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    Chevy Cruze WTCC Racer Fully Revealed

    Not happy with just taunting us with the new 2010 Chevy Cruze going on sale a year earlier in Europe than in the US, GM has now fully unveiled the World Touring Car Championship Chevy Cruze, all dolled up for serious action. The racing Cruze replaces the Chevrolet Lacetti as GM's WTCC corporate racer and will be driven by a 2.0 liter four cylinder and piloted by Brit racer Rob Huff, Swizerlander Alain Menu and Italian Nicola Larini. The rough part of this whole story is the pun-tastic headline GM uses in their press release. An audible groaner below.

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    12:00 PM on Wed Nov 26 2008
    By Ben Wojdyla
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    Most discussed TR3-A: Sorry but racing FWD, four-door cars is like racing shopping carts. I just don't care. more »

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    Chevy Cruze Crashing 2009 World Touring Car Championship Series

    Chevy has 12 World Touring Car Championships under its belt already, and the company is gunning for another with its new WTCC-prepped and stickered Chevy Cruze. Yes, you heard that right — the econobox you can't ignore is undergoing testing and engineering right now with a scheduled debut at Curitiba, Brazil during the opening race of the 2009 season. Chevy appears to be aiming for consistency, with the same team and drivers they've previously used arming up for battle with the new Cruze. We'll see how competitive the new car is on March 8, when the 2009 season kicks off. Full release after the jump.

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    12:20 PM on Mon Oct 13 2008
    By Andrew Stoy
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    Most discussed Drbajones: Interesting Chevy camo paint....... the car you can't ignore? more »

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    Daewoo-Badged Chevy Cruze For The Korean Market Spotted With Up-Scale Grille

    Looks like Daewoo is getting a re-badged version of the Chevy Cruze. The 40+ MPG mass-market economy-car game-changer is destined to be sold globally, heralding a new era of practical, desirable, frugal cars from GM. Expect the Daewoo version to offer both the 1.4-liter four-cylinder engine as well as the 150 HP turbo diesel the Cruze will come equipped with in Europe. Oh yeah, there’s that big ugly chrome grille too.

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    10:30 AM on Tue Sep 30 2008
    By Wes Siler
    1,890 views, 23 comments

    Most discussed Deartháir and his eight little drained beers: I still completely do not understand why the Cruze is a "game changer". It still looks like another generic - more »

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    GM Officially Announces 1.4-liter Four-Cylinder For Chevy Cruze, Volt To Be Built In Flint, MI

    GM has announced it will invest $370 million in a new 552,000 square-foot plant in Flint, Michigan to produce the 1.4-liter four-cylinder engines intended for duty in the Chevy Cruze and Chevy Volt. The engines will be rolling off those new lines in two flavors — turbocharged with 140 HP and 148 lb-ft of torque for the Cruze, and a non-turbocharged 100 HP version for the Volt. The plans also indicate the 1.4-liter is destined for service in two additional U.S.-bound models expected to debut in the 2011 time frame — helping GM to their planned goal of "one-third of...North American engine volume will be four-cylinders by 2011." Complete details on this huge win for the city of Flint (Won't Michael Moore be proud!) and details on the tech in the engines below the jump. More »

    11:20 AM on Thu Sep 25 2008
    By Ben Wojdyla
    2,444 views, 48 comments

    Most discussed stuntpuppy: The Volt's generator requires a 100 HP engine to turn it? Sounds like overkill to me. But then I'm a more »

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    Chevy Cruze, Revealed Live Before Paris

    Yes, friends, we're live at GM's Paris Motor Show preview to bring you this live reveal (not from Paris) of — the Chevy Cruze, the econobox you can't ignore. It's coming to Europe in March, 2009 and the United States in April, 2010, and as we already know, it'll be powered in Europe by your choice of a 150 HP turbodiesel and two gas-powered engines. We'll have more pictures in a few minutes.

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    3:21 PM on Mon Sep 15 2008
    By Ben Wojdyla
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    2010 Chevy Cruze Spotted In The Wild, Camo-Free

    Despite the Lordstown reveal of the all-foam 2010 Chevy Cruze, a real one was spotted in a parking lot wearing only a domino mask over the badge, as if nobody would notice. The Cruze has been overshadowed by the PR tour de force that is the Chevy Volt; that said, the 45 MPG Cruze is shaping up to be a very serious contender, and these are the first virtually camo-free images we've seen of the car out in the wild. Is it wrong we're actually excited about getting behind the wheel of what's essentially an econobox done right?

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    10:00 AM on Mon Sep 15 2008
    By Ben Wojdyla
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    Most discussed Ze_Ben: I believe exterior car design should be done by the customer....have people draw up some concepts, vote, and the people more »

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    Chevy Cruze Showing Off Cookie-Cutter Camo On Chinese Streets

    Yeah, we've seen a foamy full mock-up of the Chevy Cruze, along with a detail reveal showing high-res images (including halo), but nothing beats sheet metal on the street. In this case, the Chinese street. Chevy likely has a full-court press going on the engineering staff to have the car ready for its European launch next March — particularly the effort to ensure the Cruze lives up to its announced 45 MPG mileage target. Stay tuned: We'll see more of the Cruze at its Paris reveal next month.

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    10:00 AM on Mon Sep 8 2008
    By Andrew Stoy
    1,640 views, 9 comments

    Most discussed Benson2175: If I stare at it long enough will it turn into a 3D battleship? more »

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    Pontiac Rear-Wheel-Drive Excitement On Hold

    There was some speculation floating around which opined the future of Pontiac would be an all rear-wheel-drive one. Exciting as that may be, those rumors have been quashed. Despite the introduction of the RWD Pontiac Solstice, Pontiac G8 and pending Pontiac G8 ST, the market shift toward fuel economy is forcing GM to keep wrong-wheel-drive firmly in place for future product plans at the pointy-spear division. So what kind of cars will we be seeing as a result? More »

    11:40 AM on Tue Aug 26 2008
    By Ben Wojdyla
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    Latest by e30 guy: A Rear engine/Rear Wheel Drive VW Beetle is the best for snow and ice. Maybe a P-Car 911, but more »

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    Chevy Cruze Gets Full Detail Reveal Before Paris Unveil

    GM just dropped high resolution images of the upcoming Chevy Cruze small four-door on us in advance of its Paris Motor Show unveil later this year. At first glance, we're quite impressed. The new car gets a striking design which mixes smooth planes and sharp lines for a surprisingly handsome design. Oddly, the tail lights on the Cruze mimic the camouflage-ensconced headlights on the upcoming Chevy Equinox while also receiving the new bold front end from the Chevy Malibu. If this is the direction GM's small cars are going, we've gotta say, our interest is piqued. But that's just the design. We're also told the new 2011 Chevy Cruze will get three engines when it launches in Europe in March of 2009; a 16-valve, 1.6-liter (112 hp) and 1.8-liter (140 hp) gasoline engine, plus a new 2.0-liter turbo diesel (150 HP). All will be mated to either a five-speed manual or a class-leading six-speed automatic transmission. No official word yet on fuel economy — but we've been told in the past we should expect somewhere near 45 MPG. We like. Hit the jump for the full press release.

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    8:16 AM on Thu Aug 21 2008
    By Ben Wojdyla
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    Latest by moospot: Front = Pontiac g8/honda accordBack = bmw (bangle butt, as it was eloquntly put) Looks good externally, but my problem with more »

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    GM Buckles To Jalopnik Pressure, Reveals Slightly Less Grainy Images Of Upcoming Lineup

    UPDATE: We used the "GM Buckles" line for purposes of humor. They really didn't "officially release" these pictures. They're from the same video presentation we saw earlier in the week. Just a wee bit more clear than the last set.

    The clamor of every auto enthusiast outlet on the face of this earth was apparently too much for GM. They've just released slightly less grainy shots of what we showed you first Tuesday afternoon — the vehicles "Slick" Rick Wagoner revealed at Tuesday's press conference. Apparently none of the assembled outlets were able to figure out how we got our mitts on those shots of the 2011 Chevy Cruze, 2010 Cadillac SRX, 2010 Chevy Equinox, 2010 Saab 9-4X and an unnamed Buick sedan for 2010 — and of course we're not planning on revealing our slightly silly source. But, thanks to their demand for access, we now get an ever-so-slightly better look at the purported saviors of the GM sales world. Have a gander.

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    6:14 AM on Fri Jul 18 2008
    By Ray Wert
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    Latest by MinusTwenty: The cruze and the Buick are IMO, the best. more »