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Diesel powered Chevy Cruze better than Jetta?
#1
04-22-2013, 09:52 AM
Diesel powered Chevy Cruze better than Jetta?
Would you buy a Chevy Cruze diesel? 
Diesel-powered Chevy Cruze beats Jetta TDI at 46 mpg highway
Promises more equipment for similar starting price.
General Motors said the 2014 Chevrolet Cruze Turbo Diesel will deliver an estimated 46 miles per gallon on the highway, besting the company's initial target by four mpg.
The estimate is also good enough to top the rival 2013 Volkswagen Jetta TDI, which achieves 42 mpg on the highway. The Cruze's 2-liter turbo diesel engine produces 148 horsepower, compared with 140 hp for the Jetta diesel.
After its February introduction at the Chicago auto show, GM engineers continued to make adjustments to the Cruze diesel to improve its fuel economy. It emits 90 percent less nitrogen oxide and particulate emissions than earlier diesel models, according to GM.<!--EndofExcerptMarker-->
"We were still testing at the time, but wanted to be clear that we would be at or better than Jetta," a GM spokeswoman said. "The engineering team did a lot of incremental changes to the Cruze diesel from the Eco model to gain efficiency."
The Cruze diesel will be GM's first diesel car sold in the United States since the 1980s.
It is also a bellwether for diesel demand in the country as more automakers weigh the technology to comply with stricter U.S. fuel economy rules.
Volkswagen is the only nonluxury brand now selling diesels and dominates the U.S. market with its TDI offerings in the Jetta, Passat, Beetle and Golf. Last year, 20 percent of U.S. Jetta sales were diesel versions.
The Cruze diesel, featuring a six-speed automatic transmission, has an estimated range of 700 highway miles, about 130 more than the gasoline-powered Eco trim, which is rated at 42 mpg highway.
The starting price for the Cruze diesel is $25,695, including shipping. It will go on sale in select U.S. cities this spring, and nationwide and in Canada in the early fall, GM said. Chevy Cruze sales have slipped 2 percent this year through March to 55,731 and GM is counting on the diesel variant to spark new interest in the compact sedan.
Since its mid-2010 launch, Cruze sales have eclipsed 2 million units globally, with more than 33,000 of them powered by diesel engines. Gary Altman, chief engineer for the Cruze Diesel, said: "We harnessed generations of diesel expertise to adapt our world-class global engine for the North American market."
-- Vince Bond Jr., Automotive News
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Diesel-powered Chevy Cruze beats Jetta TDI at 46 mpg highway
Promises more equipment for similar starting price.
General Motors said the 2014 Chevrolet Cruze Turbo Diesel will deliver an estimated 46 miles per gallon on the highway, besting the company's initial target by four mpg.
The estimate is also good enough to top the rival 2013 Volkswagen Jetta TDI, which achieves 42 mpg on the highway. The Cruze's 2-liter turbo diesel engine produces 148 horsepower, compared with 140 hp for the Jetta diesel.
After its February introduction at the Chicago auto show, GM engineers continued to make adjustments to the Cruze diesel to improve its fuel economy. It emits 90 percent less nitrogen oxide and particulate emissions than earlier diesel models, according to GM.<!--EndofExcerptMarker-->
"We were still testing at the time, but wanted to be clear that we would be at or better than Jetta," a GM spokeswoman said. "The engineering team did a lot of incremental changes to the Cruze diesel from the Eco model to gain efficiency."
The Cruze diesel will be GM's first diesel car sold in the United States since the 1980s.
It is also a bellwether for diesel demand in the country as more automakers weigh the technology to comply with stricter U.S. fuel economy rules.
Volkswagen is the only nonluxury brand now selling diesels and dominates the U.S. market with its TDI offerings in the Jetta, Passat, Beetle and Golf. Last year, 20 percent of U.S. Jetta sales were diesel versions.
The Cruze diesel, featuring a six-speed automatic transmission, has an estimated range of 700 highway miles, about 130 more than the gasoline-powered Eco trim, which is rated at 42 mpg highway.
The starting price for the Cruze diesel is $25,695, including shipping. It will go on sale in select U.S. cities this spring, and nationwide and in Canada in the early fall, GM said. Chevy Cruze sales have slipped 2 percent this year through March to 55,731 and GM is counting on the diesel variant to spark new interest in the compact sedan.
Since its mid-2010 launch, Cruze sales have eclipsed 2 million units globally, with more than 33,000 of them powered by diesel engines. Gary Altman, chief engineer for the Cruze Diesel, said: "We harnessed generations of diesel expertise to adapt our world-class global engine for the North American market."
-- Vince Bond Jr., Automotive News
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#2
04-22-2013, 10:16 AM
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Southeast PA
Posts: 25,136
It's about time America is doing the small diesel engine to compete.
The Cruze has been a great car in its segment. I would like to see a lot more of those on the road.
The Cruze has been a great car in its segment. I would like to see a lot more of those on the road.
#3
04-22-2013, 10:21 AM
I wasn't crazy about the Cruze at first, but it's growing on me. And for GM to be right up there with VW with a turbo diesel, is pretty impressive. Sounds like GM is trying to do better sales in Europe.
#5
04-22-2013, 12:32 PM
problem is that the jetta still has better city mileage 31 vs 27 and is quicker the jetta tdi 0-60 is around 8.5 sec where as i believe MT got the cruze to do it in 9.2 and the jetta is huge inside compared to the cruze.
#9
04-22-2013, 09:01 PM
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Ann Arbor, Michigan
Posts: 4,779
It'll be interesting to see how the diesel Cruze does here and how the American public responds to it.
I got my LTZ RS as a daily driver and I really like it.
Chevrolet did everything right with the Cruze. The drive is very nice and its interior is highly roomy for a compact car; I'm tall and fit comfortably. This is one of the few cars I've driven that has all of the driver controls comfortably positioned and within reach (a make or break for me). The trunk is larger than one would think; I was very surprised. They are highly popular and I see them all over the place.
I got my LTZ RS as a daily driver and I really like it.
Chevrolet did everything right with the Cruze. The drive is very nice and its interior is highly roomy for a compact car; I'm tall and fit comfortably. This is one of the few cars I've driven that has all of the driver controls comfortably positioned and within reach (a make or break for me). The trunk is larger than one would think; I was very surprised. They are highly popular and I see them all over the place.
