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Does anyone else think that the Cruze with the 1.4 Turbo is short of get-up-and-go?
My daughter got a 2005 Cavalier in 2008 with 58,000 miles on it. The car has been incredibly reliable needing only a fuel pump and a water pump in 7 years. Besides routine maintenance of course. With the 2.2L engine it was quite peppy and met her needs on the short on-ramps thay have on the old freeways in the north-east.
Now she graduated with her advanced degree and started a new job that pays quite well. Since the Cavalier had almost 150,000 on the clock, and she was incredibly pleased with her experience with the Cavalier she first looked at a Cruze. She drove one with a 1.8 and found it not as snappy but good enough. However, at the trim level she wanted, it only came with a 1.4L Turbo.
Trying one she found it had no get up and go until it hit about 4000 RPM. But right off the line it was just a slug. Also consider she is originally from BC where we have a highway that just kills turbochargers. Where almost no one who knows anything about cars will buy one with a turbo.
We feel there is no replacement for displacement for get up and go off the line. SO because she could not get the top line model with a normally aspirated engine, she got a 2.0L Mazda 3 GT. No turbo. Plenty oz Zoom-zoom.
The Focus was rejected as the current Focus is too ugly and the Dart was rejected as she says she sees a dead one by the side of the road almost every day.
Sorry US car makers but she did check the US brands first.
The Cruzes she tested were 2015 demo units at a Chevy dealer. The Mazda 3 is a 2015 with 22 miles on the clock when she got it. She got $1900 trade in for her ex-rental 2005 Cavalier with manual crank windows. She knows all about depreciation on new cars. She does not care. She has a degree in economics.
I have a 2004 Focus myself and other than eating 3 alternators it has 120,000 miles on it and has been reasonably good.
I imagine that it is CAFE regulations that force GM to put such a small engine in the Cruze trim level that people really want to buy. Likely the MPG testing currently mandated does not cause the turbo to cut in very often.
Mazda with fewer big SUVs in their mix of sales can meet the rules while offering a higher performance engine.
GM will conclude that people do not like the Cruze though she would have bought one if the top trim level was available with the 1.8 engine.
A manual transmission is out of the question. While both my daughter and I can drive a manual we chose not to. We feel they are obsolete and are too distracting. All the things manual gearbox fans claim is wrong with automatics was fixed over 15 years ago. As a human I feel we should have to do things machines can do and better. Yes a manual can be more fun to drive at times but those times are few and far between these days.
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- AnonymousLv 76 years agoFavorite Answer
An car with a super small engine with a turbo attached to it belongs in Europe where they tolerate cars with small engines with forced induction that crap out after 5 years. The Cavalier is probably one of the few decent small cars GM ever built. The Cruze is unproven and the Cobalt is garbage. Adding a turbo instead of a few hundred simple cc of displacement is the illogical application of technology. A cheap turbo setup will have big turbo lag as you have observed and once you are in boost, fuel economy is going to be as bad or worse than a larger displacement engine putting out the same power. A Mazda 3 is a good choice with European driving dynamics without the repair bills. However, one of its few weaknesses is rust unless it is a relatively new one. The 05-10 Focus was decent, but outside those years the Focus is garbage. Chrysler vehicles like the dart are a no go if reliability is a concern. There's no need to apologize for your choices as a consumer.
- Anonymous6 years ago
is the 1.4L T a new car? if not get a full tune up and clean the sensors like the MAF or IAT and the throttle plate. Honestly a 1.4L T they can be fast take some unnecessary weight out. I personally own a 2.4L it can get up and go really quickly but I know how to push my car to its limits without any struggle. But a 1.4L T probably has slightly less than my 2.4L maybe the same maybe even more most turbos add about 100HP to what the car has which my car only has about 200HP. If you ask me 1.4L T is good, teach her how to accelerate fast. At a light once your about to let off the brake floor it once you let go of it, she will have to re-learn acceleration definitely, the higher the RPMS the faster, so that's the key with the small engine
- RebelLv 66 years ago
I test drove a Cruze with the 1.4 liter engine and 6 speed manual transmission and the car had plenty of power. One of my friends has one with the 1.4 engine and 6 speed automatic and has plenty of power and he loves it. My nephew and his girlfriend each have one with 1.8 motors his a manual hers an automatic and both love them. If you are concerned with power then the 6 speed manual would be the better choice . I loved the one that I test drove the clutch was easy and shifted really smooth but I wasn't in the market to buy a car then as I hope to buy one in spring of 2016.
