2010 Chevrolet CRUZE reviews

Chevrolet Cruze LT Diesel 2010

My Cruze is just two months old. It is a comfortable car and performance is perfectly adequate. The hard plastic surfaces scratch far too easily, in particular on the threshold, "B" pillar where the seat belt buckle zips back, and also the ignition key surround. This problem was inherited from Daewoo and is a pity they didn’t change the plastic composition. Loud suspension thumps over everything but the smoothest roads, but there is no shock felt in the cabin. Other than that it is a very good ride and handling is superb. The problem with DPF’s is not limited to one manufacturer and Chevrolet certainly are not imune to this. My own car has been in and out of the workshop 3 or four times to do with DPF faults. Last Monday a sensor was replaced on the DPF but by Friday, and less that 200Km later, the warning light came on again which made another motorway run in low gear necessary. The DPF technology as it stands today is rubbish. No manufacturer has sorted out the regeneration process efficiently enough and as a result fuel consumption can be more than a petrol engine. The latest fill-up this morning calculates my Cruze at 26MPG when according to the manufacturer average should be over 40MPG.