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Holden didn't design the cruse
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My work car is the 1.4 turbo and while the weather is cool it drives well, but as the temp climbs into the mid 30s, the throttle response slowly disappears, the ac disengages intermittently blowing warm air, and the whole experience disintegrates into a shuddery, jerky mess, then of course, the car performs poorly too ![]()
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That thing is FUGLY!!!!!
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Yeah the current Cruze (first facelift and built here) craps all over this monstrosity.
The Aussie designers managed to make it look somewhat half decent...... |
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Aside from the obvious Falcons in the beginning, you had the XB that looked exactly like a Mustang, The XD was a bigger Granada, The EA was influenced by the Ford Scorpio. I could go on and on and on. Even moreso with the history of the Commodore. They have always been global. We have shown you photos in the past but you still persist with your agenda.
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What about the 1991 Ford Laser? You can find the same car in the US, bar a couple of cosmetic changes. It was the Escort. It was global. This is not a new thing. They are not being "forced" to do anything. They are an American company doing what they have always done. Embrace it. Love it. Ford Forever.
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Maybe they're just taking the opportunity to smooth the global car architecture into the last local model so the sheep don't complain so much we only get to drive American or euro cars?... We all know that's NOT what's happening, but if they hadn't already been doing it for 60 years my bet is that is what they'd do.......
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I have been given one of these updates to drive while my work cruze is in getting the transmission repaired under warranty. Its a White Equipe with the 1.8l, appraisal car, the fleet manager is trying to get my company to upgrade :(
The interior is identical bar the mylink screen, its got 17s styled to look like 16s, the 1.8 is sluggish when compared to the 1.4 turbo and is noisier, and the front......the styling that has been seen cannot be unseen UGH! Im hoping they choose another brand of car, as our 3 are only 2.5 years old and are starting to have problems requiring warranty work.
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So you own one? I would think not
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The service guy at holden openly told me that his dealer has done plenty of cruze transmissions he prided himself on it being a "high turnover service department" The fleet manager who used to run a service dept said about 20% of the turbos had water pumps replaced, as they were originally designed for Europe and not our extreme heat. My colleagues cruze has a coolant leak on the block that our mech said needs attention asap before warranty runs out. Standing in the service dept was a BRAND NEW 1.8 cruze on the hoist with the ENTIRE engine out. This crap reminds me of EA Falcon days......
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Sure you arnt thinking of VW
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I think that second image just broke my computer screen
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You still never answered my question
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guessing you have never owned one either!
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is it the 1.6T manual and newer than 2013?
The diesels, 1.8 and autos have heaps of issues which is why Service Departments call them a Holden Curse. I read heaps about them before I bought mine and it would read that the 2013 1.6T model was vastly improved over the earlier models. However the earlier model stigma is being attached by you guys to the current model!
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not one dealer trip, nada...
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