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Originally Posted by Fr3AkAzOiD
When they first announced the Cruze there was all this rumbling of 42 mpg.
Which later fell to 40 mpg.
Now they are saying 40 mpg is only on the Eco version that will be another year off.
Specs are now on the Chevrolet site and they are saying 26/36 mpg (manual)with the N/A engine and 24/36 (auto with O/D) with the turbo.
The two different engines they are offering are the same HP just with a bit more torque on the turbo version. Whats the point of two options then.
US also misses out on the hatchback as that is Euro only.
They even failed on weight. 200 lbs more then the Cobalt Sedan and 20 less hp to push it around.
I guess they couldn't make it too good at MPG or else no one would shell out money for the Volt.
I do have to say I haven't seen one in person so it may be a bit larger then then Cobalt and I have heard the interior is quite a bit better but still....
I was kind of expecting 38+ highway and better city numbers considering how much smaller the engine is.
Maybe I was just expecting too much...
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I have owned a 1997 Chevy Cavalier(manual trans) and a 2003 Chevy Cavalier(automatic) that I am currently driving. The 1997 Cavalier I bought from my father in law with 150,000 miles on it and I drove that car to 227,000 miles and it always averaged 30 MPG the whole time I had it. The key switch failed at 227,000 miles which I replaced and I sold that car still running good and everything working fine in the car. The A/C was Ice cold, the stock CD player worked, the cruise control worked, no overheating problems, no head gasket problems, the front end was rock solid with no parts replaced and it did not need an alignment at 227,000 miles. The only parts that failed on the 1997 Cavalier was at 175,000 miles I had to replace the water pump and the key switch failed at 227,000 miles. This car still had the original clutch in it because my father in law is a truck driver and he can shift without using the clutch very much. The car was babied with all the general maintenance it ever needed and 3,000 mile oil changes. The car was also never abused by bad driving habits.
I mention the Cavalier because this was the car that was replaced by the Cobalt and now the Cobalt has been replaced by the Cruze. Both of the Cavaliers I had averaged 30 MPG with the A/C on and I do allot of freeway driving due to my commute to work is 70 miles round trip.
The Cruze getting 36 MPG on the freeway is good. Chevy is touting the Cruze as being Lexus quiet as far as road noise in the car which is a plus because the Cavalier is not Lexus quiet concerning road noise.
If the Cruze get 36+ MPG on the freeway, is Lexus quiet inside the car from road noise and is as reliable in every way as the two Cavaliers I have owned then I have to say the Cruze is a big improvement over the Cavalier and Cobalt.
Chevy builds better cars than the general public thinks they are. I don't mind people bashing on Chevy though because anyone who watched the movie 'Who Killed the Electric Car' knows Chevy is tied to closely to the oil companies.