Chevy Cruze & GM Powertrain: An Inside Look

[XtremeRevolution]

Reading this thread kinda put a downer on my perspective. on how the cruze is built.

Ive been to the honda plant where they build the civic and the toyota plant where the build the corolla and matrix.

Dont get me wrong its nice to see how the cars are made, but there arn't at all different or better than the oposition!

It's not so much the way the cars are assembled; you can only do something so differently, but how they're designed, how the motors are assembled, and what car it is that we're talking about. The new Civic is terrible, and the Corolla is the most dull and boring compact on the road.

[fred266]

I knew GM was on the right track when they came out with the 3600 and 3800 Series2 engines.My girlfriend has a Buick with one and its been running like forever.I had a buddy running with the 3600 V6 and it ran like a sewing machine,used no oil and ran like a "scalded ape" Folks on the internet crying for GM to produce more like these.They had a very good reliable product in these engines,I hope they kept the blueprints close.

[jblackburn]

I knew GM was on the right track when they came out with the Duratec

Ummmm...that's Ford. And they're not very durable. The 3.0 was especially bad.

[XtremeRevolution]

I knew GM was on the right track when they came out with the Duratec

Welcome to CruzeTalk!

[BigSkyMontana]

Wow, amazing stuff! The Cruze is my first GM vehicle and after reading and viewing the information presented it amazes me how much time, thought and effort was required to build such an amazing vehicle. It blows my mind. Now when I get in my Cruze I will be thinking about how well the car was designed, engineered and the high expectations of producing a fine tuned vehicle. I am impressed!

[firehawk618]

Wow freakin awesome article. I had no idea you could pay extra and build YOUR OWN ZR1 engine.

I swear the day I find a bag with a few million in it I WILL BE BUILDING MY OWN ZR1!