http://carscoop.blogspot.com/2008/09/chevrolet-cruze-sedan-fully-uncovered.html

I like the interior.

its like a sweet version of the malibu almost

i love the new look for the e-brake

The steering wheel looks pretty cheap to me and the huge Chevy bowtie on the grill has to go...

The steering wheel looks pretty cheap to me and the huge Chevy bowtie on the grill has to go...

gonan agree with you, the steering wheel looks tacky, and even if that huge bowtie was painted black it still wouldnt go.

but yeah the car looks like they combine the cobalt and malibu, and ended u with that.

i dont like it, make the cobalts interior nicer, and scrap the cruze.

Are those the production rotors?? Imo, I think its a nice car. I didn't like it at fist in the spy shots but its grown on me big time.

I like the gynormous gold bowties, much better than the blue ones from the late 90s and early 00s on the Cavalier. The interior is awesome too, I love Chevy's much more aggressive new designs.

Are those the production rotors??

Would assume so as this is the real deal production car .

Wow!!! I seriously have no gripes with the car at all. Interior looks great, exterior is awesome. I would like to see the gauge cluster more, the steering wheel looks fine, and not cheap at all(controls look nice too). Way to go GM!

Looks like a bitty Malibu on the outside and a Camry inside. Definately not bad. I can't wait to see how people will modify these..

:)

I want to see a coupe damn it!

I want to see a coupe damn it!

agreed!

if it gets a fast engine its got my vote

steering wheel looks fing retarded and the headlight look like the camerys

It looks a little better in the darker color than some of the earlier shots. If anything the areas I like least are the rear end and tail lights and how the upper grille cuts up into the hood. Size wise it doesn't look proportionate and they're doing the same thing on the Saab 9-4x which also doesn't flow very well on the front end. In the full size pics the front rotors do appear to be cross-drilled but due to inherent cracking problems and the extra cost with no/minimal improvements in actual braking I'd bet they're just for the photo shoot. The interior looks like its finished nicely but I'll have to see it in person. GM has a habit of making the upper level cars like the LT pictured here look nice but textures aren't that great in person. What will be most telling is how nice the base models look. It would be great if they treated their models like the last Oldsmobile models that were all essentially the same, good looking designs with the "trim" level differentiated by option packages (or in other words don't have the top model have significantly different trim, bumpers, etc. over the base model car but differentiate them by options such leather interior, GPS navigation, etc.).

What I've been most curious about that I haven't seen mentioned anywhere appears to be answered. I was wondering if they'd stick with the rear twist-beam axle or not. I ran one of the pics through Photoshop to bring up the details and it appears they killed it in favor of an independent rear setup. As great as they've got the suspension tuning in the current SS I know a lot of people and the auto press still hit the car for the current setup. Since Saab is moving the 9-3 to a larger version of the Delta II/Global Compact Car platform along with the Haldex XWD system it wouldn't have made much sense to stick to a twist-beam setup, but that decision to move the Saab to Delta wasn't made until well after the Cruze was in development. Maybe they intend to try to move the Astra more upmarket in Europe like they did with the new Insignia. Hard to tell. For whatever reasons, if it is indeed a fully independent setup and GMPD can tune a twist-beam setup as well as they've done, it gives me high hopes the new car has an even greater potential.

http://www.turbo-cobalt.com/misc/Cruze/Cruze_rear_susp.jpg

im sorry but that interior looks as cheap as a cavalier

im sorry but that interior looks as cheap as a cavalier

No it doesn't.

No it doesn't.

to me it does look at the dash and the seat inserts now look at the cavy's seats and door trim http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/6107/img4092largegf7.jpg

im sorry but that interior looks as cheap as a cavalier

hahahaha are you kidding????

id like to see a 3 door with a 6 speed and an lnf in it personally but who knows. and they did finally put in navigation which is a plus

hahahaha are you kidding????

nope check out my post above and compare

to me it does look at the dash and the seat inserts now look at the cavy's seats and door trim http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/6107/img4092largegf7.jpg

The ugly ass grey seats in your Cobalt look identical to the ugly ass grey ones in my Cavalier. I see no such ugliness in the Cruze. The seats are two tone and some suede type insert! How does that look anything like a Cavy?

CC08, falsely badging your car as an SS has clearly made you delusional.

nope check out my post above and compare

yeah i can maybe see that

The ugly ass grey seats in your Cobalt look identical to the ugly ass grey ones in my Cavalier. I see no such ugliness in the Cruze. The seats are two tone and some suede type insert! How does that look anything like a Cavy?

CC08, falsely badging your car as an SS has clearly made you delusional.

I plan to get rather nice seat covers cause I can't afford or know anyone who would like to swap black seats or ss seats. BTW They are not identical. They do not have the same patterns, or material. Just the color. I have a right to my own opinion.

im sorry but that interior looks as cheap as a cavalier

My brother owned a 2002 Cavalier sedan and now owns a 2003 Sunfire Coupe. I've also driven and ridden in plenty of Cobalts. Put down your crack pipe. This interior is far nicer than the Cobalt's. So by default it's not as cheap as a J bod's.

i don't think it's nice at all. I'd take a malibu interior any day.

It's clearly based on the Malibu interior, but obviously wouldn't be as refined

Here is a better picture of the interior

http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/f70/2011-chevy-cruze-interior-shown-paris-auto-show-69789/

http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/gallery/data/500/medium/crui1.jpg

It's clearly based on the Malibu interior, but obviously wouldn't be as refined

i might have to disagree with you on that, we wont know until its released

Here is a better picture of the interior

http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/f70/2011-chevy-cruze-interior-shown-paris-auto-show-69789/

http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/gallery/data/500/medium/crui1.jpg

and here
http://www.cobaltss.net/forums/showthread.php?p=2949161

It's clearly based on the Malibu interior, but obviously wouldn't be as refined

it's nothing like it! the malibu interior is similar to a lexus. The ONLY thing I like are the gauges on the cruze.

http://www.2008-chevrolet-malibu-hybrid.com/images/2008_chevroletmalibuinteriorview.jpg

That's the 'Bu Hybrid. I think I see some similarities....

http://www.2008-chevrolet-malibu-hybrid.com/images/2008_chevroletmalibuinteriorview.jpg

That's the 'Bu Hybrid. I think I see some similarities....

yea... TO A COBALT. It's like a luxory cobalt/lexus interior

it's nothing like it! the malibu interior is similar to a lexus. The ONLY thing I like are the gauges on the cruze.

http://z.about.com/d/cars/1/0/G/b/gm_08malibu_int.jpg
then
http://cobaltss.net/gallery/files/5/1/8/8/chevrolet_cruze_paris_14.jpg

i think they are very similar

your blind then lol there is serve differences and only A FEW similaries like maybe TWO things

your blind then lol there is serve differences and only A FEW similaries like maybe TWO things

its really the background design queues (2 swipes [one from each side] beginning from the back of the front door and ending into the middle console. The middle console has a slight slope down to the shifter. Stuff like that. Sure it not a clone (if thats what you are trying to look for)

Damn, I told Kelsey I'm thinking about a V6 Camaro RS or a Volt as a new car for me in 2 years, but the Cruze is looking VERY good to me.

the vents are diff the entire middle console EVERYTHING top to where the arm rest ends the storage on the dash is the same the circular switch by the steering wheel is the same the steering wheel is different the seats are different the door panels are different the window switches are different the gauges are different the entire dash design is different so there ya go nothing at all like the malibu interior. more like a redesigned one that don't look so good IMO.

Damn, I told Kelsey I'm thinking about a V6 Camaro RS or a Volt as a new car for me in 2 years, but the Cruze is looking VERY good to me.

well at least you have 3 very good options to choose from :twothumbs

sad face somone deleted my posts :lol:

your blind then lol there is serve differences and only A FEW similaries like maybe TWO things

Look at where the colouring is in the door panels and how it flows onto the dash and down the console. Virtually the same in both. Yes that's ONE thing, but it's a huge thing design wise.

the vents are diff the entire middle console EVERYTHING top to where the arm rest ends the storage on the dash is the same the circular switch by the steering wheel is the same the steering wheel is different the seats are different the door panels are different the window switches are different the gauges are different the entire dash design is different so there ya go nothing at all like the malibu interior. more like a redesigned one that don't look so good IMO.

lol, like it said its not a clone of the Malibu (thank god, we dont need clones). The cruse just has similar design queues

seriusly who would know more about cheap shitty cavi interiors...

acey or cc08?

im gonna go with the guy that owns a cheap shitty cavi :lol:

no harm acey..i love you.

sad face somone deleted my posts :lol:

wait really? why

seriusly who would know more about cheap shitty cavi interiors...

acey or cc08?

im gonna go with the guy that owns a cheap shitty cavi :lol:

no harm acey..i love you.

I know like that's my stinking point! That I stare at this cheap shitty interior everyday and I know exactly what it is like, and the Cruze looks like bundles and bundles of goodness in comparison. And the Cobalt is coming soon JP I'm getting lots of overtime gigs at $22/hr so... the search has begun. *woot*

wait really? why

JB has it out for me :(

nah JB is cool...i understand why u deleted them :lol:

I know like that's my stinking point! That I stare at this cheap shitty interior everyday and I know exactly what it is like, and the Cruze looks like bundles and bundles of goodness in comparison.

seriosuly, im surprised you havnt shot yourself yet.

hard day at work...then driving home in that...dear god...


mind you...the cobalt interior is not much more better :lol:

I know like that's my stinking point! That I stare at this cheap shitty interior everyday and I know exactly what it is like, and the Cruze looks like bundles and bundles of goodness in comparison. And the Cobalt is coming soon JP I'm getting lots of overtime gigs at $22/hr so... the search has begun. *woot*

did you not read what I said? I'm not talking about the entire interior just the seat inserts and the dash trim

did you not read what I said? I'm not talking about the entire interior just the seat inserts and the dash trim

cavi's didnt have seat inserts nor dash trim, it had a radio...and a steering wheel.

did you not read what I said? I'm not talking about the entire interior just the seat inserts and the dash trim

No Cavy had coloured seat inserts, nor dash trim though. So you can't really make a compo to THESE images perhaps when more of the base Cruze come out

cavi's didnt have seat inserts nor dash trim, it had a radio...and a steering wheel.

no for the cruze i mean the seat inserts and trim on the cruze are similar to the cavi seat and door trim design and look

no for the cruze i mean the seat inserts and trim on the cruze are similar to the cavi seat and door trim design and look

again, no cavi had seat inserts nor dash trim, they had a radio and a steering wheel (steering wheel was optional)

no for the cruze i mean the seat inserts and trim on the cruze are similar to the cavi seat and door trim design and look

And thus similar to the Cobalt seat design... who'd a thunk that Chevy's econoboxes would have somewhat similar interiors? *gasp*

again, no cavi had seat inserts nor dash trim, they had a radio and a steering wheel (steering wheel was optional)

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/9707/img4092largeos9.jpg

It's not a "seat insert" if the entire seat is the same. Feel me? And you think the dashboard is gonna be the same material as a seat?

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/9707/img4092largeos9.jpg

wtf, please close photoshop...never use it.

well i didnt feel like using paint

well i didnt feel like using paint

lol...anyone else find that post really really funny for really really wrong reasons.

My chop is bestest!

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t262/949520/cruze-2.png

Look the Cruze resembles this lake cause they both have this kinda ripply texture!

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/9707/img4092largeos9.jpg

if ANYTHING the fabric on the cruze interior looks like the fabric in the cobalt LS seats, but thats just pushin it

lol...anyone else find that post really really funny for really really wrong reasons.

i was talking about drawing the arrows i just did a quick photoshop i wasn't trying to do it professionally....

i was talking about drawing the arrows i just did a quick photoshop i wasn't trying to do it professionally....

and i aws refering to the paint you sniff to get high.

i wasnt refering to you.

I don't see why they don't just replace malibu with cruze, it's not a compact like the cobalt, it's a full sedan.

im sorry but that interior looks as cheap as a cavalier

have you seen your interior?? you have no room to talk. looks pretty clean to me, maybe a little too much

the steering wheel is gross and it looks soooo much like a malibu. i mean, the exterior is nice, and the interior isnt bad but the steering wheel makes me want to through up lol

this embarrassment of complaining is laughable. The malibu is Ep 1 arch. and is limited by that design ability. Cruze is on Delta II, a next generation platform. the Cruze, based on pics, is clearly superior in every way shape and form related to materials used, style, and design. Its not even a fair comparison. One model was designed under limitations and the other one is limitless -itations.

Cruze FTW! Make a coupe/LNF/6speed/AWD with sparko's and hard core performance and charge 30k for it...youve got GM's first ever Evo/STI competitor.

steering wheel looks like the steering wheel from the honda fit............

i think chevy is loosing its identity a bit. the interior resembles a lot from other cars. the steering wheel controls and the leather looked like it came straight from audi...

i think chevy is loosing its identity a bit. the interior resembles a lot from other cars. the steering wheel controls and the leather looked like it came straight from audi...

you coming oct 5th?

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/9707/img4092largeos9.jpg

Special much?

I know like that's my stinking point! That I stare at this cheap shitty interior everyday and I know exactly what it is like, and the Cruze looks like bundles and bundles of goodness in comparison. And the Cobalt is coming soon JP I'm getting lots of overtime gigs at $22/hr so... the search has begun. *woot*

I'm gonna have to agree with Acey, I stare at the interior of my sunfire every day, and wish that GM had done a better job designing the j-bodys interior.

The cruze is a major step-up in the looks of the interior. So much so that I wish it was coming out now and that I could afford it.

I want to see a coupe damn it!

Yeah me too, the difference with the coupe and sedan in the cobalts is quite special. Now lets see the Cruze coupe damn it....

Here is a better picture of the interior

http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/f70/2011-chevy-cruze-interior-shown-paris-auto-show-69789/

http://www.gminsidenews.com/forums/gallery/data/500/medium/crui1.jpg

That picture is worth a hard on....

I think the dash look like PT cruisers vomit. Don't get that thing dirty. It would be a bitch to clean.

Cruze FTW! Make a coupe/LNF/6speed/AWD with sparko's and hard core performance and charge 30k for it...youve got GM's first ever Evo/STI competitor.

They say the current LNF Cobalt is a good competitor for those 2.

I think the dash look like PT cruisers vomit. Don't get that thing dirty. It would be a bitch to clean.

Ummmmm.....

http://www.ptcruiserclub.org/models/2006/pt_cruiser/2006-pt-cruiser-interior-300.jpg

Ummmmm.....

http://www.ptcruiserclub.org/models/2006/pt_cruiser/2006-pt-cruiser-interior-300.jpg

yeah i dont see it either :lol:

I don't see why they don't just replace malibu with cruze, it's not a compact like the cobalt, it's a full sedan.

Where does everyone keep getting this? It has a longer wheelbase than Cobalt and a bigger interior because of it, and is a little wider, but it hasn't gone up a whole size class.