Chevrolet Cruze [2014-2016] User Reviews

Exterior : Of course full marks for the looks and build quality , surprisingly has a good ground clearance

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort): Features are just basic, even Tata Manza has better features than this at half a price, no phone bluetooth support , no navigation , the lcd display looks like its built in the 90's, poor space in front and back for well built individuals. 

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox: Engine is power packed, though turbo lag irritates you in city and hilly terrain. Fuel economy is good if you ride it like maruti 800 but not like cruze. Gearbox gets cranky after some use.

Ride Quality & Handling: 5 star for just this. Ride the cruze and you feel as if you are in a cruise liner in a calm sea , whatever be the road. Suspension is awesome

Final Words: Heavily priced for the features inside and leg room is the worst . Although ride quality is amazing

Areas of improvement  : After sales service.

Exterior

 Looks are good and no one complain on that

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort)

 Features are heavily loaded in this price, space is ok for 4 peoples, comfort in front seats are ok but rear seats are not up to the mark. On long drives rear seat passengers starts to feel some back pain due to the seat positioning.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox

 I was having the AT, in that I got a min 10kpl to maxim of 14.5kpl on long drives. We can expect  the mileage same as an innova, During sudden acceleration there is a delay in shifting the gears, this is normally happens in an automatic cars, but in this case you should observe the same before buying. this will affect your confidence while overtaking

Ride Quality & Handling

 Ride quality is suitable for long drives only, steering feel are very good, braking is not ok in AT variant, especially in city drives.

Final Words

Value for money 

Areas of improvement  

 Rear leg room, ac filter chock in very short intervals, knee touches to the ac knobs, front suspension sound on bumpy roads, front seat positioning.

Exterior Great muscle car looks. Appeals to the young and young at heart. I think that it is the best looking car in the segment. 

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Comfortable seating. Plenty of features and nicely designed dashboard. Only thing is that I am 6 foot 1 and my hair touches the roof slightly. Otherwise a nice interior.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox Excellent performance. Especially on the new cruze. Power is great and linear.  New 6 speed manual is great. Has power from 1500 rpm itself. Perfect car for me.

Ride Quality & Handling Decent. Suspension feels solid and great to drive on the highway. I have touched 215kph in this car and was very stable even at that speed.

Final Words Best car in the segment. Gives you the thrills of a 30 lakh car. Can be easily compared to the more expensive Mercs BMWs and Audis. Cheap to own because the spare parts are cheaper than competition. Example: Laura.

Areas of improvement Tyres are not the best. A bit of road noise is heard.

Exterior Great looks, aggressive style, 16 inch alloys look great and work well too.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) Lots of features, leather, sunroof, cruise control, excellent safety features like dual channel anti lock brakes, five star ANCAP rating, collapsible pedal assembly, are all very good. Rear seat space could be better though.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox The engine is very strong, and idles at 800 rpm.  there is a bit of lag, till about 1500 rpm, when the engine comes alive and pushes the car ahead like a locomotive. The gears are quite tall, and the car will do 100 kph in 5th at only 1700 rpm, so if you drop down just a bit of speed, it goes out of the powerband, and needs a gear change.  Otherwise, it is an excellent engine, and will effortlessly do really high speeds in a refined and stable manner.  3 digit speeds are easily attained and steadily maintained.  Fuel consumption that I am getting is about 12.5 kmpl, of course still the car has done only 3500 kms.  
And it is really difficult to drive this thing slowly...

Exterior

 Much ahead in style even then some very expensive cars of this segment, really muscular , gives a great feeling, Full size alloy stepny is great which is not available even in expensive cars  

Interior (Features, S pace & Comfort)

Nice features specially blue cockpit, enough space for 5 adults, passive entry paasive start, follow me headlight especially in rainy season as we have to park our cars outside, air conditioning weak for Delhi summer, 

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox

 Mileage poor as even on highway it just improved by 0.3 kM/l, non responsive accelaration does not give a thrill of such a powerful car,   

Ride Quality & Handling

 Too much noise in break discs 

Final Words

Dealer offering excellent after sales service and feedback. But  minor problemsmust be taken care of as above and then it is a steal at this price. Company needs to remove its tag of american cars being not trouble free. 

Areas of improvement  

AC needs to be improved in view of Indian summer, Break disc noise to be reduced and better accelaration in Automatic model. 

Exterior

 AMAZING EXTERIOR ONE OF THE CARS WHERE PEOPLE TURN AROUND AND SEE YOU

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort)

 EXCELLENT COMFORT IN THE FRONT SEATS BUT REAR IS JUST AVERAGE AND LTZ IS PACKED WITH FEATURES THAT YOU WON'T FIND ALSO IN THE RANGE OF ACCORD

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox

 ENGINE PERFORMANCE ON THE HIGHWAY IS SIMPLY MINDBLOWING TILL THE TIME YOU SEE THE SPEEDOMETER YOU WILL NEVER REALIZE AT WHAT SPEED CRUZE IS CRUZING.

Ride Quality & Handling

 BELIVE ME ONE INCIDENT HAD ACTUALLY CHANGED MY MIND WHEN AT THE SPEED OF 198 SUDDENLY I FOUND A PIECE OF BIG STONE ON ROAD AND I JUST PRESSED THE BRAKES SLIGHTLY AND TURN THE STERRING WHEEL LEFT AND THEN RIGHT .................. THIS CAR HAS BEHAVED AS IF NOTHING HAS HAPPENED BUT I CAN ACTUALLY FEEL SWEAT DROPPING DOWN BEHIND MY EARS. 

Final Words

 Best car on highway but if you need to travel within city in bumper to bumper traffic then go out for an automatic version

Areas of improvement  

 Rear seats and rear legroom also center armrest in the front is meant only for one person two people cannot use it together.

Exterior VERY GOOD, THIS IS ONE OF THE REASON THIS CAR IS A HIT.

Interior (Features, Space & Comfort) VERY GOOD BUT NOT DRIVER INFIRMATION IN LT MODEL WHICH A BASIC FEATURE NOW DAYS. NO CABIN NOISE.

Engine Performance, Fuel Economy and Gearbox SEEMS TO BE GOOD , SMMOTH AND REFINED DROVE JUST 264KMS AND REFULED 1 ST TIME. GOT 12.8 KM/L IN CITY TYPE DRIVING THIS JAN 2012 MONTH.

Ride Quality & Handling SEEMS TO BE GOOD.

Final Words OVERLALL GOOD PACKAGE, BETTER THAN DESIEL TOYOTA COROLA. I HAD TAKEN DELIVERY ON 2/1/2012 AND DROVE AROUNBD 285 KMS IN 5 DAYS.  WHEN I TOOK A TEST DRIVE I FOUND DRIVER SEAT BIT UNCONFORTABLE BUT NOW WHEN I OWN IT I HAVE NOT FACED ANY DIFF RATHER SEAT IS VERY CONFORTABLE.

I HAVE CHECKED TOYOTA COROLA, SKODA LAURA, JETTA BEFORE PURCHASING CRUZE, I FOUND THIS CAR VALUE OF MONEY WITH LOT OF FEATURES WHICH OTHER ARE GIVING IN 16 LACS OR NOT GIVING IN 14 LAC.

Areas of improvement DRIVER INFORMATION SYSTEM IN LT. REST IS FINE. MAY MY EXPIRENCE IS IMPORTANT FOR OTHER.