Spotlight on Chevrolet Cruze
Some might have heard about this car. It's the Chevrolet Cruze, also known as Holden Cruze and Suzuki Ignis. Confused? Haha... I find it rather cool, maybe because it's not common on our roads. I've stumbled upon a few before, mostly black, silver and white. It has rather cool details like those Opel-like lights up in front and super-cool twin rounded lights at the rear (rather like our Juara, but a lil cooler... maybe that's why I like it). The signal indicators are frosted (on the Chevrolet and Holden versions) and blend in with the rear windscreen. The car by the way, is based on the 4WD version of the facelifted Suzuki Ignis. Being under the same parent company (General Motors) meant that a lot of badge swapping occurs in certain markets. It's sold in Europe as the Chevrolet Cruze, while in Australia it's called the Holden Cruze. In it's homeland in Japan it's called Suzuki Ignis, but has recently been changed to Chevrolet Cruze. The ones I've seen on Malaysian roads were Chevrolets. Based on information from Wikipedia, the Cruze is a compact SUV, and is powered by a 1.5 litre 75kw DOHC engine, up from the 1.3 litre 60kw DOHC in the original Suzuki Ignis. It's available in both manual and automatic and its rivals included the Suzuki Jimny and Daihatsu Terios (Perodua Kembara in our market).
This is the original, the Suzuki Ignis, which also did well in rallying. The facelifted version formed the base for the Chevrolet/Holden Cruze.
This is the Chevrolet Version, which featured a new grille and that lovely rear with frosted lamps and twin pair of rounded lamps. It also had some revises in the interior department.
Last but not least, the Holden version, which is actually a rebadged version of the Chevrolet. So it has all the same detailing.
It's an economical and chic runabout, I wouldn't mind driving one of these, it might never win anything in terms of power and performance, but it has a lot of potential for modding... You won't find this in our Chevrolet showrooms though, because despite rumours that they were going to launch it a couple of years back, it never seemed to take off.
That's all for today... I might focus soon on another small SUV which I really like ;)
PEACE and God Bless,
Aris Tee
2 comments:
u really like the car? let say i was there when they bought the car into malaysia but later found out that the car cost even more expensive than the Kembara.
ooo... really? hmm... well, Kembara enjoys a cheaper price due to Daihatsu selling it as a Perodua. But for Chevrolet to bring this in, it would face all the import duties and taxes applied to foreign makes... :P
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