Saturday, November 28, 2009

Chevrolet Cruze and Captiva

Checked out the latest from the Chevrolet stable today - the Cruze and the Captiva.

At 14L for the top end Diesel version, Cruze is a beautiful car, looks simply great from the outside, has a nice luxury feel inside, although a little cramped, like the Skodas, with a low roof and pretty narrow windows, especially at the back. The coupe look is fine when you have a two seater, not when you wanna fit in a family! With 18 kmpl on diesel, also looks like a great option for your wallet, although I fear it will burn a hole with the regular servicing needed (every 5000 km, with oil change every 15000 km).

The Captica looks great too, very muscular and strong, and not like a mini-bus with a snout, a la Ford Endeavour. At 21L, definitely on the higher side, and with just 12 kmpl on diesel, much less attractive. Also, the manual gears version comes only with forward wheel drive, while the "adaptive drive" version (interestingly, it doesn't say four wheel drive explicitly, wonder why?) comes only with automatic gear shift.

Didn't get to take a test drive, the salesman said he'd schedule an appointment with me with "better test cars" than the ones currently available with him. The regular Cruze test car had apparently had an accident, too, and was off duty for the day.

Anyone with any specific recommendations?

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