Showing posts with label chevy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label chevy. Show all posts
Saturday, May 18, 2013
The All New 2012 Chevy Cruze
The All New 2011 Chevy Cruze
Cruze challenges conventional compact wisdom with one simple
word: more. Its cavernous, quiet interior and beautifully sculpted exterior feel like luxury. Cruze is filled
with performance, safety and technology features you wont believe
come in a compact.
Overview
Get Used to More
Cruze offers upscale presence with the fuel economy(17) and price tag of a compact. And with its sculpted exterior and refined interior, it feels more li
ke a sanctuary than a car when youre behind the wheel. Looks like youll have to get used to more.
More Safety
The Cruze is designed to offer continuous protection to you
and your precious cargo. Its more safety than youre used to, but youll adjust.
More Performance
With the fuel economy of a compact car(17) and the amenities of a mid-size, the Cruze gives you the best of two worlds. Making a choice can be difficult, so dont.
More Features
With all its upscale amenities and features like available navigation(18) and refined interior finishes, the Cruze offers a premium driving experience.
Exterior
Raising the bar and turning heads
Cruze has a distinct look — one you wont see in other cars in its class. Its beveled hood, sharp angles and sculpted fenders are details generally reserved for luxury vehicles — but not anymore.
Interior
Generous room and comfort
Cruze only seems like a compact from the outside. Inside, its a different story. The cavernous interior of Cruze not only has more passenger room than Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla, but it also has more cargo space too. Thats something to brag about, but Cruze chooses to go about things quietly in the interior. Its designed with 30 distinct acoustical treatments — including a triple-sealed, acoustic-laminated glass windshield — to create a serene interior.
Performance
Sophisticated performance, ride and handling
How do you create an efficient car thats fun to drive? It has to start with the engine. The available 1.4L
turbocharged engine is the ideal size — small yet powerful — designed for efficiency without compromising performance. It delivers 138 horsepower and accelerates with authority. Cruze takes on tight corners with rack-mounted electric power steering and a race-proven Z-link rear suspension(9). Its a driving experience you might not expect in a compact. And thats the point.
Fuel-saving technology no compact can compete with.
Cruze has solutions most compacts dont offer. Its standard six-speed transmissions, like the manual in Cruze LS, help offer 26 MPG city and 36 highway(6). Cruze LT and LTZ have a six-speed automatic transmission and the 1.4L turbocharged engine - a performance increase that helps Cruze offer 36 MPG highway(6). Coming late 2010, Cruze Eco is expected to offer up to 40 MPG highway(7). Thats better standard highway fuel economy than 2011 Ford Focus or 2011 Honda Civic and Toyota Corolla offer(8).
Over 4 million miles of testing
The Cruze blueprint chose solutions over sacrifices, and then fine-tuned each one over 4 million miles of durability testing. When we wanted to test handling and braking, where better than on the ice and snow of Scandinavia? Cruze proved itself in some hostile environments: continuous driving in the heat of the Arabian Desert, high-altitude in the Alps, intense moisture in Thailand and more. Then it was put through the paces on some of the best test tracks in the world, including the famed Nurburgring in Germany. Cruze is one of the most tested vehicles in Chevrolet history, and thats why we guarantee the quality with a 100,000 mile/5-year Powertrain Warranty(3).
Safety
The "more" approach to safety
Cruze engineers applied the same philosophy to safety that they did to everything else. Thats why Cruze comes with 10 standard air bags(11) — to help protect heads, chests and knees. It comes with a high-strength steel safety cage and roof crush resistance that outperforms the requirements. Even better, every Cruze comes protected and connected by OnStar®(5) with the Directions & Connections Plan® — including Automatic Crash Response — standard for the first six months.
Tuesday, May 14, 2013
The 2012 Chevy Volt Review and pricing
General Motors pulled the covers off the production version of its petrol-electric sedan, the Chevy Volt, barely a month ago to kick off the companys 100th anniversary celebrations. Last week at the Sydney Motor Show, Holden gave Aussies the first chance to get up close and personal with the car thats been tasked with saving the motherships image, and bacon, in the US.
Like other hybrids on sale today — such as the Toyota Prius, Honda Civic and Lexus RX400h — the Volt features both an electric and petrol engine, as well as a bevy of batteries. Unlike those hybrids, in the Volt, the electric engine is solely responsible for driving the wheels. The petrol engine is just there to recharge the batteries when theyre close to being drained — this allows GM to cheekily claim that the Volt is an electric car thats been "range-extended".
Leave the Volt plugged in to mains power overnight and it should give you about 60km of electric-only motoring. GM estimates that should you plug your Volt in every night, the Volt will consume about the same amount of energy as a fridge.
Although its been revealed already, and will play a role in the forthcoming Transformers 2 movie, the Volt wont go on sale until 2010 in the US. Australian sales have been scheduled in for 2012, although its not yet clear whether it will wear the Chevy bow-tie or the Ho
lden lion.
Holden took the Sydney motor show by surprise this morning when it unveiled the Chevrolet Volt electric car and confirmed it would be in Australian show rooms by 2012.
Pricing is yet to be confirmed but the Volt, which is similar in size to a Holden Astra sedan, is expected to cost more than $30,000 locally.
The Volt is expected to be the first plug-in electric car to go on sale in Australia and marks a significant shift in attitude from the world’s
biggest car maker. Previous Holden show stoppers have been defined by their massive V8 engines and sporty looks.
Holden’s chairman and managing director, American Mark Reuss, is understood to have used his contacts in Detroit to fast-track the Volt coming to Australia. Indeed, the Volt’s 2008 Sydney motor show appearance is its first outside the US and only the second public showing globally.
In his address to media Reuss officially confirmed the Volt would be sold here.
A statement issued by Holden said: “It is a reflection of the importance of the Australian
market for General Motors that a vehicle as significant as Volt has been provided for this show. This technology is potentially the most exciting addition to GM’s range of alternative fuels on the horizon … by reducing our dependence on foreign oil.”
Holden is yet to decide if it will be called the Chevrolet Volt or if the car will wear a Holden badge. It has a few years to decide.The Volt is due to go on sale in the US in 2010 and other countries will follow. A right-hand drive Volt is yet to be developed b
ut the car has been designed from the outset to be made in both left- and right-hand drive.
The Volt can run on electric power alone and not use a drop of petrol for 64km. A study in the US found that this covers the daily commute for 78 per cent of motorists in North America.
However, a tiny petrol
engine powers a generator which, in turn, recharges the battery pack while on the move, gives the Volt a total driving range of more than 1000km.
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Like other hybrids on sale today — such as the Toyota Prius, Honda Civic and Lexus RX400h — the Volt features both an electric and petrol engine, as well as a bevy of batteries. Unlike those hybrids, in the Volt, the electric engine is solely responsible for driving the wheels. The petrol engine is just there to recharge the batteries when theyre close to being drained — this allows GM to cheekily claim that the Volt is an electric car thats been "range-extended".
Leave the Volt plugged in to mains power overnight and it should give you about 60km of electric-only motoring. GM estimates that should you plug your Volt in every night, the Volt will consume about the same amount of energy as a fridge.
Although its been revealed already, and will play a role in the forthcoming Transformers 2 movie, the Volt wont go on sale until 2010 in the US. Australian sales have been scheduled in for 2012, although its not yet clear whether it will wear the Chevy bow-tie or the Ho
lden lion.Holden took the Sydney motor show by surprise this morning when it unveiled the Chevrolet Volt electric car and confirmed it would be in Australian show rooms by 2012.
Pricing is yet to be confirmed but the Volt, which is similar in size to a Holden Astra sedan, is expected to cost more than $30,000 locally.
The Volt is expected to be the first plug-in electric car to go on sale in Australia and marks a significant shift in attitude from the world’s
biggest car maker. Previous Holden show stoppers have been defined by their massive V8 engines and sporty looks.Holden’s chairman and managing director, American Mark Reuss, is understood to have used his contacts in Detroit to fast-track the Volt coming to Australia. Indeed, the Volt’s 2008 Sydney motor show appearance is its first outside the US and only the second public showing globally.
In his address to media Reuss officially confirmed the Volt would be sold here.
A statement issued by Holden said: “It is a reflection of the importance of the Australian
market for General Motors that a vehicle as significant as Volt has been provided for this show. This technology is potentially the most exciting addition to GM’s range of alternative fuels on the horizon … by reducing our dependence on foreign oil.”Holden is yet to decide if it will be called the Chevrolet Volt or if the car will wear a Holden badge. It has a few years to decide.The Volt is due to go on sale in the US in 2010 and other countries will follow. A right-hand drive Volt is yet to be developed b
ut the car has been designed from the outset to be made in both left- and right-hand drive.The Volt can run on electric power alone and not use a drop of petrol for 64km. A study in the US found that this covers the daily commute for 78 per cent of motorists in North America.
However, a tiny petrol
engine powers a generator which, in turn, recharges the battery pack while on the move, gives the Volt a total driving range of more than 1000km.
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