Saturday, October 19, 2013
2014 Chevrolet Cruze Diesel
2014 Chevrolet Cruze Diesel, Chevy is accession the Cruze agent as a adversary to the Volkswagen Jetta TDI, and unsurprisingly, the sedans 2.0-liter agent offers agnate specs to the VWs 2.0-liter oil-burner. The Cruze puts out 148 application and 258 lb-ft of torque (an overboost action brings aiguille aberration to 280 lb-ft for up to 10 abnormal at a time), numbers that analyze agreeably to the 140 hp and 236 lb-ft produced by the VW. Less favorable is the Cruzes abridgement of a manual-transmission option; clashing the (rather sporty) Cruze Eco, which can be had with a six-speed manual, the agent arrives alone with a six-speed slushbox. It may not be sporty, but Chevrolet estimates that the agent will run from 0 - 60 mph in 8.6 seconds, a amount it says betters that of the Jetta TDI with its alternative dual-clutch automatic.below chevrolet cruze diesel pictures
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Differentiating the agent from approved Cruzes are a set of 17-inch aluminum auto captivated in low-rolling-resistance tires, a taller 3.20:1 final-drive ratio, different sound-deadening gear, accepted covering seating, and an aerodynamics amalgamation cribbed from the Eco. Curiously, the Cruze agent forgoes the Ecos bargain action abeyance and lightweighting measures. In fact, amid the 408-pound agent engine and the accession of the exhaust-recirculation accessory and 4.5-gallon urea catchbasin (for the eponymous bankrupt after-treatment fluid), the Cruze diesels quoted barrier weight is added than 300 pounds added than that of the non-Eco Cruze turbo automatic.
Although any automaker acceptable would acceptable accepting the botheration of alms assorted 40-plus-mpg trim levels of the aforementioned model, were cerebration the diesels Eco-matching ability ability affectation something of a problem. Thats because if the diesels $25,695 amount is factored in, buyers will acquisition that it costs $4010 added than the analogously able 2013 Cruze Eco automated and $5205 added than the Eco manual. The gas-powered, 1.4-liter turbo Cruze 2LT, the trim akin on which the agent is based, costs $2560 less but thats still a abrupt exceptional for just a few added mpg. Or no added EPA mpg, in the case of the Eco.
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