American carmaker to compete against the Japanese from Honda.
"Our vision is to design, build and sell the world’s best vehicles – and racing is one of the best ways to showcase what we can do," said Tom Stephens, GM vice chairman, Global Product Operations.
"Re-entering IndyCar racing will help us take our advanced engine technology to the upper bounds of what’s possible. And it will also provide a dynamic training ground for engineers, who’ll transfer the technologies we develop for racing to the products we sell to our customers.”
The last time Chevy was present in the IndyCar season was in between 2002 and 2005, when the carmaker fielded V8 units. Using them, Team Penske managed to score 31 wins in the series.
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