Until recently, General Motors does not exactly take the small car market seriously. While Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Hyundai and Kia have built their empire on the lid of the pint-sized, fuel transport, history has shown tends to present Captain shares thoughts Detroit bin. Cars like the Chevrolet Cavalier and Cobalt left a bitter taste, thanks to the 'buyer for the noise and the cabin de-contented, the maximum engine and build quality that would blush Yugo. As a result, Americans have developed a kind of vomiting Pavolovian when we hear the term "compact car".
But the dawn of a new possible approach - a rash of straw weight predicted by fighters aiming to bring a new philosophy of global small cars GM United States intends to join the party with the introduction of the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze, aware that, for all intents and purposes, as an important model for the company of non-stop-publicized Chevrolet Volt. To get our meaning, you have to throw all the bad memories of American cars built at the beginning of the small window ... hours.
This is not the next Cobalt. Saddled with a moniker for the Cruze will only hire ancestors product limp before he managed to take off. Both are just like the one that will take control of others, and for the test, you must look beyond the design of the new model. While the Cobalt sedan has always had a Fisher Price little more than thirty beer Friday feeling it, Cruze is offered as a good version of a larger scale than the cheapest four-door Bowtie.
But the inside is to do the heavy lifting in a small car. Typically, engineers and bean counters wage relentless war on the quality of material goods and comforts, and almost without mistakes, is an accountant who was victorious over their enemies, the art school. But this time, the streets lined with stretch lifeless head of GM continued to increase their grip on the machine. There are expletives to describe how good Cruze interior compared to the long parade of Dollar General cabins we've seen in the past, but we try to keep this place as familiar as possible, we will just say it's fantastic. And it's time.
The LTZ trim, the dashboard is dominated by technology center-load, but well-ordered stack and accented with a large compartment of the skin. We're not talking vinyl leather with natural grain here. decorative dash, seats and steering wheel are all covered in hide roamed the hills. touch with the disturbing effect of the fact that the rest of the dashboard and door panels are hard plastic. Bell 'fine, of course, but the material is more along the lines of what we expect from the compact GM. Putting the two together, though, and you will be rewarded with a duo that looks pretty good. In short, we like - especially the cream / brown Our tester combo.
GM has done a great job ensuring that almost everyone can fit behind the wheel - and we do mean anyone. Driver seat back can be positioned so that a normal height would not be able to reach the pedals or steering wheel. Speaking of tillers, and also has a distorted policy Cruze and telescopic steering wheel, seats, when combined with a highly controlled by the driving position can be adjusted to conform with those of any stature. comfortable seat, though do not expect to be held firmly in place by faux-roller sports. The Cruze is no doubt that first of all, here, well, the cruise ship.
It is compact, though. Locking the front seats for the driver about 5 feet 11 and just barely enough space for the same man to slip in the back seat with the knee in the back seat. There are a lot of headroom, so the trip will be more trouble than good for short. Thanks to the design of the roof, GM has lost only two inches in the rear cover of the next. Ask the driver to move forward an inch or two, and everything would be fine with the world.
GM Cruze will be offered a combination of the two machines when hitting showrooms later this year, although we can only get our feet dirty in the more powerful 4.1-liter turbocharged four-cylinder automatic six-shot for the acceleration. GM argued that the machine produces 138 horsepower at 4,900 rpm and 148 pound-feet of torque at 1850 rpm, even if the good people at the Society of Automotive Engineers has not been able to confirm the numbers yet. Regardless of what the final number is a small engine is suitable for life on the Cruze. It presents the power of a simple but adequate without hum or vibration, and does so without the need for speed has to be forgotten. As a result, GM shooting for 40 mpg EPA rating, more surprisingly, on the road after the FBI completed the test.
If you want to save some 'dime, GM also offers a 1.8 liter naturally aspirated four-cylinder trim on the lower rungs. Interestingly enough, the engine produces only slightly less grunting - 136 hp and 124 Nm of torque - even if the numbers are expected to return to the fuel economy is slightly lower. Why GM bothered to offer a choice of engines is something that is a dilemma for us, but we suspect that they are turning to the lowest possible price policy and the production cost of less than 1.8 liters from 1.4 liters high-tech turbo.
The LTZ trim, the dashboard is dominated by technology center-load, but well-ordered stack and accented with a large compartment of the skin. We're not talking vinyl leather with natural grain here. decorative dash, seats and steering wheel are all covered in hide roamed the hills. touch with the disturbing effect of the fact that the rest of the dashboard and door panels are hard plastic. Bell 'fine, of course, but the material is more along the lines of what we expect from the compact GM. Putting the two together, though, and you will be rewarded with a duo that looks pretty good. In short, we like - especially the cream / brown Our tester combo.
GM has done a great job ensuring that almost everyone can fit behind the wheel - and we do mean anyone. Driver seat back can be positioned so that a normal height would not be able to reach the pedals or steering wheel. Speaking of tillers, and also has a distorted policy Cruze and telescopic steering wheel, seats, when combined with a highly controlled by the driving position can be adjusted to conform with those of any stature. comfortable seat, though do not expect to be held firmly in place by faux-roller sports. The Cruze is no doubt that first of all, here, well, the cruise ship.
It is compact, though. Locking the front seats for the driver about 5 feet 11 and just barely enough space for the same man to slip in the back seat with the knee in the back seat. There are a lot of headroom, so the trip will be more trouble than good for short. Thanks to the design of the roof, GM has lost only two inches in the rear cover of the next. Ask the driver to move forward an inch or two, and everything would be fine with the world.
GM Cruze will be offered a combination of the two machines when hitting showrooms later this year, although we can only get our feet dirty in the more powerful 4.1-liter turbocharged four-cylinder automatic six-shot for the acceleration. GM argued that the machine produces 138 horsepower at 4,900 rpm and 148 pound-feet of torque at 1850 rpm, even if the good people at the Society of Automotive Engineers has not been able to confirm the numbers yet. Regardless of what the final number is a small engine is suitable for life on the Cruze. It presents the power of a simple but adequate without hum or vibration, and does so without the need for speed has to be forgotten. As a result, GM shooting for 40 mpg EPA rating, more surprisingly, on the road after the FBI completed the test.
If you want to save some 'dime, GM also offers a 1.8 liter naturally aspirated four-cylinder trim on the lower rungs. Interestingly enough, the engine produces only slightly less grunting - 136 hp and 124 Nm of torque - even if the numbers are expected to return to the fuel economy is slightly lower. Why GM bothered to offer a choice of engines is something that is a dilemma for us, but we suspect that they are turning to the lowest possible price policy and the production cost of less than 1.8 liters from 1.4 liters high-tech turbo.
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