The Chevrolet Cruze was launched in the Chinese market on April 18, 2009. The China New Car Assessment Program (C-NCAP) awarded the Cruze a maximum five stars in their independent crash safety test. The Cruze 1.6 liter SE tested scored a maximum of 16 points in side-impact collision, scored 14.44 in front-end collision, and 15.73 points in the 40% frontal offset collision. During July 2009, the Cruze became available in Malaysia with the 1.6 and a 1.8 litre engines. To be manufactured at General Motors (GM) India's Halol factory, GM of India will release the Cruze into the Indian market on 12 October 2009.
The Chevrolet Cruze is expected to come in two variants, manual and automatic, but only with the diesel engine, lifted from the Captiva. The car would have more than 50% localisation and will be rolled out from its Halol facility in the Indian state of Gujarat.
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It will be available with 3 engines – a 112hp 1.6 liter unit, a 140hp 1.8 liter unit with variable valve timing on both the intake and exhaust, and a 2.0 liter turbodiesel putting out 150 horses and 320Nm of torque. A 1.4 turbo will come later. Chevrolet will equip the car with a 6-speed automatic transmission, a first for Chevrolet in the compact segment and more gears than what most car manufacturers put in their non-luxury C-segment cars (most have 4-speed, Honda has 5, and VW uses 6-speeders).
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