http://www.edmunds.com/insideline/do...opanel..1.*#18

They seem to like it.

I love the way the interior looks. Clean looking outside. Nice solid platform. New engines that last I heard (Edmunds doesn't seem to mention it though) were possibly going to be creeping up on the 40 mpg city mark without any hybrid technology.

Only problem for me is my BMW lease is up in late October and this thing won't be out until "early 2010".

 

I believe its the 1.4L turbo that is projected to get near 40 mpg. GM needs to shift more focus on getting the Cruze to North America ASAP. The Volt can wait.

 

First time I've seen the car, very nice. Big improvement over the Cobalt which wasn't a bad car itself. With the current administration it is only a matter of time before we see high gas prices again. GM will be ready this time.

 

Gas prices are low because we are in a recession. You want to see gas prices go back up because that will mean we are in economic recovery and growth period.

 

You are putting too much faith on the government to solve all our economic problems. Americans have too much debt, recovery will be slow.

 

If that sticks it means that the Cruze is better looking than the Cobalt, hopefully nicer materials than the Cobalt, better ride than the Cobalt, better built than the Cobalt... and possibly cheaper than the Cobalt. I'm hopeful!

 

GM initially said the Cruze would sell alongside the current Cobalt and would be priced slightly above it. I'm not sure that has changed.

 

That car looks great. That sure is a lot of lights on the dash. Wow.....

 

Chevrolet needs this car like....yesterday.

I think it will be very pleasing. There are some styling cues I like, some I don't--mostly the rear lamps and body work which hint at a "Hyundai copied Lexus and BMW" style and the Lexus shape interior. I'm not a fan of the big "V" center stack even though it's kind of part of the new dual-cockpit design (which is a copy of the original Corvettes years ago).

But overall it looks (as a package) very good from small displacement turbo engines to a 6-speed auto, and a tight interior, it just may have a technically competitive edge. Better yet, the souped-up version may be able to trump the little foreign econo-sport machines in an arena other than horsepower.

 

Hopefully you would never see them on all at the same time .

Nice avatar by the way

 

Just do what Jerminator does from October until it comes out.

 

I sat in one in Melbourne. It does have nice quality materials and a surprising amount of space for such a small car. It will accommodate taller drivers with ease. It has a sizeable trunk... but not as deep or as spacious as a Honda City sedan.

GM has a solid player in the small car segment. It just depends if the consumers are willing to seriously consider the Cruze in light of the offerings from traditionally strong competition.

 

Now THIS is what GM SHOULD have put money into bringing out earlier, instead of pumping money into that cash void called the "Volt"!

I haven't been in one yet, but if GM took a fraction of the money that the Volt seems to be sucking up (revenue generating projects have been cancelled or postponed for that thing which by GM's own admission will lose money!!) and invested it in making sure the Cruize's interior is at the minimum as good as the new Mustang, and took another portion and made sure the Cruize came out ahead of schedule... GM did this with the GMT900, and the company wasn't in the desparate need for a Grand Slam as it is today... I think we'd all be breathing a sigh of relief.


GM KNOWS how to make great cars at great prices. The Malibu proves it.

GM CAN bring out new models quicker than anyone else. They have phenominal resources, and can make a car out of thin air and put it in a showroom in 18 months (the Cruise would have taken a total of over 30 months).

GM DOES know how to make solid, top tier quality cars... Buick is now the top quality car sold in the US (an honor shared with Jaguar, and above even Mercedes, Lexus, and BMW). Even Oldsmobile had top quality levels a decade ago.... and again, that includes imports.

It's GM's MANAGEMENT that's kept it from all coming together.

There's indications that Mr Wagoner's departure was a severe wakeup call, and that GM management is now getting it.


The Volt would be a great car if GM had alot of money in the bank, and needed a PR car the way Prius is Toyota's.

But at the very least, it's extremely poor judgement to pull resources from projects that will make money for the Volt at a time GM needs every penny it can find.

 

Now there's a turn up! A contemporary car weighing less than the model it replaces.

Maybe there is some merit in what Z284ever says regarding lower weight technology, after all.

 

Now thats a instrument cluster the Camaro should have got, or something like it. The speedo is much more legible and I like how the needles go down to a pinpoint on the speedo and tach. The Camaro has thick stuby needles which makes it hard to read.