{"id":491797,"date":"2010-03-30T17:49:46","date_gmt":"2010-03-30T21:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/chevrolet-cruze-eco\/14666\/"},"modified":"2010-03-30T17:49:46","modified_gmt":"2010-03-30T21:49:46","slug":"chevy-cruze-eco-claims-hybrid-like-efficiency-without-the-price-tag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/491797","title":{"rendered":"Chevy Cruze Eco claims hybrid-like efficiency without the price tag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/pictures\/hero\/cruze-eco.jpg\" alt=\"Chevrolet's non-hybrid Cruze Eco promises 40mpg highway, comparable to the hybrid Honda In...\"><\/p>\n<p>Next week at the 2010 New York Auto Show, Chevrolet will be unveiling the compact 2011 Cruze Eco. Visually, this car isn&#8217;t going to be big news &#8211; it&#8217;s OK, but nothing you haven&#8217;t seen before. With a six-speed manual transmission, however, it should achieve an estimated 40mpg on the highway &#8211; what Chevrolet calls &#8220;hybrid-like&#8221; fuel efficiency. With that kind of mileage, but without a hybrid&#8217;s complexity or price tag, the Eco could prove pretty popular. By comparison, the hybrid Toyota Prius and Honda Insight get 49 and 43mpg highway, respectively, while the <em>non<\/em>-hybrid Honda Civic sedan gets 34&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/aerodynamics\/\" rel=\"tag\">Aerodynamics<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/chevrolet\/\" rel=\"tag\">Chevrolet<\/a>,<br \/>\n <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/tag\/fuel+efficiency\/\" rel=\"tag\">Fuel efficiency<\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>Related Articles:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/opel-ampera\/11144\/\">Opel Ampera: Europe&#8217;s Chevrolet Volt unveiled<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/2010-honda-insight-world-premiere\/10762\/\">2010 Honda Insight world premiere<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/hybrid-camry-concept-vehicle\/11075\/\">Toyota&#8217;s Hybrid Camry Concept Vehicle unveiled<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/mazda-to-licence-toyota-prius-hybrid-technology\/14670\/\">Mazda to licence Toyota Prius hybrid technology<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/paris-motor-show-highlights-hondas-new-insight-hybrid\/10155\/\">Paris Motor Show highlights: Honda&#8217;s new Insight hybrid<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gizmag.com\/go\/5611\/\">BMW dominates the International Engine of the Year Awards<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/_qthBOzacuymEaq3QYEl4KV_P6o\/0\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/_qthBOzacuymEaq3QYEl4KV_P6o\/0\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/_qthBOzacuymEaq3QYEl4KV_P6o\/1\/da\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feedads.g.doubleclick.net\/~a\/_qthBOzacuymEaq3QYEl4KV_P6o\/1\/di\" border=\"0\" ismap=\"true\"><\/img><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"feedflare\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=iu1_YaVQB3I:BSaHsZc_fWs:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=iu1_YaVQB3I:BSaHsZc_fWs:H0mrP-F8Qgo\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=H0mrP-F8Qgo\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=iu1_YaVQB3I:BSaHsZc_fWs:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=iu1_YaVQB3I:BSaHsZc_fWs:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=iu1_YaVQB3I:BSaHsZc_fWs:wF9xT3WuBAs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?i=iu1_YaVQB3I:BSaHsZc_fWs:wF9xT3WuBAs\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?a=iu1_YaVQB3I:BSaHsZc_fWs:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"><\/img><\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/GizmagEmergingTechnologyMagazine\/~4\/iu1_YaVQB3I\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Next week at the 2010 New York Auto Show, Chevrolet will be unveiling the compact 2011 Cruze Eco. Visually, this car isn&#8217;t going to be big news &#8211; it&#8217;s OK, but nothing you haven&#8217;t seen before. With a six-speed manual transmission, however, it should achieve an estimated 40mpg on the highway &#8211; what Chevrolet calls [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":639,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-491797","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491797","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/639"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=491797"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/491797\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=491797"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=491797"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=491797"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}