[wrx5]

Hi All,

New member here from Sydney.

I am about to purchase 2014 Equipe. Seems like model names a bit different here compared to other parts of the World. Which category this car falls into, Gen1 or Gen2?

Regards,
Oscar

 

[Greggul8r]

it would be Gen1 if it is the same as the Cruze Gen2 didn't start until 2016

 

[grs1961]

The 2014 Oz-built Cruze is close to the Gen1 US-built Cruze, but it's not identical.

It's a Series II JH, the 1.4l and 1.8l engines are essentially the same as in the US-built Cruze, but the diesel is a completely different engine.

I am not sure about the gearboxes, they may be the same.

I know the headlight globes are different, ours work a lot better.

Some of the dimensions of things are different, for example the JH headlights are taller than the US-build.

The ECUs are programmed completely differently, but the petrol ones can be tuned the same, I gather.

And so on...

 

[ChevyGuy]

it would be Gen1 if it is the same as the Cruze Gen2 didn't start until 2016

In the US, yes. But I think the first Gen2 would have been China in 2015.

I don't think there's any 2014 Gen 2.

 

[wrx5]

I know the headlight globes are different, ours work a lot better.

Not anymore. I have replaced mine with 70w HID 6000k

 

[grs1961]

Not anymore. I have replaced mine with 70w HID 6000k

I hope you mean that you replaced the headlight units with projectors so that you don't blind oncoming traffic.

 

[wrx5]

I hope you mean that you replaced the headlight units with projectors so that you don't blind oncoming traffic.

No I didn't. Actually 70w was too much, too bright on halogen housing. I changed the ballasts with 55w. Now nobody swears at me