Cruze SRiV Not bad!!

csv8 · 30-04-2011, 11:07 AM

I had a look at the Cruze SRiV. its $33500 drive away.(auto) Lot of kit for the price. Doesn't have electric drivers seat(they are heated) and no climate control. Blue Tooth is $500 extra. The new Ford Focus (due Oct) had better be really good to compete.
SRiV would equate to a Focus Titanium. But that mightn.t come here!!!!

chrisfpv · 30-04-2011, 11:38 AM

The Cruze SRI-V in my opinion looks like a bloody nice peice of car.

mrghia · 30-04-2011, 12:40 PM

so does this thing have any more performance standard cruze? Cos in the past the SRi was a faster car the standard one

BGBOSS · 30-04-2011, 12:45 PM

The turbo motor is available in the SRiV? It also has passive entry with push button start

Smoke Pursuit · 30-04-2011, 12:45 PM

Sat in one the other day.. Cheap and nasty... As expected.

No shoulder room.

Would I pay 33 kay for that?? No Id rather an SV6 Commodore for the same money.

Road_Warrior · 01-05-2011, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by DASH GT

Sat in one the other day.. Cheap and nasty... As expected.

No shoulder room.

Would I pay 33 kay for that?? No Id rather an SV6 Commodore for the same money.

This. Or wait for the new Malibu if I was Holden shopping. Cruze can have as much "kit" as it likes, you'd still never get my backside in one.

XRtowcar · 30-04-2011, 05:07 PM

Um.. SV6 is $36990, but a new XR6 will cost you $34990 with prestige paint, drive away.

Smoke Pursuit · 30-04-2011, 06:42 PM

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Originally Posted by XRtowcar

Um.. SV6 is $36990, but a new XR6 will cost you $34990 with prestige paint, drive away.

If you shop around you can get an SV6 for 33 kay drive away (sedan that is). 2010 plate but no kms.

I know which one I prefer

banarcus · 30-04-2011, 06:39 PM

They will sell well.

FPV8U · 30-04-2011, 06:49 PM

Holden cruze is a great looking little car, there are more of them around my area than i care to count, the fact they are now made in australia i can only see as a positive, sometimes the 'enemy' gets it right and in this case they have.

CODSASR · 30-04-2011, 07:54 PM

I would take a kia cerato sli over the cruze any day the cerato sli has alot of kit for $24990 or maybe a cerato sls koup for around $26000

Bossxr8 · 30-04-2011, 09:28 PM

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Originally Posted by csv8

I had a look at the Cruze SRiV. its $33500 drive away.(auto) Lot of kit for the price. Doesn't have electric drivers seat(they are heated) and no climate control. Blue Tooth is $500 extra. The new Ford Focus (due Oct) had better be really good to compete.
SRiV would equate to a Focus Titanium. But that mightn.t come here!!!!

The old model Focus slaughtered it in terms of driving dynamics, i'd imagine the new one would slaughter it even more.

The Cruze is nothing more than middle of the pack, i'd love to see how well it sold if it had a Daewoo badge and not a Holden one.

MethodX · 30-04-2011, 10:15 PM

Focus driving dynamics are good, just that the Seth efrican build quality isnt anything special.

Hopefully they both sell well.

Paxton · 30-04-2011, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by MethodX

Focus driving dynamics are good, just that the Seth efrican build quality isnt anything special.

Hopefully they both sell well.

Well, you're in luck then. Do you want Chicken or Prawn Pad Thai with your new Focus?

For those not playing at home, the next Focus will be built in Thailand, not South Africa.

MethodX · 30-04-2011, 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Paxton

Well, you're in luck then. Do you want Chicken or Prawn Pad Thai with your new Focus?

For those not playing at home, the next Focus will be built in Thailand, not South Africa.

Great, then they can be super quality like ummmmm what else is built in Thailand, I forget.
Those Hondas that catch fire?

Franco Cozzo · 30-04-2011, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by MethodX

Great, then they can be super quality like ummmmm what else is built in Thailand, I forget.
Those Hondas that catch fire?

Accord Euro is made in Japan IIRC, the only one in the Honda Australia range made in their home country.

jpd80 · 01-05-2011, 10:56 AM

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Originally Posted by MethodX

Great, then they can be super quality like ummmmm what else is built in Thailand, I forget.
Those Hondas that catch fire?

Fiesta, Mazda 2, Ranger, Hilux, Holden Colorado, Toyota Corolla and very soon... Focus, Mazda 3.
Thailand is becoming the Detroit of South east Asia.

aualright · 03-05-2011, 09:35 AM

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Originally Posted by MethodX

Focus driving dynamics are good, just that the Seth efrican build quality isnt anything special.

Hopefully they both sell well.

But isn't this SRiV the top spec? That would put it up against the XR5T I would have thought.

Pretty sure the XR5T is built in Germany?

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csv8 · 03-05-2011, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by aualright

But isn't this SRiV the top spec? That would put it up against the XR5T I would have thought.

Pretty sure the XR5T is built in Germany?

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Yes the SRiV is top spec..but not classed as a sports car. It does have a 1.4l turbo motor. Not in the same class as the XR5.

SteveJH · 03-05-2011, 11:52 AM

Isn't Daewoo technically a subsidiary of GM Holden rather then GM US?

robjh80 · 03-05-2011, 08:49 PM

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Originally Posted by csv8

Not in the same class as the XR5.

But it is the same price!

The Cruze lineup is way too expensive in my opinion, much better cars out there for the money .. the XR5 for one!

And yes .. the XR5 is built in Germany .. all the other Focus's come out of South Africa.

uranium_death · 06-07-2011, 10:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Bossxr8

The Cruze is nothing more than middle of the pack, i'd love to see how well it sold if it had a Daewoo badge and not a Holden one.

Compare Daewoo Kalos sales to "Holden Barina" sales...case in point.

Franco Cozzo · 01-05-2011, 10:50 AM

I would have bought the diesel first gen Cruze earlier this year over my TDCI Focus if the Holden dealership didn't snub me off, the top spec CDX was pretty well equipped but I'm real happy with my TDCI Focus anyway

They treated me really well at my Ford dealership, which seems to be a rarity because another also snubbed me off who I'd previously bought a new car with.

Bossxr8 · 01-05-2011, 07:37 PM

I love how Holden are pushing the new rear suspension on the turbo 1.4 as high tech cause it has a watts link added to it lol.

Welcome to the 1970's.

jpd80 · 01-05-2011, 08:00 PM

The Ecoboost 1.6 Titanium has 110 kw and 240 nm of torque and has a combined fuel economy of 6.0 l/100 km.
I think that will be an impressive unit if we get it in Australia....

Mr Hardware · 02-05-2011, 08:40 AM

OOPS SORRY WRONG DECADE
SAME POOP FROM THE SAME BULL THOUGH!!!!

stevz · 02-05-2011, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr Hardware

OOPS SORRY WRONG DECADE
SAME POOP FROM THE SAME BULL THOUGH!!!!

That would be like saying
this

is the same s*** as this

BLU-DVL · 02-05-2011, 11:04 AM

^^^^^^^^^^
LOL!.. I actually bought one of those!...

MethodX · 02-05-2011, 05:56 PM

^^^^ Like the Cortina's and Escort's were the pinnacle of quality.
ffs.

bobthebilda · 03-05-2011, 01:00 AM

Its strange that it tends to sell so poorly in its "country of origin", as the Daewoo Lancetti. It consistently comes way down the list, even with a starting price of the equivalent of around $13000 Australian dollars.

Pos Model Feb
1 Kia Morning 12,294
2 Hyundai Grandeur 11,755
3 Hyundai Porter 7,581
4 Hyundai Sonata 7,498
5 Hyundai Avante 7,384
6 Kia K5 6,216
7 Samsung SM5 4,367
8 Hyundai Grand Starex 3,762
9 Kia Bongo 3,746
10 Daewoo Matiz Creative 3,588
11 Kia Sportage R 3,468
12 Hyundai Tucson ix 3,385
13 Kia Sorento R 3,308
14 Samsung SM3 3,011
15 Kia Forte 2,815
16 Kia Carnival 2,190
17 Hyundai Santa Fe 1,740
18 Daewoo Lacetti Premiere 1,738