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    GM has been having good success with the newest in compact car offerings for the Chevrolet brand—namely the Cruze. That said, recalls have become a lot more high profile in recent years, which can probably be credited to Toyota and the “unintended acceleration” debacle. The 2011 Chevrolet Cruze is on its second recall, the first involving incidences of the steering wheel becoming detached from the steering column; a recall that effected a low number of vehicles. GM is probably wishing the same was true for the most recent recall involving the Automatic transmission on some...

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    Tell Us: Is 40 MPG Highway Irrelevant, Or Crucial To Save Gas?

    If you've been paying any attention at all, you'll see new-car ads touting the magical "40 mpg highway" number in big print. You'll see a whole lot of car ads, in fact, for vehicles that include the 2011 Ford Fiesta SFE, 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco (with six-speed manual), 2011 Hyundai Elantra (all...

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    2011 Hyundai Elantra Vs 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco (Video)

    Two of the newest compact cars on the road today are the 2011 Hyundai Elantra and the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze. Now we've driven both of them, testing each car with a six-speed manual transmission. In the case of the Chevy, we drove the 2011 Cruze Eco model, which gets the highest EPA gas mileage...

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    Driven: 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Gives Great Economy, Comfort and Speed

    The week that transitions Denver, Colo. from March to April marks a busy time, especially for those involved with the Denver International Auto Show. You might have noticed as AllSmallCars.com covered all the exciting news and reviews coming out of the auto show. One of the highlights was the...

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    2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco: Real MPG Savings Or Lots of Hype?

    Have you been to the pump lately? I had to go fill up today and was greeted by $3.50 gasoline prices. That is easily up a dollar from where they were in the Rocky Mountain region last year at this same time. Of course, as I watched the dollars click by I started to think maybe I should get a more...

  • 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco, New York City, March 2011
    VIDEO: 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco, High Gas-Mileage Features

    With gas prices top of mind for many drivers, the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco model seems perfectly timed. The model with a six-speed manual gearbox is EPA-rated at 28 mpg city, 42 mpg highway, for a combined 33 mpg. On our recent road test over a long weekend, we beat that slightly, getting 34.2 mpg...

  • 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco, New York City, March 2011

    Gas mileage is on absolutely everyone's mind these days. Strife in oil-producing nations, and the associated rising gasoline prices, have already led to a surge of interest in any vehicle's MPG ratings. Now production in Japan (source of most of the world's hybrids) is shut down, at least temporarily. That means most car buyers are going to go that extra distance to get better gas mileage in their next purchase. After testing the six-speed 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco--Chevy's halo car for gas mileage, rated at at 28 mpg city, 42 mpg highway--we got 34.2 mpg, which is slightly better than the EPA...

  • 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco, New York City, March 2011
    VIDEO: 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco, Two-Minute Drive Review

    The EPA rates the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco at 28 mpg city, 42 mpg highway, when it's fitted with the six-speed manual transmission. But can the Cruze Eco really reach beyond that magic 40-mpg number, which is highway mileage only? VIDEO: 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco, Our Real-World Gas Mileage On our...

  • 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco, New York City, March 2011
    2011 Chevy Cruze Eco Gas Mileage: We Get 34 MPG--Which Is Fine

    With political uncertainty in oil-producing states, and the rising gas prices that brings, you can expect to see a lot more headlines saying "40 MPG!" We just did a quick overnight road test of a 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco with the six-speed manual transmission, which the EPA rates at 28 mpg city and...

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    2011 Geneva Auto Show Preview: 2012 Chevrolet Cruze Hatchback

    Chevrolet has been making inroads at repairing their small car reputation since the poor safety records (especially side impact) of the Cavalier and the lack luster performance and style of the Cobalt. Yes, the Cruze has been quite the improvement over past small Chevrolet cars, so much so that it...

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    Chevrolet Cruze to Bring Back Small Car Diesel Power In 2013

    Diesel’s have had a bad reputation in America, something we actually mentioned during our “Super Bowl Ad Watch” earlier this month. If you didn’t catch it, the subject came up when BMW advertised their 3-Series diesel with an ad depicting older diesels spewing tons of black...

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    2013 Chevrolet Cruze To Offer 2.0-Liter Clean-Diesel Option

    Last fall, GM executive Tom Stephens said the company would offer a passenger car with a clean-diesel engine in the U.S. market, its first since 1985. Now we know what that vehicle will be: a model of the 2013 Chevrolet Cruze compact sedan. Workers at the Lordstown, Ohio, assembly plant where the...

  • 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco

    The word "propaganda" can mean many things to many people. Today, we're using it in the sense of "a form of communication aimed at influencing the attitude of a community," as Wikipedia neatly puts it. The busy public-relations team at General Motors is now putting out roughly a video every week on the special features of one vehicle or another in GM's lineup. Today's effort covers the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco, and how it achieves its EPA ratings of 28 mpg city, 42 mpg highway (for the six-speed manual version). We've covered several of those features before, including the active shutter...

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    Chevrolet Cruze RS Production Starts After Quality Delay

    The Chevrolet Cruze has been getting a lot of good press from the safety ratings to the interesting commercials they have been running to the Department 180 in-depth video on how Chevrolet is making sure the Cruze is durable. GM ran into a little snag back in October when they announced that they...

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    Want To See GM’s Next Electric Car? Head To Seoul G20 Summit

    If you look at the 2011 Chevrolet Volt and malign its on-board gasoline-powered range extending engine then you’re unlikely to be a huge fan of general motors at the moment. But that could all change, if you’re lucky enough to be in Seoul, South Korea later this month. While...

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    Ever Wonder How Durable Your New Chevy Cruze Is?

    Ever heard that saying, “They just don’t make them like they used to.”? It is a saying that comes up fairly often in the classic car circle and it is the perception (I believe fueled by ‘80s cars) that newer cars just aren’t built to last. Without going all political...

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    2011 Chevrolet Cruze: Going Hunting For Civic

    The 2011 Chevrolet Cruze has been getting some good reviews over the past couple of months. We can understand why with some of the features like a 139-hp turbocharged inline four-cylinder engine, OnStar Directions and Connections, climate control and, for those in cooler climates, heated seats. Of...

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    2010 Paris Motor Show: Green Car Roundup of Production Models

    The fall's first big European auto show, the 2010 Paris Motor Show, officially kicks off on Thursday, which is when all the press conferences happen. But the industry has been leaking out selected images, teasers, and occasionally full details on the concepts and production cars that will appear...

  • Chevrolet Cruze EV, test fleet in South Korea, October 2010

    For U.S. car buyers, GM is convinced that a range-extended electric vehicle--its 2011 Chevrolet Volt, to be specific--is the best solution to meeting the needs of drivers who may need to go further than the 40 miles a Volt will do on battery power. But elsewhere in the world, GM is quietly pursuing all-electric vehicles of various types. The latest one, announced today, is a prototype all-electric Chevrolet Cruze, with a 31-kilowatt-hour battery pack (almost exactly twice the size of the Volt's 16-kWh pack), which will offer a projected range of up to 100 miles. Cells from LG Chem ... again...

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    New Chevrolet Cruze Ad Spots Get Familiar Tool Man Voice

    The Chevrolet Volt isn’t the only car on the horizon for GM; it is also not the only car that has been anticipated for quite a while. The 2011 Chevrolet Cruze is supposed to be quite the step up from the compact cars GM has produced in the past. It has been rated with top safety (more here)...

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    Top Five Tips For Buying a New Small Car

    Buying a car is one of those things that I believe you either love or you hate. Some people dread going into a car dealership, especially if they have a limited knowledge of automobiles. AllSmallCars.com is here to help with the following Top Five tips for buying a new small car. Following these...

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    Active Shutters Helping 2011 Chevrolet Cruze Eco Reach 40 MPG

    GM has one of the largest wind tunnel testing facilities in the world, in fact it is the largest used for automotive applications, so it’s only fitting that the company is applying knowledge learned in its wind tunnel to a much more diverse range of vehicles than its competitors...

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    GM Communications Intern Says Cruze Team Is Passionate

    The Cruze Media Tour Is Over, But The Reviews Are Still Rolling In

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    2011 Chevrolet Cruze Impresses Critics In First Drive

    Not As Anticipated As the Volt, But a Win In The Small Car Category

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