Baby, Let’s Cruze: Chevy reportedly weighing four-door coupe, SS variants
General Motors has been looking for ways to capitalize on the investments made in its platforms by augmenting the series As well as retail price) of a vehicles sharing them. Asaresult, reports of the next-gen Camaro pity the height with the upcoming Cadillac ATS as well as CTS successor. Now reports suggest that the General is hoping to gain upon a Delta platform by creating some-more assertive, sportily-minded variants of a Chevrolet Cruz e.
One choice, according to a report in Engine Direction, would be to build the four-door coupe based on the Cruze. A idea would follow the same formula which took a Volkswagen CC and Mercedes CLS up-market from the comparatively humble platforms (Passat and E-Class respectively) on which they’re formed. The wheelbase and much of a mechanicals would carry over, but a some-more fashionable roofline would give it a sportier form, at a responsibility of back headroom.
Another option fielded once again would emanate the Cruze SS, with more aggressive cessation and an upgraded 2-liter turbocharged engine. The potential application of all-wheel-drive from a incomparable Epsilon platform, duration, could be used to assist traction. Either option could stand to bridge a gap between a Cruze as well as the Camaro. But whilst a options are presented as “possibly or”, would it be aswell much to ask for both?
Gallery:2011 Chevrolet Cruze
[Source: Engine Direction
