Paris debut for new Chevrolet Cruze sedan
General Motors announced today that the Chevrolet Cobalt (shown above) will be replaced by a new Chevrolet compact sedan called the Chevrolet Cruze. The name Cruze has actually been used before. The original Chevrolet Cruze was a badge engineered Suzuki Ignis compact SUV.
The new compact sedan will be based on GM’s Delta II platform and will be available with a range of small economical engines that include the turbocharged 1.4 liter Ecotec engine announced in January this year. The 1.4 liter motor is expected to produce between 120hp to 140hp, equivalent to normally aspirated engine of between 1.6 to 2.0 liters in displacement. Estimated body length is between 4,500 to 4,600mm long, about the size of the Chevrolet Optra sedan.
The new 2011 Chevrolet Cruze will go into production in mid-2010, but GM spokeswoman Nancy Libby indicated the production version will be displayed at the 2008 Paris Motor Show in October this year.
July 10, 2008 @ 1:26 pm
Any pic of the Cruze?
The SUV is not bad looking
July 10, 2008 @ 1:26 pm
Chevy logo in front so small
July 10, 2008 @ 2:19 pm
Capt Shopalot,
I don’t think that is a SUV, a typo perhaps?
July 10, 2008 @ 2:31 pm
old cruze is suv, new cruze will be a sedan
July 10, 2008 @ 3:26 pm
sedan version of Chevrolet Cobalt ?????
July 10, 2008 @ 7:03 pm
uhly car
July 10, 2008 @ 9:31 pm
Looks like dated car. Early 2000s. Not really nice
July 10, 2008 @ 11:07 pm
mystvearn: thats because it IS a dated, the photo shows the old model that the Cruze will replace!
July 12, 2008 @ 11:05 am
this looks like a cobalt, lolz