Comments on: 2010 Chevrolet Cruze: Photo update

By: charger09

charger09 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 22:10:53 +0000

They should at least add a 3.0v6 and like a 3.6 SS.

By: bbrannon

bbrannon — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:30:54 +0000

Why do you stupid Americans always want a bigger engine? Thats the reason for so many of our problems. There are plenty of crappy sedans with unnecessary V8s in them if you really want one, though theres no real point to having one because your probably driving an automatic so theres no torque and even if your going 20 over the limit, you will never use all the horsepower, so be intelligent and get a car like this that you can actually drive at it’s peak, since GM has finally begun to realize they need a couple real compact cars to compete in today’s market, although this is hardly compact.

And if you had brains you would see that those pictures are not photos, but are renderings, so of course they look good. Design renderings of all cars look good, but once you get the real materials in there with the cheap stereo and cheap dash like every other GM, it’s not going to be anything special.

By: prelude4life

prelude4life — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 06:05:22 +0000

Alright, nice car, but its not a matter of how long it will take until production its a matter of if GM is still around in 11months or 2 years haha!

By: tblack21

tblack21 — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 16:17:15 +0000

mani414,

What are you talking about? Where do you think the competition retails? Interior/exterior preferences are a matter of opinion but there is no way you can look at a vehicle interior in a photograph and know that it’s made of “cheap plastic”. You say you’d rather drive a gas-guzzler than a horrid design and that “the overall design is horrible” and then you say that the “base concept (is) okay”. Do you think the current Corolla or Civic is good looking? Also you asked “why don’t we just hire one of those foriegn european or japanese guys to do the interior/exterior design”? Do you not think any concept designers are japanese or “foreign”? Do you think every GM vehicle is designed and built in Detrot, MI?

It sounds like you are a prisoner of your own preconceived notions. You may turn out to be right about this particular car, but perhaps you should give it a chance to dissapoint you.

By: mani414

mani414 — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:38:31 +0000

IComing from an asian guy and young enthusiast and auto tech. Taking in all the plus’s and minuses. There are more negatives then positives. First at a retail price well over 20K. I’d much rather drive a gas guzzler then be seen in a horrid design. The 140 hp is well for it’s purpose not for tuning or racing, but the overall design is horrible. Exterior looks like your typical chevy, interior looks of cheap plastic and bad layout design. Get rid of the 6 disc CD changer and leave standard if customer wants an upgrade that terrible fascia or system otherwise at least make it MP3 compatible. No one likes to change discs anymore. At least not the techno savvy. Overall base concept okay, but really why don’t we just hire one of those foriegn european or japanese guys to do the interior/exterior design. Then maybe GM might win over some younger entusiasts. Even if it got 10 mpg more the a civic or corolla its reliability and quality that counts. Why do american cars need more repair in the long run? think about it!

By: gogogodzilla

gogogodzilla — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 02:33:04 +0000

Holy guacamole!

This is from GM?!?

I’m quite impressed. The interior looks downright amazing. Now, if they produce a ‘pocket rocket’ version, I’ll be first in line for a test drive.

(and this… from someone who hasn’t owned a GM vehicle since 1989)

By: golf4me

golf4me — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:23:18 +0000

Inline…articles I’ve read say June 2010 production in US…which is 21 months away. Almost 2 years. No way they should take that long. No way in hell.

By: oldraven

oldraven — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 22:49:04 +0000

It’s comical to think this was the Cavalier’s segment. I’d call that a true sign of a turnaround.

By: 1c3d0g

1c3d0g — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 21:26:27 +0000

I love the interior, though. It looks quite sophisticated!

By: Almou

Almou — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:56:01 +0000

I think most people are missing the point when they start criticizing the design of new cars. The Cruze was designed as a compact car that can compete against Corolla and Civic, these two japenese cars are the high volume sales for these two companies. You think people who buy the Corolla they care about the 0 to 60 MPH? no, they care more or less, they need confortable car, with decent fuel economy, and good safety package. The Corolla has only 130 HP, with fuel economy of 35 MPG hwy. the Civic has 140 HP, with fuel economy of 36 MPG hwy. The Cruze is expected to have 140 HP, with fuel economy of 40 MPG. If these numbers are true, with this design that they just revealed today in Paris show; I will have to say GM is going to sell a lot of this car. Compare this car to the new Jetta diesel that gets 40 MPG with price tag of $24,500. The Jetta is away very expensive, I will expect GM to sell the Cruze for $18,000, and still it will be a good price compared to Civic $19,000.

By: Nesodian

Nesodian — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:53:53 +0000

I don’t like how the numerals on the gauges follow the curve. I think if the numerals where upright it would look better. On another note, this is the first car from GM I can see competing with the ever so ugly, yet popular Civic.

By: iganpo

iganpo — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:57:49 +0000

It does look kind of like an Acura interior — A sea of black buttons all the same shape and grid-like arrangement. What’s so hard about making something ergonomic and look good? The designers seem to have taken their inspiration from those tacky boomboxes at Best Buy.

By: Need4SSpeed

Need4SSpeed — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:55:13 +0000

mr hunter. I agree. Pontiac however does already have a sister car to the Cobalt. It’s the G5. The Cruze is actually supposed to be the replacement for the Cobalt. Dimensionally they are very similar. The Cruze is slightly bigger. The Cruze is actually being produced in April of 2010 and it’s going to be sold in other markets and not in the U.S market until July of 2010.

GM hasn’t officially said anything about the Cobalt being canceled yet, but I think they are considering keeping it but just looking to take it in a new direction. Hence the rumor I posted about GM considering making it an AWD domestic competitor to the EVO and STI. But I guess we’ll see.

By: Z06ified

Z06ified — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 14:07:24 +0000

That’s a pretty nice looking interior for an econobox. This should sell well.

Interesting how it looks like you’ll be able to get navigation as an option on the Cruze, yet its not available on the Malibu. They need to fix that issue on the Malibu and FAST. When you can get navigation on a Corolla, there’s a problem.

By: oldraven

oldraven — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:27:02 +0000

And what do you suppose Chevrolet should have on the grille as their logo? A Honda badge? That comment made no sense at all.

And olds307, there’s no way your malaise era 27 year old 307 makes ‘around double’ the torque of most modern V8’s. I was with you on the 4-cyl part, but you lost me when you brought V8’s into it.

By: carstuff

carstuff — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 13:12:46 +0000

“Lets see if this interior makes it to production or if it will be modified due to cost reasons.”

that is the production interior. It is already being built on the line.

By: mrfu

mrfu — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 07:00:33 +0000

all looks good….. but that stupid chev logo on the front got to go. it doesnt look good at ALL.

By: mr_hunter

mr_hunter — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:55:38 +0000

Also car companies are killing the after market stereo business. In cheap cars like this that usually come with a horrible radio you scrap the stereo and put a nice aftermarket one it. You can’t with dash layouts like this. Look at it it has a screen and separate buttons. I can understand the nice layout in a nice car that comes with really nice stuff like Bose, Harmon, Mark Levison, ect but why in a $20K car? If you have a problem with the factory stereo in a cheap car you don’t mind replacing it with something aftermarket but if you have one like thist you have to buy a very expensive factory radio to fix your problem. I have the factory radio in my car, stering wheel button are conveinient and it sounds good.

By: mr_hunter

mr_hunter — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:38:22 +0000

I think it is a bit redudndent for Chevrolet to have 2 compact cars. One of these Vehicles Cobalt or Cruze should be a pontiac only since Pontiac is more than likely to not get anymore sporty unique sedans like the G8. I say the Curze. I know the Cruze is a little larger than the Cobalt but you still don’t need them both wearing the bowtie. I guess this will be like the Cavalier and Corsica of the late 80’s to mid 90’s. The Cobalt is the Cavaleir and the Cruze is the Cosica.

By: sharpie

sharpie — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 04:31:38 +0000

What’s the torque on the 1.8L? In a small engine like this, you need all the torque. The Saturn Astra has similar engine, so if this car prices too high, it is going to go the Astra way (i.e. slow sales). I still think 1.8L is a bit small for a car intended to slot above the Cobalt but not replace it. The Cruze is essentially where the Altima was in the 90s, slotted between Sentra and Maxima before it gained weight. That Altima came standard with a 2.4L KA24DE engine.

The car looks good, but does it go and how much does it weigh? If it is a true mid-size with its weight, it is going to be a slug.

By: Need4SSpeed

Need4SSpeed — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:57:22 +0000

Yeah the interior is pretty damn impressive for a an entry level sub-compact by Chevy.

And for those of you that are talking about the 140hp 1.4L DI turbo 4cyl. This is just going to be the base engine. The LNF 2.0L 260hp 260tq will probably make its way into a high performance version of the Cruze
just like it did with the Cobalt SS T/C.

There’s also rumor floating around that the Cobalt will stay around and be moved on the new AWD platform that the 2010 Saab 9-3 will be riding on and it’ll be a domestic competitor to the EVO and STI…

By: inline6

inline6 — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 00:00:31 +0000

It’s also worth noting, golf4me, that this car is a 2010. It’ll be out in 11 months, if not earlier.

By: DeansterTJ

DeansterTJ — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:33:28 +0000

The dash is pretty good, although they stole the wheel from the Civic and the center console from the CTS.

By: olds307

olds307 — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:29:49 +0000

My 1981 Olds307 is rated at 147 HP, but it has something around twice the torque rating than any production 4 cylinder, and even most modern V8s. Throughout the 60s to 80s, the Olds motors were always known for torque.

By: 441Zuke

441Zuke — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:22:43 +0000

i like if they put a 6 gears in this i would consider it replacing my civic

By: autonut

autonut — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:16:24 +0000

Interior is very much like latest Accord: looks like fallopian tubes.
140 HP is not a measure of how well or poorly the engine/car will perform. The real question is when the torque will peak and how that torque transfered to wheels. With turbo engine, torque probably decent, hopefully Chevy (oops Daewoo) knows how to transfer torque to driving wheels.

By: VictorRaikkonen

VictorRaikkonen — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 23:10:54 +0000

Lets see if this interior makes it to production or if it will be modified due to cost reasons.

By: manhertm

manhertm — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:56:35 +0000

Still looks like a twin ****pit design too me.

By: illwill

illwill — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 22:15:42 +0000

Damn! The interior! I’m impressed.

By: golf4me

golf4me — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:49:26 +0000

inline…so true! My mother’s 1981 Caprice Classic had 140 whole HP. Though I’m not sure it weighed a whole lot more than today’s subcompacts! Cars are just too damn heavy these days, thanks to our nanny-state. And then they want everyone to get 35mpg…does it surprise anyone why we are in the mess we are in? !!

By: crossbonz

crossbonz — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:39:53 +0000

WOW!!! Very nice interior!! Reminds me of an Acura on the inside. Nice job GM!

By: Jordan

Jordan — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:30:32 +0000

the civic has 140hp standard, i believe. the corolla is somewhere around 130hp… unless the cruze weighs significantly more than they do, it should do well within the segment.

By: inline6

inline6 — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:25:29 +0000

140hp is the industry standard for compacts. 140 will be fine for this thing.

Let’s not forget that, not long ago, 140hp out of a V8 was normal.

By: golf4me

golf4me — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:11:27 +0000

Interior looks very nice for a car in this class…seeing that 140hp is the standard motor, I will wager that there might be a more potent option (with the motors they already have) for a sportier or SS version. Also, don’t forget this thing is “supposed” to have much improved MPG as well, and better than it’s competitors…and what’s the standard HP on a Civic or Corolla? I don’t think it’s 140…and I’ll bet this has more torque to boot, being a DI turbo. I guess we’ll have to see when it comes out. Knowing GM, it’ll be 2 more years. Oh, right, it is almost 2 more years.

By: johnnycanuck

johnnycanuck — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 21:04:14 +0000

RaineMan is right. It’s a good thing they’ve obviously devoted much time and effort into the interior because you’re likely to be stuck there longer than you would have estimated.