Posted on 04/18/2013 2:25:41 AM PDT by Olog-hai
General Motors Co. says the new diesel version of the Chevrolet Cruze gets 46 miles per gallon on the highway, making it more efficient than some hybrids. …
It starts at $25,695. That’s $7,755 more than the base price on a gas-powered Cruze. …
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And breaks down every 25 miles.
Fooled me once, but never again.
Nice to see that GM figured out that Diesels do better on mileage. I was wondering when they would complete their research...wondering for most of my lifetime.
Now they just have figure out a way to get the government out of their britches, as well as the unions.
When Detroit Diesel was part of GM, I thought those screaming 2 strokes were super durable motors, but in context of this article, I’m probably comparing oranges to clothes dryers.
Europe seems to have embraced diesels in cars........America not so much.
Cruze Eco gets 42mpg highway and costs a whole lot less.
Just curious
With all of the cuts at GM a few years ago, what is the avg. worker making at GM say compared to a Honda or Toyota worker?
What corruption are you talking about? I have forgotten what recent FBI investigations are being taken against this Union.
What percentage of money does the Union spend on donations compared to dealing with grievances, health & safety etc.?
Caught some flak for making my daughter get a stick-shift car for her first car. I needed something on the low end of the price scale.
Got her a Hyundai Elantra for a bit over $15k, brand-spankin’ new. It averages 36mpg in town. On a flat-level highway at 60mph (seems to be the sweet-spot), it did 46 to 48mpg when it was brand new. To this day, it will get 40+mpg all day long at 70mph on the interstate. A little less in the mountains; a little more otherwise.
All on the cheapest regular unleaded my daughter can find. I just wish Ford/Dodge/GM could do the same at a similar price-point.
No shit. Really?
Golly, who has been telling Freepers for years that this could and would be the case when Detroit got their head out of their taxpayer-subsidized plush posteriors?
That would me moi, that’s who.
46 mpg? My 1980 K car that I drove for 13 years got 41 mpg. It was a 4 speed and needed little maintenance over that time span.
The old VW Rabbit diesels from the 80’s regularily got 50+mpg.
????
(Probably the Karman factory in Osnabrück, where VW has some low volume models (mostly convertibles) built. But Austria it isn't.)
With a manual transmission, good driving habits and the A/C turned off, maybe. With an automatic, a normal amount of in-traffic driving and hot days, probably not close.
You can purchase a 70+ MPG VW in Europe (engine manufactured in the USA) but cannot purchase it in the USA.
Why, EPA! Our government once again working against us.
Oh, it must be dirty you say!
Well if you believe the Stasi at the EPA you would be right but like Paul Harvey used to say “and now the rest of the story”
Per gallon, this engine does produce marginally more emissions yet once you factor in how many miles can be driven on the same gallon of fuel SHAZZZZZZAM this engine produces much less pollution and therefore for the life of the car it will produce much less pollution.
But the real agenda is not low pollution it is to cripple our economy and get people out of their private cars and on to public transportation regardless of the human debris you will be forced to stand with.
This is why I want, with every fiber in my body to see thousands of government slugs in handcuffs being perp marched to prison. People who can abuse the power of government against us should not live free.
Good one. Reminds me of my dad’s old Ford with a 390 engine which burned a quart of oil every 20 miles. But it ran good, and so as this was the 70’s, and my dad was thrifty, he bought a barrel of oil at 0.20 a quart. My job was to put 2 qts in every day after he came home from the 40 mile round trip to the shipyard and back.
Meanwhile, a brother in Christ has a 92 Toyota Tercel standard, with no power brakes, steering, etc. and it get 40 mpg.
Or close to it. So why is this Cruze remarkable?
“The old VW Rabbit diesels from the 80’s regularily got 50+mpg.”
My uncle had an ‘83 or ‘84 diesel Rabbit that regularly got 45+ mpg. on the highway. And the mid ‘80’s carburated Caprice could get 30 on the highway if you stayed out of the secondaries.
Leftists at the EPA have long hated diesel. I agree with you about diesel-electrics. Works great for trains. I'm surprised none of the hybrids we have today are D-E.
It is very well known that EU mpg measurements are far more unrealistic than American standards.
And Europeans are used to size and performance that would be unacceptable to mainstream US buyers.
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