Someone at Chevrolet must’ve paid close attention to the episode of “Sesame Street” that featured the letter “C”. Throughout the decades Chevy has always featured a compact model whose name began with that special third character of the alphabet- namely the Corvair, Chevette, Citation, Cavalier, and Cobalt. The majority of them sold well- mostly due to low pricing, an extensive dealer network, and demand from fleets. None of them were cars that you’d want to recommend to a friend while keeping a clear conscience.
Ahhh….but today we have the Cruze. And although this new compact Chevy still continues the same compact “C” tradition- it represents something new for GM. Unlike the others which were targeted solely for the North American market, the Cruze is a true world car. Designed in Korea, engineered in Germany, and built in eleven different car plants on three continents, it’s a car designed to appeal to everyone, no matter which country they live in. A car that is so good that it’d be desirable to anybody, not just the folks in Iowa. It was time to see if it could live up to the hype.
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