“What’s safer: a Chevy or a Mercedes?”
from WSJ.com article by Joseph B. White

If you went shopping for an affordable compact car in 1994, here’s what you’d have found at a Chevy dealer: A Chevy Cavalier with no airbags, no electronic stability control, and a price somewhere around $12,000.

This fall, you’ll find the Cavalier’s successor, the 2011 Chevy Cruze… with 10 standard airbags… electronic stability control, a system that senses when the car is at risk of rolling over, and another that automatically tightens the seatbelts in advance of a crash.

The Cruze’s airbag count is the same as that for a Lexus GS sedan priced at just under $50,000. But the Cruze has a starting price of $16,995. How much is that in 1994 dollars? About $11,553 – or roughly what you might have paid for that new 1994 Cavalier.

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Cruze ECO – 40 mpg hwy

Cruze offers segment-leading fuel economy with its 1.4L turbo engine paired with the 6-speed manual transmission providing up to an estimated 40 mpg on the highway or the 1.4 turbo engine paired with the 6-speed automatic providing up to an estimated 36 mpg on the highway and a range of over 500 miles between fill-ups.

The Cruze interior will capture your attention and its unexpected amenities and sophisticated performance will surprise you.

Cruze brings midsize presence to the compact car class by offering midsize car roominess, more interior room and cargo capacity than Civic and Corolla and more available amenities commonly found on upscale vehicles such as Bluetooth, USB port, Pioneer 9-speaker Audio System, Navigation, Remote start, Rear parking assist, MyLink Mobile App and 18” aluminum wheels. It’s quieter than most compacts too. Cruze was painstakingly engineered for quietness with 30 distinct acoustical treatments, including a triple-sealed, acoustic-laminated glass windshield, to create a serene interior.

Rack mounted electric power steering, the same technology used by BMW, provides precision control and responsiveness. The Cruze also has a Z-link suspension, used frequently on race cars. Any lateral impact on one side is immediately compensated by an equal amount of force on the other side.

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