View Poll Results: Would you like to see a Cruze SS produced?
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*** GM Performance Cruze SS *** What would u like to see?
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No Z i like the SuperSport badging, as long as it has the ***** to live up to the SS, if chevy wants to keep brand loyalty they have to stop changing the name of their cars to gay names like cruze, its not even spelt properly they need the good old names like Nova SS, Monte carlo SS, impala SS, Chevelle SS, Camaro SS take it back to the old school, and let a new generation of gear heads be able to tell their kids about how sweet and affordable their cars were when they were young, although the cobalt SS/SC is fast and the T/C even faster (and they pulled it) and affordable GM has continued until recently, to put the SS on less than worthy cars (i wont mention any names) they need to rebuild the legend our dads told us about or they will not pull out of the hole they've dug...... oh and i think better guages would be sweet like oil press, analog water temp, volt, fuel press, and boost
Amen brotha
Never said anything about making it AWD. I spoke about making it approach that performance benchmark with FWD. This car needs to go toe-to-toe with things like the major competition it its class, drive layout notwithstanding.
I fail to see when I stated any of these apparent numerous things that will be cost prohibitive. Never said AWD. All I am saying is that General Motors should put the same effort as they did into the Z06 into this car. I'm not asking them to make the car Z06 fast, I'm simply asking for a team to be set up to coax every little bit of speed and handling out of the car, while keeping the car affordable. As the Corvette team keeps making the car progressively better and better by continually tweaking the formula, this is what GM should do with the Cruze SS. Learn how to make a credible threat to the competition, at a competitive price, then keep tweaking the formula as technology progresses. It will assure GM will always be competitive in the segment.
As for a DSG option? Weren't you just talking about making the car too expensive? I'd be completely satisfied with a 5-speed that responds nicely to aftermarket power increases.
I fail to see when I stated any of these apparent numerous things that will be cost prohibitive. Never said AWD. All I am saying is that General Motors should put the same effort as they did into the Z06 into this car. I'm not asking them to make the car Z06 fast, I'm simply asking for a team to be set up to coax every little bit of speed and handling out of the car, while keeping the car affordable. As the Corvette team keeps making the car progressively better and better by continually tweaking the formula, this is what GM should do with the Cruze SS. Learn how to make a credible threat to the competition, at a competitive price, then keep tweaking the formula as technology progresses. It will assure GM will always be competitive in the segment.
As for a DSG option? Weren't you just talking about making the car too expensive? I'd be completely satisfied with a 5-speed that responds nicely to aftermarket power increases.
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sound awesome i cant wait to see what the stage kits look like for the ss/tc, good going with sending the e mail i hope they listen to at least some of the suggestions. it would be to GMs benefit.
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No Cruze Ss Till ?
Well i hate to tell you guy this. I work at the Lordstown plant in the motor room i put the trans on the motors as they come down the line. We will be going back to work on Monday on day turn till the following week then there will be 2 shifts days and afternoons. The problem with this they will be rotating 1 week on 1 week off till april then 1 shift days only. Then news is 140 cars per day thats it. Then wait till the cruze. But i see engineers every week they watch the line and bs with us. I just saw 1 of them at the coffee house he said no cruze ss till 2013. The motor is the problem. If they do have 1 it will be the 1.8 liter turbo. It won't haul azz like the ss now. They keep looking at fuel. When i get more info i will post.
Well i hate to tell you guy this. I work at the Lordstown plant in the motor room i put the trans on the motors as they come down the line. We will be going back to work on Monday on day turn till the following week then there will be 2 shifts days and afternoons. The problem with this they will be rotating 1 week on 1 week off till april then 1 shift days only. Then news is 140 cars per day thats it. Then wait till the cruze. But i see engineers every week they watch the line and bs with us. I just saw 1 of them at the coffee house he said no cruze ss till 2013. The motor is the problem. If they do have 1 it will be the 1.8 liter turbo. It won't haul azz like the ss now. They keep looking at fuel. When i get more info i will post. Oh yea i forgot we stop building the turbos they are all done no more 09 turbos. I built the last 1's in November.
Well i hate to tell you guy this. I work at the Lordstown plant in the motor room i put the trans on the motors as they come down the line. We will be going back to work on Monday on day turn till the following week then there will be 2 shifts days and afternoons. The problem with this they will be rotating 1 week on 1 week off till april then 1 shift days only. Then news is 140 cars per day thats it. Then wait till the cruze. But i see engineers every week they watch the line and bs with us. I just saw 1 of them at the coffee house he said no cruze ss till 2013. The motor is the problem. If they do have 1 it will be the 1.8 liter turbo. It won't haul azz like the ss now. They keep looking at fuel. When i get more info i will post. Oh yea i forgot we stop building the turbos they are all done no more 09 turbos. I built the last 1's in November.
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2013...
Well I guess that I'll mean I probably be going with a different car then. I doubt I can wait that long before I buy another car.
I'll have to keep my eyes on the upcoming Focus RS, STi and Evo's then.
Well I guess that I'll mean I probably be going with a different car then. I doubt I can wait that long before I buy another car.
I'll have to keep my eyes on the upcoming Focus RS, STi and Evo's then.
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I think its too early for speculation on when an SS model will come out and what will power it.
Don't forget that a majority of people here never believed the LNF Turbo was going to happen.
Don't forget that a majority of people here never believed the LNF Turbo was going to happen.
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AWD AWD AWD AWD AWD AWD AWD AWD...... what i wouldn't give to have the exact same everything in my cobalt ss/tc but awd...... if they put it in a ss cruze.... my tc would be gone before you could say batman
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Even if it added $5K to the sticker price? Because I'm sure you know that it would be physically impossible to add AWD to a Cobalt/Cruze at no extra cost. I personally don't think they should change a thing. The Cobalt's price per perfromance ratio is unbeatable by anything else on the market, and that's one of the main reasons I chose it. Just updating to the Cruze platform alone will up the price of the SS a thousand or two.
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I talked to union rep last night. The Cruze is still on track and GM told them the Cruze is a major priority to turn the company around. They now have the ability to build 6 different models from this platform in our plant. Which i am guessing SS coupes and sedans even might be a convertible in the mix. The other 1 is might be the Pontiac version.
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