Chevrolet Cruze

the overall design was conceived to please in all countries where the model is sold, which are many. Korea, where it is produced in South Africa, rising in the coming months to Eastern Europe, Russia and, in 2010, North America. But it’s also because the European team of designers of GM DAT in Korea, managed to fall on a car three volumes the best of the canons of the Old World style of reinventing the course mark of golden tie. Chevrolet even speak of “four-door coupe,” a definition a bit forced, but it gives an idea of how designers have pursued the idea of designing a sedan that would express a great dynamism. The result is convincing because the Cruze looks like a personal machine with a front end dominated by important silhuette grille and a Chevy slender and muscular, with a concave and the wheels along the edges of the bodywork. The rear is more conventional, but still balanced and consistent with the whole.

On the Italian market the Cruze is available with two different engines, both combined with a 5-speed manual transmission, a 1600 petrol and turbo diesel 2000. The first develops 113 hp at a speed of 6,400 revolutions per minute for a maximum torque of 153 Nm 4200. This is a conventional petrol, its parks in consumption (on paper we are talking about 6.8 liters of gasoline per 100 km on the combined cycle), but a little ’sitting’ schemes medium-low. To get a touch of panache needed to deal with overtaking or maybe Apennine road traveling at full load, you must use the gearbox a lot keeping the engine above 3,000 rpm. Under normal circumstances this ensures,

however the 1600 Cruze a good driving comfort. Diesel is obviously much more generous. You can count on 150 horsepower and above out of 320 Nm of torque at 2,000 rpm to ensure good performance and consumer interest: Chevrolet says 5.6 liters per 100 km on the combined cycle and CO2 emissions equal to 149 grams. Behind the wheel The only negative is that you acknowledge a certain void in torque from 1,700 rpm to get a hint that sometimes requires proper placement of the first gear. Otherwise, the diesel version of the Cruze will ride well and enhances the best qualities of the frame that relies on MacPherson strut front suspension and torsion beam rear, while the steering hydraulic promotes a good feeling with the road. Good is also the level of soundproofing the cabin.