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European launch for Chevrolet Cruze on track for April 2009

 
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The new Cruze is already on sale in South Korea and will arrive in Europe almost 18 months before the U.S.

The new Cruze is already on sale in South Korea and will arrive in Europe almost 18 months before the U.S.

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While General Motors’ financial strife may be putting many of its development plans on the back burner for now, a statement from Chevrolet's European Executive Director confirms that the upcoming Chevrolet Cruze will remain on schedule for its debut in the European market in just a few months.

Expected to debut in Europe in April, the new Cruze is expected to sell in numbers of up around 20,000 to 25,000 in its first year. While sales are important for the midsized Cruze, even more important is turning the considerable European market on to the Chevrolet brand as a whole, and to help it to achieve the success that Ford has had there. Ford's small economical cars have proven a hit in Europe and despite the global financial meltdown Ford of Europe is expected to be profitable both this year and next year, reports Automotive News.

Meanwhile, the Chevrolet Cruze has already been launched in South Korea but still has a long wait until it sees the shores of North America. The car was scheduled to go on sale in North America by mid 2010 as a replacement for the Chevrolet Cobalt, however sources at GM are citing the company's current cash struggles as a factor that will end up delaying it until 2011 at the earliest.

The European market Cruze will be built in GM's Daewoo center in South Korea and then exported to the European market, while the North American and Russian models will be built locally.
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Comments (4)

  1. ma_Chris avatar Chris Posted: 12/8/2008 10:35am PST

    if it's already in south korea.. why not import it like they already do with the aveo and optra?
     
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  2. ma_iluvamericancarz avatar iluvamericancarz Posted: 12/8/2008 1:25pm PST

    [b]import it here, then stop wen its time 2 build it in ohio[/b]
     
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  3. ma_NoNameDenton avatar NoNameDenton Posted: 12/8/2008 2:47pm PST

    Drop the Cobalt, and bring this here, right now
     
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  4. By  r4 card Posted: 2/6/2010 2:09am PST

    It really is already outdated. It's really sad that this same design will be on sale in 2015. 2015! And who knows, with GM it might be 2020 when this same Cruze is still being sold. So lame.
     
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