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It's been a long time coming, but the wraps are now off Chevy's first diesel-powered passenger car since 1986.
The 2014 Chevrolet Clean Turbo Diesel model is being unveiled today at the Chicago Auto Show, and will go on sale the summer in the U.S. and Canada.
The 2.0-liter direct-injected and turbocharged diesel engine is rated at 148 horsepower and puts out 248 lb-ft of torque at 2000 rpm. It's paired with GM's six-speed automatic transmission.
The company quotes 0-to-60-mph acceleration of 8.6 seconds, which is says is quicker than the automatic version of the Volkswagen Jetta TDI--the other mass-market compact sedan offered wtih a diesel.
Chevy estimates the gas mileage from the Cruze Clean Turbo Diesel at 42 mpg highway (it did not offer projected city or combined ratings), although diesel cars often deliver better real-world fuel economy than their EPA ratings.
The 2013 Chevrolet Cruze Eco, the most economical gasoline model, is rated at 33 mpg (28 mpg city, 42 mpg highway) with a six-speed manual gearbox, though the Cruze Eco with an automatic (a better comparison to the Cruze Clean Turbo Diesel) delivers 31 mpg combined (26 mpg city, 39 mpg highway).
The car delivers up to 650 miles of range from its 15.6-gallon fuel tank, highlighting one of the major selling points of small diesel engines: the ability to travel long distances very economically at highway speeds.
Chevy also notes that the Cruze Clean Turbo Diesel has an overboost function that can raise torque to 280 lb-ft for up to 10 seconds when needed for passing or sudden acceleration.
The diesel Cruze is one of two new U.S. diesel models arriving for 2014; the other is the Jeep Grand Cherokee EcoDiesel. Mazda is also expected to offer clean-diesel versions of its Mazda6 sedan and CX-5 compact crossover.
By some estimates, including those of parts maker Bosch, diesels could take up to 10 percent of the U.S. passenger vehicle market by 2015.
Chevrolet has long sold diesel-engined cars in Europe, where emissions standards are somewhat less stringent. There, four out of every 10 Cruze models are sold with diesels.
The Cruze Clean Turbo Diesel uses a urea exhaust after-treatment system to meet the tougher U.S. emissions standards, known as Tier 2, Bin 5.
An exhaust-gas recirculation system and the urea after-treatment cut emissions of nitrous oxides and particulates to roughly one-tenth the level of earlier diesels without those systems.
The 4.5-gallon tank for liquid urea on the diesel Cruze supplies enough to last roughly 10,000 miles, and is intended to be refilled with every oil change.
Last year, General Motors said it sold half a million diesel cars in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America.
The 2014 Chevrolet Cruze Clean Turbo Diesel will be built in Lordstown, Ohio, alongside all other U.S. Cruze models. Its engine is imported from a GM plant in Europe, and is warranted for five years or 100,000 miles.
Equipment on the new diesel Cruze includes a beefier alternator and battery, 17-inch alloy wheels fitted with ultra-low-rolling resistance tires, and four-wheel disc brakes.
It also comes standard with leather-appointed seats, an aerodynamics package, a rear spoiler, and the Chevy MyLink infotainment system.
The price of the 2014 Cruze diesel sedan starts at $25,695, including a mandatory destination charge of $810, and includes two years of maintenance. That's more than $4,000 pricier than the base 2013 Cruze Eco with an automatic transmission.
The starting price of the 2013 Volkswagen Jetta TDI base model is $23,785, which includes a $795 destination charge.
That VW diesel model, however, is fitted with a six-speed manual transmission; the Cruze Clean Turbo Diesel does not offer a manual gearbox option.
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On a side note...the Passat TDI is a much larger car than this Cruze diesel, and gets practically the same mpg. How did GM miss the mileage target so much with this?
Once we can compare apples to apples, then have at it.
While it might be assembled in the United States, the engine is of Italian design, made by VM Motori S.p.A. GM owns 50%, and the other 50% of the said company is owned by FIAT. The company is a diesel engine contractor for several major European car brands.
The engine is likely to be shipped to the United States for final assembly, and is unlikely to be made here.
I am actually curious to try that engine out.
Do not pick on clean diesel. That is cutting edge technology, improved upon and optimized for the last twenty years. All the cutting edge research and development is done on clean diesel engines first, then maybe on gasoline engines afterwards.
Where is the basic 6 speeder at 22K USD for fleets etc that will be sweet spot for this car
But that is OK; they will learn soon enough, or fail.
And, as Dodge RAM trucks prove, having a diesel engine with monstrous torque paired with a manual transmission is perfectly feasible. One need not look further than a 24-wheeler truck, and those have "slightly more" torque than a 335d.
Ah, nice, another fiasco on the way. And then, GM will wonder why the diesel will not sell. No wagon, no manual transmission, I could not imagine why it will be a fiasco!
Check the fueleconomy.gov website for details.
That is just the way it is right now. That is also not to say that once diesels penetrate the mainstream market, automatic sedans will not be in the majority; they likely will be -- but for the time being, most people who want a clean diesel car want a sportwagon chassis with a manual transmission, and detest SUV's and pickup trucks.
If this is the future as one contributor thinks I don't want any part of it. I suggest he takes a look at the current Prius engine and drive train if he wants to see a modern system with no troublesome and noisy belts,idlers,turbo or other add ons required by the diesel. One last thing the last time I looked the auto transmission was dominate in America so why does he think GM is wrong to offer it?
The technology in the Prius is 16 years old now; it is also extremely complex when compared to the ultramodern clean diesel engines, and it still uses ignition timing, spark plugs, and gasoline.
There can be no comparison. The Prius is the butt of jokes: small, obsolete, automatic transmission, no power, no acceleration, no speed, and ugly.
Who in their right mind would pick that over an ultramodern, luxurious, fuel-sipping, clean, powerful, fast mazda6 sportwagon, which can be had with a manual to boot, is beyond me.
How many clean-diesel vehicles do you predict will be sold in 2013 (including all VW/Audi TDIs, the Jeep Grand Cherokee, the Cruze diesel, and the Mazdas when they arrive)?
Different people buy different types of cars for very different reasons. You prioritize some things, other buyers have different priorities. Your sheer disdain & contempt for people who do not happen to share your automotive preferences is grating.
The leather seats n auto trans are still not worth that much on a diesel that doesn't even meet, let alone beat, its bigger VWs competition in mileage costing thousands less.
Yes indeed this a big screw up for GM n stinks of a compliance car similar to some EVs being sold today. Why did GM not build a base Cruze diesel w/ a manual for 22K?
This car may eventually sell ok but why would a high mileage car shopper pay for this thing when they can get a much higher mpg, lower fuel cost, lower purchase price, bigger, more practical, and one of the best damn reliability records cars in the new Prius.
This is horrible half ass first attempt by GM to reintroduce the great possibility of diesels to the US
As far as diesel vs. hybrids arguement, I think another GCR article has stated that VW feel that buyers for diesel and hybrids are two completely different groups. They will never cross-shop each other's product. So, that is why VW is offering diesel and hybrids in trying to capture both segment.
There was a study conducted by Carnegie Mellon University (I think) a few years ago that concluded that while fuel economy was a factor, it was not the only factor, or even the primary factor for most of the diesel buyers they surveyed. Fuel economy tended to be the most important factor for hybrid buyers.
If not a full hybrid like the Prius then one of the clearly bigger, more frugal, time tested VW diesels are better choices then this new, expensive die Cruze.
It is NOT what I think, it is what VW thinks in their research as stated in the GCR's article.
http://www.greencarreports.com/news/1080201_vw-diesel-buyers-hybrid-buyers-both-want-fuel-economy-but-beyond-that
"Because, Volkswagen says, the audiences for the two cars are actually very different--and there's very little crossover from one to the other."
It is talking about the hybrid group vs. diesel group. As you can tell from some of the diesel fans here, they will NEVER touch a hybrid... So using a Prius to gauge the interest on a diesel is pointless b/c they are two different groups of buyers.
Maybe you need to lay off the pipe and grow a better memory before you whine about it...
That is simply not true. I will buy a DIESEL HYBRID, if:
a) it is offered with a manual transmission
b) is sold as a sportwagon
c) looks good
d) is loaded to the gills with luxury.
Even though I am a diesel fanatic, I am not against hybrids, but I am VEHEMENTLY against GASOLINE HYBRIDS. And I will fight against them at every turn and opportunity!
As much as I think that the initial configuration choices for the U.S. market were poor, one has to give credit to GM for being the first United States manufacturer to brave the market with a passenger diesel vehicle. Credit should be given where credit is due.
If nothing else, I predict that with GM doing this, the flood gates will open because GM is a volume vehicle manufacturer, and in that industry everyone copies everyone else. Eventually, the Japanese will come on board en masse, and then it will be game over.
Wait a little longer for the new Mazda3 diesel in 2014 that's lost some serious poundage and should get near the 50's highway mpg.
CR-Z is the only one that comes to mind.
I don't think either gives as good a mileage as the Prius or other "comparable" hybrids.
Except the mazda SKY-D? What about the Jetta? It needs no after treatment either, and the engine is as simple as they come, to a fault.
My "grating" pales in comparison to number of people who are automechanics challenged and think the Prius is all that.
Since when are crowds right? From what history teaches us, crowds have, so far, always been wrong.
What is reallt grating is that because we have so many misinformed people in this country who buy the Prius -- we do not get all the advanced clean diesels that the rest of the world enjoys without so much as giving it a second thought.
John's replies to u r right. Your expressed opinions about the Prius are contrary to the facts reported by CR, JD Power, Prius sales, etc.:
1) Among the top, if not the top, in CR efficiency, reliability, and owner satisfaction ratings.
2) Best scoring vehicle in its class n among all vehicles for dependability as well as scoring well in initial quality.
3) Prius liftback sales have been over 100K annually for almost a decade now. The Prius family of vehicles is likely to sell over 200K vehicles this year n grow in the future.
4) Used Prii are in high demand as 5 year Prii w/ over 50k miles are easily commanding over $15K prices.
Whatever your personal Prius experience has been, the facts r not in agreement with you. Go Prius!
If we actually had the same choice of clean diesel vehicles, engines, and transmissions as people do in Europe, the Prius would not be successful at all, because it cannot compete with superior technology.
That is clearly evidenced by the fact that in Europe, in spite of being available for many years, the Prius has made no inroads, and clean diesel vehicles dominate the market. The people could have easily bought any Prius they wanted, yet everyone buys clean diesels, and that number is growing year-after-year.
If you dig around here, you can even find an article, right on this site, writing about it.
What has happened though, is that diesel technology has been innovated on, a lot, and meanwhile the Europeans have grown to appreciate the powerful, fast, economical fuel mizers that modern diesel cars are.
Here in America, clean diesel cars have yet to mass penetrate the market, and the situation is made all the more complex with lack of choices
Enough said.
I rented a Prius a couple of times in California and it does make sense there but in the UK it is not such a good match.
The key issue that everyone seems to be missing is that in Europe we have the choice between a vast array of Diesels and all the current Hybrids and EVs, in the US you don't. The number of Diesel options is very small.
Lets hope that changes over the next few years
This is a clearly a subject that attracts a lot of differing views !!
For 25K GBP there are some much larger better appointed Diesel cars available that deliver an equivalent mpg.
The Prius is a niche car for city users in Europe, it is popular with minicab firms for example. Don't misunderstand me it has it's place but numbers do not lie Diesel cars outsell Hybrids nearly 50:1 in Europe. This is mostly due to the compelling financial reasons that a mid size diesel with a like for like MPG to a Prius is 20-25% cheaper to buy. So if good mpg is your main driver then you can see it is a difficult call.
Dont forget as well that your average Prius purchaser has a clear green motivation and in Europe that is met by much better public transport.
Yep! And elsewhere on the European continent, diesel car penetration is up to 95-99%. Croatia comes to mind as one of the examples.
The three markets hardly seem comparable in their impacts on diesel sales.
Point is they are already well established in the mind-set of these populations and there hasn't been a challenger (Hybrid) until now. Conventional cars are now more reliable and economical so we will have to wait and see the outcome of this especially as we also have the added environmental issues to deal with.
Slushbox automatics really rob power. Why are they still using them?
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