[hawk2100n]

I don't understand how this car could ever make financial sense. The $5000 premium over gasoline Cruze models not including how the dealers will also either mark-up or not give any discounts or incentives on this car make it really unappealing. I bet you could expect to pay full sticker price ($25,000) for this while a gasoline Cruze eco could be had for probably $18,000 or less. That's a lot of gas.

And that doesn't even include the price differential on diesel in the US which wipes out most of the savings for a Jetta TDi when you really look at the numbers.

Say fuel price is 3.50 for gas and diesel.

Cruze TD auto 42 mpg makes 8.3333 cents/mile
Cruze eco auto 39 mpg makes 8.9744 cents/mile

$5000/(0.089744-0.08333 $/mi)=780,000 Miles to recoup

But wait, isn't diesel over $4/gal in most places.

That changes it to
Cruze TD auto 42 mpg makes 9.5238 cents/mile
Cruze eco auto 39 mpg makes 8.9744 cents/mile

Making it impossible to recoup the cost. In fact it costs $82.41 extra to drive over the course of a year (15,000 miles).

If you want a diesel this is a cool car, but not as cool as a Jetta TDi in my opinion, unless you're a GM man/woman. If you want to save money, get a gasoline cruze eco.

But hey, maybe gas will get super expensive again.

--Just saw a post above. I will be really interested in seeing real world results. Fuelly has a good sample of Cruze and hopefully the diesels will pop up in there and impress.