Chevrolet Cruze To Get 45-mpg
Entering production in April 2010 at the Lordstown Ohio plant in the United States the Chevy Cruze is sure to be a hit. With the initial release of the vehicle in mid 2009 in Europe GM will definitely have the kinks worked out in time for its North American release.
There have been widespread rumors in regards to the efficiency of the vehicle. The outgoing Cobalt currently gets 33mpg on the highway and its special fuel efficiency program XFE counterpart gets 37mpg on the highway.
On August 12th 2008 Beth Lowry confirmed the new upcoming Cruze will get 9mpg better gas mileage then the current Cobalt. We are not mathematicians but 37 9 is 46mpg but we dare not argue with a press release. The success of the Cruze is essential to the survival of General Motors as it seems only its compact segment is performing in terms of sales.
The Cobalt which is confirmed to be leaving in 2010 has been a consistent performer with sales of approximately 200000 units annually. This compact segment is particularly important to each of the Big Three as each company has been posting losses due to its heavy presence in the truck market. Therefore the key players view the compact segment as opportunity to make up for lost sales in other areas caused by higher gasoline prices.
The Cruze according to General Motors press releases will be powered by a 1.4L turbocharged global engine which is said to produce 140hp. No word yet on an SS model which has been an important part of sport compact tuning since its debut. It will be slightly larger in size then the Cobalt however smaller in size than the Malibu.
General Motors has set 150 million aside for development costs for the Cruze as well as 350 million for refurbishing the Ohio plant for manufacturing the vehicle. Amidst of cutbacks the Lordstown Ohio plant is one of the few to receive new product and an increase in capacity. This is part of a larger scale turnaround plan to fully revitalize General Motors and turn it profitable.
CEO Rick Wagoner recently revealed a full size foam replica of the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze at a recent news conference at Lordstown Ohio General Motors manufacturing plant.
To keep up to date on the new Chevrolet Cruze visit : www.CruzeChat.com
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