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Will the Cruze ever have a diesel engine again? Also, will it ever have a manual transmission?
Oh the Flustern!Yes. 1.6 whisper diesel. No manual transmission expected.
It's a cost thing. By the time they priced it out it would be more than the automatic for the volume they'd sell in North America.Wonder why they won't make a manual an option?..
They have to get buyers to ignore that their powertrains are older than anything else on the market somehow. So they've focused recently on updating a lot of the in-car technologyYet a back up camera is standard on about any Toyota now.
I beg to differ ... this is directly from the Chevrolet website for a 2015 Malibu : 1LT requires the available Power Convenience Package or Style and Technology Package.G.M. beats to their own drum. My D/C just picked up a 2015 Malibu LTZ, the top trim. No Back up Camera available in any of the versions.
It does when the bean counters don't have any interest in what the customers want ... but rather the stockholdersIt don't take much to see there is a market for manual diesels.
I'd like to know how they can read the future and know how cost effective it would be ... without ever even offering it as an option? I want them to pick my winning lottery ticket next time it's over $250 million!It's a cost thing. By the time they priced it out it would be more than the automatic for the volume they'd sell in North America.
You are correct sir. I misread the Dots and actually missed the #1.I beg to differ ... this is directly from the Chevrolet website for a 2015 Malibu : 1LT requires the available Power Convenience Package or Style and Technology Package.
2LT, 3LT, 1LTZ and 2LTZ require the available Electronics and Entertainment Package.
When automatics first came on the market they cost extra, so why can't GM put extra cost on the manual so anybody who really wants can shell out the extra $$$$ to buy one. The customer was always right, once.It's a cost thing. By the time they priced it out it would be more than the automatic for the volume they'd sell in North America.
They're still an extra-cost option for most models that still come with a manual.When automatics first came on the market they cost extra, so why can't GM put extra cost on the manual so anybody who really wants can shell out the extra $$$$ to buy one. The customer was always right, once.
I had to pay $1,000 for the manual transmission on my G8 ... but it doesn't get me any extra on NADA or KBB, yet other cars that have manuals either lose money for them, OR you gain value for the automatic. I'm not worried about that too much on the G8 though, as I don't plan to ever get rid of it anytime soon.They're still an extra-cost option for most models that still come with a manual.
But it's not like they haven't already done the development for the manual transmission for the diesel - they exist overseas. Heck, my transmission was built in Austria.
When Holden ceases production next year my son is going to buy the last model ever of a manual SS Commodore and just keep it. It is going to replace this car.I had to pay $1,000 for the manual transmission on my G8 ... but it doesn't get me any extra on NADA or KBB, yet other cars that have manuals either lose money for them, OR you gain value for the automatic. I'm not worried about that too much on the G8 though, as I don't plan to ever get rid of it anytime soon.
I suppose this is true, sad but true.It does when the bean counters don't have any interest in what the customers want ... but rather the stockholders