Chevrolet Cruze @ 2008 Paris Motor show

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DETROIT — Three official images of the five-passenger Chevrolet Cruze were released on Thursday in advance of the small car's debut at the 2008 Paris Auto Show. GM's bread-and-butter brand insists that it is making a "strong design statement" with its global vehicle.

"Our goal in designing Cruze was to be bold, not evolutionary," said Taewan Kim, Cruze chief designer, in a statement. "We wanted to take a big step forward, making a strong design statement for Chevrolet products around the world."

Chevrolet detailed its launch plans for the car, saying that it will debut in Europe in March 2009, followed by other global markets "with regional-specific engine choices." At the same time, General Motors on Thursday confirmed that it will build the 2011 Chevrolet Cruze at its Lordstown, Ohio, facility after a multibillion-dollar investment there. Ed Peper, Chevrolet general manager, told WJR-AM in Detroit on Thursday that the Cruze will "sell in over 100 countries.

"The market is red hot for small vehicles," he said. Peper also described the Cruze as a "smaller version of [the Chevrolet] Malibu. "It's wider and longer than most of the small cars out there," he said.

In a statement, Chevrolet said that the Cruze will be launched in Europe with 112-horsepower 1.6-liter and 140-hp 1.8-liter four-cylinder gas engines, along with a new 150-hp 2.0-liter turbodiesel. The engines are linked to a five-speed manual transmission or Chevrolet's first six-speed automatic transmission in the compact segment.

The exterior design cues on the Cruze include a sculpted hood and two-tier grille. "Inside, Cruze features a 'twin cockpit' design motif, first introduced in the iconic Corvette sports car," said Chevrolet.

The Cruze is the replacement for the Chevrolet Cobalt. It will be the first vehicle to use GM's revamped Delta 2 platform, an architecture that will be used on all GM small cars around the globe, including replacements for the Chevrolet HHR and the Opel Zafira and its related siblings.

Beth Lowery, GM's vice president of environment, energy and safety policy, told the Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City, Michigan, earlier this month that the Cruze will get better gas mileage than the Cobalt.

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[LoneGunman2000]

it DOES mattter who designed.

You could can claim that you designed the car, while someone behind you did all the work. Who will take the credit. You, or the other person who is the straight A student.

EXACTLY, Daewoo is the straight A student that has no common sense that GM are LEACHERS that suck off the life blood of DAEWOO and Korean PEOPLE..

FUCK GM.

[LoneGunman2000]

maybe, but still, I say GM can go to fucking hell. They were also heavily involved in World War II. They may have even helped the NAZI's build Hitler's War Machine.

So yeah, FUCK GM

[janes699]

What the fuck is this piece of shit. What is GM thinking. I own a cobalt. GM has lost a customer hear.

[gameworld6421]

Like its colour

[highclass167bx]

suck dick asians gm rules fuck u all hate on

[colin1Lplz]

goodbye cobalt :(

[MRRY0703]

@wtrdogg20 blah, blah, blah, blah.... stop listening to the hype.

[poochy86307]

first i want one of ur peas off junk 12 cylinder cars and put them up agents r American Musial cars like the Zr1 corvette this car is 2 take care of Chevy lite work like Ferrari

[mcloft2]

And why the hell should I lie to anyone...? In fact I don´t care about GM´s decision what engines to place in that car. And yes I know ´bout E-Tec and D-TEC. also german ... older Opel Family1 engines built under license by Deawoo, not Deawoo stand-alone developments. What you might have forgot. There´s only one GM global inhouse ECU (Engine control unit, not Bosch/Delfi/Siemens) that requires similar engine hardware to reduce costs. Anyway, people´ll find out the truth themselfes... ;-)

[mcloft2]

No Idea what problem you have. Yes in fact I DO work for Opel & yes theres only ONE GLOBAL SMALL ENGINE FAMILY for the DELTA II (OPEL/Buick/Deawoo) platform no matter if you like that or not. If you would check for engine details you would see (bore /stroke 79x81,5 for 1.6 for e.g) as you might be able to check. As far as I know ther korean engines were not apllicable to the us & european emission law, further are worse in fuel economy.

[wtrdogg20]

Daewoo Korea is good enough and well capable to make a very good engine, diesel or gasoline, like Hyundai-Kia. They might get assistance from Europe to meet the European requirements, but it is not an full Opel engine. Does E-Tec and D-Tec ring you a bell?, well, those engine were available in all Daewoo engines before GM take control of Daewoo.

[wtrdogg20]

LOL, so you work at OPEL...hahahaha...C'mon, LIAR!! Dude, this car is a DAEWOO LACETI, everybody knows it.....and Wikipedia is not reliable, since you can edit everyhing in it. Are you gonna tell me there is a Laceti for Korea, totally similar to this Cruze but with different engine, and for Europe the same car but with another Engine?, Dude, that is a waste of money, Chevrolet did not even do that with the Epica or Optra or Aveo. This one is not gonna be the difference.