Stateside, compared with the Focus, the Chevy Cruze looks like a lump of arterial cholesterol.
But it was outsold by the Toyota Corolla, Honda Civic, Chevy Cruze and Hyundai Elantra in 2011.
The Sonic comes on the heels of the new Chevy Cruze and Buick Regal, both of which have been well received.
The proof is in the cars: the Chevy Cruze and Equinox, the Buick Lacrosse and Regal, the GMC Terrain, the Cadillac CTS and SRX.
The year 2010 will also see vehicle breakthroughs, like the plug-in Chevrolet Volt and the Chevy Cruze, a zippy, fuel-efficient compact that will usher in a new era of global efficiency in small-car product development.
For the most part it looks like a sleeker hatchback version of a Chevy Cruze, highlighted by a solid silver grille up front with a black roof and matching trim along the windows and at the rear of the car.
You might note, with an eye roll, that the Smart iQ's highway mileage of 37 mpg is bested by many larger cars, including the Chevy Cruze Eco and the VW Jetta Sportwagon diesel (both rated at 42 mpg on the highway).
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Consumers have already responded to the Administration's fuel efficiency standards for Model Years 2011 through 2016, and it shows in the popularity of cars like GM's Chevy Cruze and trucks like the Ford F-150 equipped with an EcoBoost engine instead of the conventional V-8.
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The Cruze replaces the ho-hum Chevy Cobalt, which just couldn't compete with other small cars in its class.
The Cruze is the most competitive compact Chevy GM has fielded in decades, last year outselling the Focus and the Honda Civic, once the king of the small-sedan segment.
To that end the best deals we could locate among 2012 compact and subcompact cars were cut-rate financing deals on the highly regarded Chevrolet Cruze compact sedan and the new subcompact Chevy Sonic.
Chevolet has launched one new hit product after another, with its Cruze, Sonic and now Spark small cars creating lots of conquest sales for Chevy in the small-car segment even as Equinox continues to perform well in the CUV category and Silverado holds its own in pick-up trucks as it moves toward a new version next year.
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