Test Drive Chevrolet Cruze since 2009 Sedan

720 hours driving: Chevrolet Cruze 1.6

A year ago, I traveled through the Spanish Cantabria on 1.8-liter gasoline and 2.0-liter diesel modifications Chevy Cruze. During the Russian launch of the sedan in St. Petersburg, the organizers also showed a 1.6-liter version, limiting 1.8-literms automated and with mechanics. Most recently, I understood why the Jeemovtsy face Cruze with a basic power unit.

Do not go! - Briefly and Emko concluded a colleague who came on a gray-blue cruise with mechanics and a 1.6-liter engine from Moscow. Later I was convinced of this myself. For sure, with this motor is difficult to quickly embry on the flow of a ring road or vividly accelerate in the city. I press on the accelerator, and the reaction is as if behind the cruise trailer with an elephant. Strict Norms Euro-IV? Ton of three hundred curb weight? Total one and a half hundred newton-on-meter torque? I do not know why it is, but it really doesn't ride.

M-yes, kruses with 1.8-liter 140-strong motors I liked much more. What on the roads of Spain, which is on the Colds of Peter. And our copy seems to be intended exclusively for fuel economy even if you make all money, gasoline losses will not exceed 9-10 liters per 100 km in the city. You can say, economically.

Cruze is much more interesting than foreshadowed the dull nature of the engine, although the steering wheel focused on the electric powerliner and is little informative. Yet Cruz with unexpected efficiency answers the driver's desire to change the trajectory. Increased body rigidity (compared to Lacetti) and configured in Rasshelheim Suspension (saw Cruze in camouflage at the Opel Performance Center polygon) make themselves felt in every bridge. And I liked the brakes: they are clearly ready to work with more powerful engines. Efficiency was confirmed by personal life experience when a black Mondeo got out in front of me. That [a bad man] is not a yield of the road, rebuilt into my row from the right, so that it is imparting to the left ... Yes, Cruze really reliable brakes!

Eh, I would be more powerful for me, I could then catch up with a reality and express him all that he was thinking about himself, his relatives, driving instructor and about who dared to give him rights. But the accelerator pedal violently recessed into the floor instantly colded Cruze blood as was usually not in the mood to rush somewhere.

Designers worked nicely. The faceted body can be too heavy (that according to the dynamics of overclocking seems quite close to the truth), but there is no gram from Lacetti. Quite a modern, rapid. Cruze looks even better than it is: few see a small middle class in tight sedan, especially if a car is parked by a segment above and ten years older: their dimensions are quite comparable.

The impression of an interesting design of the cabin spoils hard plastic and unsuccessful inserts with a tissue trim. About the first one can hurt, and the second from the spots will be problematic. The driver's chair has a tangible side support, and in the thighs region is even too strong; However, slim girls may be more comfortable there. The adjustment range is more than sufficient, and there is enough space in the rear sofa even for three adult passengers. The trunk is spacious, and also opens with the button on the key chain.

By the way about girls. The mirror is only in the right sunscreen visor: did the ladies be sitting in Cruises only next to the driver?!

It's time to summarize: Cruze is superbly insulated, comfortable, and at the same time it is capable of turning turns. But in order to overclock Chevy to a little serious high-speed mark you need time (up to 100 km / h, you will need about 12 seconds) and desire (very long transmissions for the city is not the best option). But it looks like Cruze on the envy of competitors and neighbors; Much more expensive than its own price and the submitted segment.

P.S. Somehow half a day I moved from Cruise to the new Renault Megane Hatchback, after which I returned to Chevrolet. Get used to light, almost a weight roll with a gold-plated cross, I had to be again, because the reverse effort on it seemed absent completely. But Megan is not a sports car, where such a difference, but about the French at one time.


Competitors Chevrolet Cruze in the domestic market
Kia Cerato.
Hyundai Elantra.
 


 

A source: Magazine "Wheels" [June 2010]