Originally Posted By: Stu_Rock
Realistically, there's no market reason to build Cruze wagons in Lordstown. It would be a horrendous money sink. The best hope would be for GM to import them from a low-cost country.
Unfortunately, that would mean bringing Cruze wagons that are substandard compared to the US sedan. Only the 1.8 iron lump engine would be available, there would be drum brakes on the rear, and we wouldn't get the Watts linkage. I wouldn't buy one of those.
Nothing wrong with drum brakes and the non-Watts linkage suspension. My Eco has both of those, and it stops/handles just fine. Agreed on the 1.8 engine, it's decidedly inferior to the 1.4T for fuel economy and power delivery.
Realistically, there's no market reason to build Cruze wagons in Lordstown. It would be a horrendous money sink. The best hope would be for GM to import them from a low-cost country.
Unfortunately, that would mean bringing Cruze wagons that are substandard compared to the US sedan. Only the 1.8 iron lump engine would be available, there would be drum brakes on the rear, and we wouldn't get the Watts linkage. I wouldn't buy one of those.
Nothing wrong with drum brakes and the non-Watts linkage suspension. My Eco has both of those, and it stops/handles just fine. Agreed on the 1.8 engine, it's decidedly inferior to the 1.4T for fuel economy and power delivery.
