What club do you belong to?
A: My local autocross club
B: My local citizen eco-watch association
If you answered A: You will enjoy the nimble, free-spirited and lighter-feeling 1.4L turbo, which packs less punch than the diesel, but delivers it more happily – especially via a manual gearbox. Also consider skipping the LTZ for the more sporting RS trim.
If you answered B: You will appreciate the pretty green logo on the boot lid of the Cruze Diesel. Its flowing silver ribbon on an emerald-green background proudly highlight your eco-credentials to the world.
  2014 Chevrolet Cruze LTZ & 2014 Chevrolet Cruze Diesel. Click image to enlarge |
Where do you park?
A: In my open-air driveway
B: In an underground garage
If you answered A: The Cruze Diesel will suit you just fine. Sure, the engine is louder, and a little more rattley than the conventional engine, but you can only really hear that if you’re outside the car, or if sound is amplified by a confined space. On the highway, you won’t hear the difference at all.
If you answered B: Perhaps you’d be better off in the smaller, conventional-fuel 1.4L version. The diesel engine, while a long way from the smoky, loud, shuddering dinosaurs of old, is still a bit less refined than a gasoline engine. The last thing your morning commute needs is the additional stress and discomfort of a louder engine bouncing off the condo-lot walls as you wait for your neighbours to execute a 13-point turn and let you out of the security gate.
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Vegetable oil is good for:
A: Frying chips to make poutine
B: Powering motor vehicles
If you answered A: Correct. But you’ll probably be uninterested in the bio-fuel capability of the Cruze Diesel, so the 1.4L fuel engine will do for you.
If you answered B: Okay, vegetable oil is not actually the same thing as B20 biodiesel at all, but you probably get our point. The Cruze Diesel will run on B20 biodiesel but GM asks that you tell them about it. There are some additional servicing checks they’d like to do at your regular appointments.
