Amid the industry-wide shift to larger trucks, SUVs and crossovers, the Chevrolet Cruze represents an increasingly rare breed: an American compact car that’s actually built in the U.S., not imported from overseas. First released in the U.S. in 2008 and built in Lordstown, Ohio, the nameplate goes back to the turn of the millennium in […]
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Chevy updates: Malibu gets RS trim, Cruze loses manual, Spark sticks around
Chevrolet has a lot of changes in store for 2019. None of them are especially major, but they’re coming to three of Chevrolet’s passenger car models, the Malibu, Cruze and Spark. They all get mildly revised front and rear fascias, updated color schemes, and new options and packages. The amount of change varies from car […]
2018 Chevrolet Cruze Tested: Diesel, Manual, Hatchback
– With Volkswagen’s TDIs out of the picture, the Chevrolet Cruze diesel has become a unicorn—the only manual-transmission diesel passenger car available in the United States and the only diesel passenger vehicle (crossovers and SUVs included) that sells for less than $ 30,000. The closest approximation is the BMW 328d xDrive wagon that starts at […]
2018 Chevrolet Cruze Diesel Hatchback Manual – Instrumented Test
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2018 Chevrolet Cruze – In-Depth Review
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Honored to Get a Mention: 2018 Chevrolet Cruze, Tested in Depth!
– Getting mentioned in the compact-car segment is no easy feat, but the Chevrolet Cruze is doing its best. Squeezed into a class that contains almost two dozen cars, including two recipients of our 2018 10Best Cars award (the Honda Civic Sport and the Volkswagen Golf), the Cruze stands out by providing a comfortable ride, […]
2017 Chevrolet Cruze Hatchback Manual – Instrumented Test
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2017 Chevrolet Cruze Hatchback Manual Tested: If Only It Were Interesting
– Being the new kid in a school can be one of the toughest transitions of a lifetime. The sleek second-generation Chevrolet Cruze arrived in 2016 in sedan-form only. For 2017, the model is available in one of our favorite body styles—the hatchback—for the first time in North America. And Chevrolet even sees fit to […]
The Prince of Parsimony: Squeezing Max Mileage From a Chevy Cruze Diesel
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The Prince of Parsimony: Squeezing 70 MPG from a Chevy Cruze Diesel
– This is a simple hypermiling test. Take a 2017 Chevrolet Cruze Diesel, turn off the A/C, keep the windows rolled up, get on a California freeway, set the cruise control at 55 mph (10 mph under the limit), and see what sort of fuel economy results. Touch the brakes and throttle as little as […]