I'm Joe Weisenfedler with cars dot com
this is a 2014 Chevrolet Cruze this version
is powered by an efficient diesel engine Chevrolet calls it the
fruits clean turbo diesel to emphasize its as clean as gas-powered car
and the term rose to suggest that it's not super slow
diesels have a reputation for being smoke the smelly
slow noisy that doesn't have to be true anymore
let's see if this car meets the promise first we'll investigate the sound
are noise sound you'll be the judge
now overall it's a little louder than a gas engine and has a distinctive sound
which you do here on the outside
nothing compare it with the Volkswagen Jetta which is
its biggest competitor and one of the reasons the diesels are more accepted in
this country now
on it is a little bit louder on the outside now if you raise the hood
you definitely hear louder they out wisely
free the underside of good and the fire while the keep it quiet on the inside
and you'll notice without clothes it's not nearly as loud
are you do hear the sound on the inside it doesn't bother me much
I don't think it would bother a diesel fanatic who actually might want to hear
a little that sound the average driver I'm not sure they might find it a little
too intrusive
I'm pleased to report there's not a lot of vibration not just the slightest bit
in the steering wheel and maybe the pedals overall not bad
where the dream starts the fall apart is in the acceleration which is where deals
with this post to excel
this engine has 264 concrete have pork that's a lot more than a hundred more
then the cruise Nico that's a gas-powered version and a few more
horsepower as well
up of the line it should really take off should head
and there's a delay East up on the pedal and it's slowly ramps up
to about 20 miles per hour before you really get going
and there's also unfortunately a lag in the transmission it seems
once you're moving step on the gas or diesel in this case
and it hesitates before it goes it does not inspire confidence
this need some tuning need some changes on the part of Chevrolet
to make it behave more like the diesel should well there are some differences
between this
diesel powered car and the base one and that is it has some love the
aerodynamic treatments in the front you'll find in the gas-powered
ego version that is to improve efficiency and then
there are some differences in living with the two of course one is
you give it diesel fuel ultra-low sulfur diesel which is one of the reasons
these cars are as efficient and as clean as they are now
now you can find is a lot of places more than than ever it seems at least where I
live
I if you're going on a highway trip there's plenty diesel cuz that's where
the trucks are
you might find that the fuel nozzle is always
up covered in a light coating of oil that is diesel fuel
on its kind of unavoidable I happened own a 30-year-old diesel car I just keep
some others latex mechanics gloves in my glove compartment fill up
when you're done a lot of move on another difference between this car and
the gas-powered cruises it requires something called
diesel exhaust fluid which is a urea solution that's why they don't call your
it's not a nice word
on that is injected into the exhaust system I'm
that gives the bad stuff in the exhaust something to react with in the catalytic
converter so it comes out
as good stuff nice and clean more like the gas engine
it goes into a little reservoir in the floor here
um it's actually not that big a deal
you can replace the stuff when you get the oil changed the same interval
that is not something I object to up but I have to say
in the cruise that tank ends up taking up your
spare tire space so you go without one
you have to use a little inflator sealant system which is not as great
and I have to say Volkswagen in the Jetta golf
and the beetle that have a small diesel engine they don't require that stuff
several a says it uses the DPF
of fluid to get the efficiency they want and to meet future
requirements for tailpipe emissions what is it that you well
get to 27 miles per gallon estimated in the city which is one better
than the automatic crews peco gas powered one
and it gets 46 estimated miles per gallon on the highway
which is seven better then the ego on the highway
makes this a really good long-distance road car
now compare it with the Jetta TDI that's their diesel
and it's a little bit worse in the city but a good deal better
on the highway diesel cars are kinda like hybrids
they're more efficient but you pay more for them
this cars just under twenty six thousand dollars that's thirty eight hundred more
than the
crews ego with an automatic transmission and it's also about 6500
more then the lowest priced crews
with an automatic transmission I'm overall you might make that money back
in efficiency but I suspect people will be buying this because they want to make
a statement
I but as statements go the scars that much of one
all you get is little birds here that says 2.0 TDI it looks just like the bad
from the ego
I if you want people to know you've got a clean diesel wouldn't you say
crews clean turbo diesel fell offer something