Holden Cruze to spawn a hot hatch
Locally made models will get a 1.4 turbo engine optionHolden will introduce hot hatch and sedan models to the Cruze line-up once the model is made locally next year.
From next March, Holden will switch from sourcing the Cruze sedan from Korea to making it locally, at its Elizabeth plant, near Adelaide.
The Cruze hatch, styled locally by designers who worked on the Commodore and Camaro, will follow next November.
Holden had already confirmed that it will make diesel and petrol versions of the Cruze locally, but until last Friday had not confirmed the 1.4 turbo four-cylinder version -- although the Carsales Network has been informed by a reader that a camouflaged Cruze sedan with a turbo whine was seen on Melbourne's Eastern Freeway last month.
"We're proud to announce that we'll be adding the 1.4 turbo to our local Cruze line-up,' Devereux said. "It's a great engine in terms of economy and performance, and it's the first new powertrain we'll be introducing for Cruze."
The 1.4 turbo engine was developed for use in the Cruze and in the Opel Astra.
But don't expect a HSV version of the same engine, or car. Holden is yet to announce power and performance figures for the Australian version of the 1.4 turbo-powered Cruze.
The Carsales Network understands that HSV can't deliver a large enough performance gap between the Holden version and what a HSV version might be.
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