The world got a preview of the upcoming Chevrolet Cruze compact sedan during GM’s press conference earlier this week as both front and rear three quarter views of the new Cruze done up in a flashy red paint were flashed on the presentation screen.
The new Chevrolet Cruze is a C-segment sedan and it will be a world car, replacing both current C-segment cars that are in GM’s line-up – the low-cost “emerging market” Daewoo-based Chevrolet Optra and the more expensively-built Chevrolet Cobalt for the American market. This means we can expect this to eventually replace the Optra Magnum facelift that was unveiled here earlier this year.
GM will fit a series of turbocharged 1.4 litre engines into the Cobalt, which GM says will allow it to hit a fuel economy target of 45mpg, or 5.2 litres per 100km, which truth be told is rather ambitious, small engine or not. The 1.4 litre Ecotec turbo will come in various stages of tune from 120 PS (equivalent to a 1.6 litre normally aspirated engine) to 150 PS (equivalent to a 2.0 litre normally aspirated engine), with plenty of torque.
After dabbling for years in the IT industry, Paul Tan initially began this site as a general blog covering various topics of personal interest. With an increasing number of readers paying rapt attention to the motoring stories, one thing led to another and the rest, as they say, is history. An avid electronic gadget aficionado as well as big-time coffee lover, he's also the executive producer of the Driven motoring TV programme.
wow, totally different from the old one!
will this replace the Optra?
yaya, replace the Optra with this……
nice..1.4 turbocharged but maybe it’ll be priced somewhere near the civic?
Until when we can get a Cobalt or few years later a Camaro here?
wah…why look so similar to the new Accord?
accord reap off… looks nice though but still boo…
chevrolet ,pah…gm willl be successful if they had assembled the saab or opel in thailand instead
let see what the 1.4L engine can help us save our fuel consumption then
Nice design, look much more better than current optra
Wondering if it’d also replace the Astra in the European market.
Thats some large economies of scale.
Small turbo engines are definately more efficient
reaplce the astra? no way
nice car, but malaysian market ppl stil prefer toyota ma, honda ma, wat happen wt hicom rebaging car proposal…? chevy cruze @ hicom cruze then cn claim malaysian made.
Pls tell me value-4-money buy for price car range 40-60K