Recently, Kelley Blue Book rounded up its picks for the 10 best used compact cars with price tags under $10,000, and for the first time, the 2016 Chevy Cruze made the cut.
The 2016 Chevy Cruze is the newest vehicle on the list this time, and KBB praised it for its fuel efficiency. In fact, the Cruze was recognized as being one of the most fuel-efficient used compact cars, thanks to the economical nature of its standard turbocharged 1.4L I4 LE2 engine, which is rated at 153 horsepower and 177 pound-feet of torque. The 2016 Chevy Cruze sedan with the six-speed automatic transmission and the aforementioned engine is rated at 30 mpg city and 40 mpg highway for a combined rating of 34 mpg, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Manual models are rated at 28 mpg city, 39 mpg highway and 32 mpg combined.
Additionally, the second-generation 2016 Cruze was recognized as being particularly comfortable, while providing ample room for passengers and storage inside. The compact sedan also offers standard Apple CarPlay and Android Auto, two must-have technologies for many automotive shoppers.
“Affordable, fuel-efficient, and eminently practical, especially for city life, compact cars are the cars most of us actually need,” KBB says.
The Chevy Cruze was discontinued for the North American market after an eight-year production run and two generations. Production concluded in the spring of 2019, a victim of poor sales performance in China and an abrupt halt of vehicle manufacturing at the GM Lordstown in Ohio, which has since been sold off, and GM Ramos Arizpe in Mexico, which continues automobile assembly but alas without the Cruze.
However, the Cruze soldiers on in South America, specifically in Brazil and Argentina, offering a unique Midnight Edition for the 2022 model year, along with a sportier RS trim. In fact, last year, the 150,000th unit of the Cruze rolled off the assembly line at GM Alvear plant in Argentina.
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Good to see the a used Cruze get a good review… Bad to have this spam on here… Please I see enough spam in my email!
Time to bring the Cruze back, maybe as the Cavalier? Wishful thinking.
Anyhow, last year I dropped off a brand new Mazda CX5 Premium to a broker’s customer. The guy was selling his 2017 Cruze to buy the CX5 because his broker referred him into the Mazda. The guy told me he really liked his Cruze, but wanted to try an SUV and the broker suggested he get the CX5 instead of an Equinox. A few months ago, this same guy was in for service and saw me. He told me he highly regrets getting rid of his Cruze for the CX5 and said he missed all the features on the Cruze that the Mazda is missing. Too bad GM dropped this car.
Cavalier would be a good nameplate to bring back.
I prefer sedans in many respects. They are cheaper and get better mileage, but the downside is everyone else is driving an SUV, which means an annoying quirk is SUV headlights are often pointed directly at the sedan driver’s eye level.
Richard P: May I add a second downside? Those of us who prefer the cars are also stuck behind the endless flow of bloated boxes that block all the forward view of the roadway for the rest of us.
Many drivers sadly only look 15 to 25 feet in front of their own vehicle as they drive. Having been a police officer, I was instructed to look (drive) well in front of my vehicle by 100 or more feet. Maybe this is why the boxes clogging the roads are more bothersome to me than others.
You’re absolutely correct. Limited visibility caused both by the low stance and by the fact that everyone else is driving an SUV. It’s almost comical at red lights when I can’t see beyond the vehicle directly ahead of me.
Yup, but of course GM killed it. The 2-door models are very popular around here.
Richard P I drive a 2010 Equinox and while the visibility is great because your higher up… Behind pickup trucks I can’t see a thing I wish people wouldn’t drive those tanks so much.
We have a 2017 Cruze 4dr hatch and consistently get 4.8 to 5.3 litres per 100km. Handles great and har great acceleration. Just updated the headlights to led. World of different
We have a 2017 Cruze 4dr hatch and consistently get 4.8 to 5.3 litres per 100km. Handles great and has great acceleration. Just updated the headlights to led. World of difference
When we need smaller more fuel efficient vehicles, GM pulls the plug and produce larger SUV’s and full size pickups. On the other move their company to costly EV’s in order to receive some sort of government kick back to revive its dying company. Who’s calling the shots over there
Cruze is still Sold in South America.
Try to find a good one in my area for under 10000. These cars are far more here. Inflation and the chip shortage you know.
I do love my 2013 Cruze RS, with 194140 miles on it, still she rides smoothly.
Shame on GM .