New Sedan Chevrolet Cruze 2011

Chevrolet will present the pre-series version of Cruze hatchback at Paris Auto Show 2010. The model is one of four premieres of the American automaker at this edition of the Paris Motor Show. The 2011 Cruze is a 4-door, 5-passenger family sedan, available in 4 trims, ranging from the 2LS to the LTZ. Upon introduction, the 2LS is equipped with a standard 1.8-liter, I4,
136-horsepower engine. A 6-speed manual transmission with overdrive is standard, and a 6-speed automatic transmission with overdrive is optional. The LTZ is equipped with a standard 1.4-liter, I4, 138-horsepower, turbo engine. A 6-speed automatic transmission with overdrive is standard.

Chevrolet Cruze will be offered in a hatchback version, which will begin in a form that the guys from Chevrolet calls a presentation on September 30 at the Paris Auto Show. Obviously, the design lines of this model we can find on the car that customers can buy from showrooms in 2011, the specific elements of the copy presented at Paris are the head lights, the fog lights with blue LEDs, elements that will not appear on the final version.

Cruze Hatchback will be available for sale across Europe in mid of 2011, and the prices will be announced closer to launch date. The model has the same posture as his sedan “brother” and fully benefit from the same type of chassis, “BFI”. According to Chevrolet, the use of the “BFI” system provides high levels of stability and strength.

Regarding the specifications of the new Cruze Hatchback, the officials did not give a lot of details. However, we know that the Cruze hatchback trunk has a volume of about 400 liters and the rear seats can be folded split, 60/40. No information about the engines that will get this model, most likely they will be taken directly from Cruze sedan version. Do not expected that the model to has a model number calipers painted blue and blue head lights, the copy from the pictures is not the final version of Cruze Hatchback.