Chevrolet Cruze Sedan: Live Pics from Paris Presentation

In a special European premiere event at the “Le Pavillon Dauphine”, located in the heart of Paris, GM showed off its new Chevrolet Cruze to the world press. If you follow the jump you’ll see that apart from the scenic pictures of the Cruze under the Eiffel Tower, we also have a detailed gallery of Chevy’s new global compact sedan’s interior which looks pretty good in terms of design. -Continued

In Europe, the Cruze will be initially offered with 112 HP 1.6-liter and 140 HP 1.8-liter gasoline engines and a new 2.0-liter turbo diesel, developing 150 HP and 320 Nm of torque. The gearbox menu will include a five-speed manual gearbox and an all-new 6-speed automatic transmission.

The 1.6L and 1.8L gasoline engines deliver zero to 100 km/h (62 mph) acceleration in 12.4 and 9.8 seconds, with combined cycle fuel consumption of 6.7lt and 6.8 lt/100 km (35.1 and 34.6 mpg US) respectively. The 2.0 diesel accelerates from standstill to 100 km/h (62 mph) in 9.4 seconds with a fuel consumption over the combined cycle of just 5.8 lt/100 km or 40.6 mpg US. After the Cruze’s launch, a 125 HP version of the 2.0 Diesel with 300 Nm of torque will also be offered.

Sales of the Chevy’s new compact sedan will start in Europe in March 2009, followed by other global regions including the U.S. in 2010.

Chevrolet Cruze Sedan Fully Uncovered – 18 New Images

Just a few days after the abrupt revealing of the Orlando minivan concept, another Chevy Paris Show model has been fully uncovered. This time it’s the 2010 Cruze sedan and as with the Orlando, it appears that the live shots are from an official GM studio photo shoot of some kind. What’s important here is of course the interior photography as this is the first time that we get a glimpse of the Cruze’s ‘swoopy’ dashboard that borrows a few design elements from the Malibu such as the instrument panel styling. Hit the jump to see the photos and tell us what you think. -Continued

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Chevrolet Volt and Camaro to Make European Premiere at Paris Show

Turns out that our sources we’re spot on when they told us earlier this month that the production Volt will make its first showroom appearance at the 2008 Paris Mondial De L’Automobile as Chevrolet made it official today. Along with the all-electric Volt hybrid, more of which you can read about here, the Orlando minivan concept and the Cruze sedan, the American automaker also announced that it will perform the show debut of the production Camaro in Paris. However, Chevy did not disclose whether or not the Camaro that is offered exclusively with V6 and V8 powertrains will be available for sale in Europe. -Continued