Chevy Cruze Interior REVEALED!

[Ambalanche]

Spied: Chevrolet Cruze interior revealed

Although General Motors released exterior pictures of the 2010 Chevrolet Cruze at a recent event in Lordstown, Ohio — the future site of Cruze production — the General is keeping the new compact’s interior design close to its chest until the car’s official reveal at next month’s Paris Motor Show. But leave it to our spy photographers to spoil GM’s plans as they have captured the first images of the Cruze’s interior.

Despite some less-than-production-quality materials and an Opel steering wheel, this is indeed the same interior that will be found in the U.S.-spec Cruze. While the car’s interior quality is hard to discern at this point, the overall design looks very nice — especially for a GM compact car. One surprising tidbit is that the Cruze appears to buck Chevy’s current twin-cockpit trend, as seen on the new Malibu and Traverse.

Outside, the Cruze takes styling cues from the new Malibu, and promises to be a much sharper car than the current Cobalt. Chief designer Taewan Kim says that the new Cruze’s design is meant to be “bold, not evolutionary. We wanted to take a big step forward, making a strong design statement for Chevrolet products around the world.”

The car will hit the European market in March of 2009, with U.S. production at the Lordstown, Ohio, plant, where the Cobalt is currently made, beginning in June 2010.

...Well, spied anyway....
http://www.leftlanenews.com/chevrolet-cruze.html

[Blair1118]

I like the no smoking sign and the wall switch timer infront of the shifter....wonder if either of those will make it to production??

[Ambalanche]

Is that fabric on the upper dash? That might be trying a little hard to be different...

[give_it_all_]

Originally Posted by Ambalanche

Is that fabric on the upper dash? That might be trying a little hard to be different...

The blue and white? It looks like tape stuff to me to cover it up a bit.

EDIT:

Then again the back seats are done in it too.....hmmmmmm

[Greg Burr]

I would like to enlarge the photo.

Never mind.

[give_it_all_]

Originally Posted by Blair1118

I like the no smoking sign and the wall switch timer infront of the shifter....wonder if either of those will make it to production??

The timer is so that when the warranty is up, parts start to break

[boblutzfan]

This is killing me. GM?! Dumpt the Cobalt and bring this hear ASAP.

[Uligar]

Originally Posted by Ambalanche

Is that fabric on the upper dash? That might be trying a little hard to be different...

Yes, it is!
There will be a leather version also.

[BigAls87Z28]

The color pannels on the dash are awesome! Textured and color coded would be killer, a killer look to the interior.

[Pontiac05]

judging by the photos it seems a little cramped.

[benroethig]

Originally Posted by boblutzfan

This is killing me. GM?! Dumpt the Cobalt and bring this hear ASAP.

Car can be built here right now with fairly minimal changes, but there's no engine. The 1.6L and 1.8L engines from the Astra fit the engine bay as an interim measure until the new 1.4L turbo is available. The 2.2L and 2.4L engines from the Cobalt do not.

[eaton53]

The covered dash is a nice unique touch.
But the most important thing is to get the high mpg U.S. built powertrains right.
They cannot bring over engines from Europe and make money!

[nadepalma]

Looks good to me, but I can't really tell of the quality of the materials until I see it in person.

Still very very good looking - and encouraging of things yet to come.

[natesriv]

Agreed, bye bye Cobalt!

Bring that badboy to the US asap, bring a coupe and we're golden!

I'd definately consider buying one!

[usa1]

I wish these spy photo guys would move their business to Japan and Europe so GM and Ford could see the competition's products years in advance.

Mark