Test Drive Chevrolet Cruze since 2009 Sedan

Chevrolet Cruze. Expressionist

Chevrolet Cruze. Price: not defined. On sale: since September 2009
For General Motors, Cruze sedan is important not less than anti-crisis measures for the global economy. They even have a goal one to revive. With the financial precipice, everything is more or less clearly or late, the rise will necessarily. But will the new model be able to awaken the purchasing interest in the Chevrolet brand, as the creator of bright, attractive cars? After all, it is Cruze to start a new global brand design.

Test pilot
Dmitry Tyatyuchenko, 33 years old, car journalist, driving experience 14 years old, personal car - Jeep Wrangler
In psychophysiology there is a concept of targeting a targeting. Simply put, this is a congenital human reaction to the novelty of an external stimulus. For example, to an unexpected appearance in the men's team of a sexy staff. Active activity is freezed, the overall heartbeat is expensive in a single rhythm, the sense authorities cover the maximum voltage as at first glance at Chevrolet Cruze, whose extremal novelty will easily cause an emotional splash to a pair with spiritual lifting.
For such a reaction, the public is very much calculated in the company, which by all the forces tried not to simply update the design of their cars, but to make a real coup in the perception of the brand. Specifically, the forces of the international team under the leadership of the Vice-President of the Korean Design Studio Tevaan Kim. Well, their work and the Duma, the high rapidness did not disappear: Cruze really looks 100% original and modern. And most importantly, stylishly than stringly different from the other representatives of the model line of Chevrolet.
High body belt and glazing line, low roof and short trunk sedan is created on the manner of the current 4-door compartment, which is already in itself symbolizing the dynamism of the appearance. Naturally, there was no aggressiveness inherent in the most real coupe. It flows on embossed climbing of the hood, fills the cells of a huge grille of the radiator and, hitting the golden sight in the crossroads, spreads to the sides to finally be frozen in the prickly ice headers.
In addition, the image of the target audience finally gained expressive features. Cruze is addressed not only to those who, as usual, want to buy a lot of practical and economical car for small money. The model is focused on buyers who are followed by fashion, but do not come from her. For them, individuality is more important than the storm followed by trendy trends.
But the car mod still imposes some rules of the game: all the ghostly becomes the interclass border and the interior is becoming more and more. Competition! So, in length (4597 mm) and the wheelbase (2685 mm) Chevrolet Cruze is safely converted by the native C-class. Therefore, the space in the cabin is more than enough. Not to mention the trunk with its 450 liters of volume capable of absorbing a decent long distance through the folded backs of the rear sofa. By the way, behind and go pretty comfortable: for a person medium-sized space, it is enough, and light profiling contributes to the long-term maintenance of the body's cheerfulness. And the configuration of the front seats is simply at the height: side support, a wide range of class adjustments! It is comfortable and the steering wheel with thickening in the places of grip, customizable in height and departure. In general, the inner space is organized by the mind, tasteful and in the image of Opel Insignia. The same double cockpit for the driver and front passenger, separated by the central console with similar systemic armed, familiar dashboard and steering wheel. Is that the materials are simpler. However, the impression of the finish spoil only the skin inserts on the front panel, which look frankly ridiculous. In a simpler configuration there is a fabric explicit designer luck, because it looks better and even more expensive.
Motor palette for Chevrolet Cruze is represented by three aggregates. Silent on heavily fuel standards 2.0-liter turbodiesel (150 l.) To Russia while you do not plan to carry. But, perhaps, only he can breathe life into the car. With a 5-speed mechanic, the engine provides good overclocking dynamics with almost idling and adequate accelerations. Here even the top gasoline version will seem boring.
The engine with a volume of 1.8 l with a capacity of 141 liters. with. Reacts to pressing an accelerator with delay, for a dynamic ride, the tachometer arrow has to drive into the upper range of revolutions, which affects acoustic comfort. Already after 3000 revolutions, the noise becomes annoying. Yes, and 5-speed MCP requires active switching. However, everything, as always, lets in comparison. After a modest 1.6-liter 113-strong motor 1.8 DOHC will seem just an apogee drive.
But the charge of cheerfulness can be obtained from the model controller. With a rather sharp and informative wheel of Chevrolet Cruze, it is clearly holding a straight, perfectly maneuver and comes into turns only with small adjustments. Rolls effectively quench the rigid suspension, but on an uneven road, this unexpected siltyness of the sedan turns into a tangible shudder for sitting in the cabin.
But if the driving sensations are full of contradictions, then the design of the car reasons does not leave for doubt. The impressive appearance of the Chevrolet Cruze, on which, in fact, emphasizes GM, will be a serious goat in the competitive struggle for the buyer in a crowded golf class.
Stayed in the street
Unlike European markets, where Chevrolet Cruze came to replace the inexpensive and practical sedan Lacetti, both models will be sold in parallel. The last for several years has been among the ten most sold in our foreign cars, the demand for the car remains high, so it is too early to write it off with accounts. So Lacetti, collected according to CKD technology, while remains on the conveyor of the Kaliningrad Auto plant. Cruze production will start in the summer at the GM plant in Shushary under St. Petersburg, where Chevrolet Captiva and Opel Antara SUV are already being produced, and will also be implemented in industrial assembly mode. Currently, there is an adjustment of equipment for the release of Chevrolet Cruze and the test assembly on the line begins. It is assumed that only cars produced in Russia will be available to Russian buyers.
 
Love not love
Under the ceiling, a glasses case is found over the left shoulder of the driver. Actual
Non-alcoholic floor liters perfectly stirres about the hand brake lever. Available
On the front panel, in front of the windshield there is a niche for all either. Emko

Driving
A sedan with a 141-strong engine is dynamic only in comparison with 113-strong modifications. But you can get the pleasure of driving.
Salon
Not bad finish materials, spaciousness and ergonomics.
Comfort
Roads are better to choose the robusts otherwise the hard suspension shall outset the entire soul. Even comfortable seats will not save.
Security
Front and lateral airbags, security curtains, ABS, TCS, ESC.
Price
Unspecified.

Advantages and disadvantages
+ External gloss, spacious interior, spacious trunk, comfortable seats, good diesel engine.
- mediocre finishing materials, colorless 1.6-liter gasoline engine.

Specifications
Brand and Model - Chevrolet Cruze 1.8 MT
Dimensions - 4597x1788x1477 mm
Engine - gasoline, 1796 cm3, 141 liters. s. / 6200 min-1
Transmission - Mechanical, 5-speed
Dynamics - Max 200 km / h; 10 s to 100 km / h
Competitors - Toyota Corolla, Ford Focus, Skoda Octavia, Kia Cerato

Our opinion
Postmodern design will serve the car a good service. Unlike the branded classmate Chevrolet Lacetti, whose mature buyers are guided mainly by rational motives, Cruze can call real emotions, which is important for a young audience. That would still have a pendulum of prices not swung in the wrong side
Posted by: Dmitry Tyatyuchenko
 

 

A source: Journal 5 Wheel [June 2009]