SPIED: Is this yet another new Chevrolet Cruze?

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Our European spy photographers sent us these pix of what appears to be a sedan being tested by General Motors but they don’t seem to be in agreement on what it could be. Some are saying it’s an Opel Astra sedan, and some are saying this is yet another Chevrolet Cruze.

We say yet another Chevrolet Cruze because we’re not quite sure about the Cruze’s lifecycle at the moment. The current Cruze was revealed in 2008, and facelifted in 2012. It should have gotten a full model change by now, but both left hand drive (in the US market) and right hand drive (Australian market as a Holden) markets have received a second facelift in 2014.


Left: Chinese market new Cruze, Right: 2014 facelift first gen Cruze

But at the same time, an all-new Chevrolet Cruze was launched in China, featuring completely different styling. The new design is sharper compared to the current car, featuring a more rakish front end. Shorter front and rear overhangs add further to a tauter visual presentation.

However, the word after that was that whatever was launched in China was a model developed exclusively for the Chinese market, with the new global Cruze full model change still under development and slated for a possible end 2015 unveiling. Could this be the new Cruze, then?

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Paul Tan

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.

 

Comments

  • sudonano (Member) on Jan 25, 2015 at 12:58 pm

    Tbh Chevys have been rather disappointing especially considering how far Ford, and even the Chrysler group have moved on. It just screams GM all over.

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  • Semi-Value (Member) on Jan 25, 2015 at 3:02 pm

    nothing related but i think its time to change that mercedes c-class video on the side of this website

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  • nothing special. ok next..

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  • Battu on Jan 27, 2015 at 9:30 am

    Does Paultan really have European spies? or just pick the story up from internet?

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