VW might have some issues, but Holden's catch fire

[entice]

i love all the nay-sayers out there regarding the cruze.

you all comment on how poor a car it is and how so and so is a better car focus/golf is etc etc..
have you ever bothered to price them up? Base model Focus doesnt even have "cruise". and you can't option leather on a focus, only on a titanium, and only the squabs are then leather..
Leather on a golf? $3K right???

CDX cruise comes with leather and heated seats etc etc...
most buyers in the segment couldnt care less about it being underpowered (1.8L version) and wouldnt pay the 3K price premium for the diesel... for it's price, it's a briliiant car, and hence it's selling well.

It's locally built. Helps our industry, and is packed with features.
also selling well.
and a recall is done to prevent a possible issue if an oil change is incorrectly performed...

o, and I "love" how in the article the image has the caption that it's being recalled as an oil "leak" could catch fire... me thinks they should correct that and write spill.. but why let truth get in the way of sensationalism...



i'm sure if oil was spilt on the base of my "drip tray" in the golf/passat/mx5 etc etc that it could also potentially catch fire....

[kaanage]

Wherre did you put your left foot?

That's right. It's 2012, and someone forgot to put a footrest in there.

Doesn't that help them get the 5 star ANCAP rating?

i love all the nay-sayers out there regarding the cruze.

you all comment on how poor a car it is and how so and so is a better car focus/golf is etc etc..
have you ever bothered to price them up?

By that arguement, the Chery J1 is an outstanding car.

You get what you pay for - the Cruze is great value but a bland drive. It's like an i30.

[entice]

Umm no.
What's the ancap of the cherry?

Bland drive? What proportion of the market actually cares?
Marketing doesn't care of its a bland drive. They care about sales...

[Umai Naa!!]

i love all the nay-sayers out there regarding the cruze.

you all comment on how poor a car it is and how so and so is a better car focus/golf is etc etc..
have you ever bothered to price them up? Base model Focus doesnt even have "cruise". and you can't option leather on a focus, only on a titanium, and only the squabs are then leather..
Leather on a golf? $3K right???

CDX cruise comes with leather and heated seats etc etc...
most buyers in the segment couldnt care less about it being underpowered (1.8L version) and wouldnt pay the 3K price premium for the diesel... for it's price, it's a briliiant car, and hence it's selling well.

It's locally built. Helps our industry, and is packed with features.
also selling well.
and a recall is done to prevent a possible issue if an oil change is incorrectly performed...

o, and I "love" how in the article the image has the caption that it's being recalled as an oil "leak" could catch fire... me thinks they should correct that and write spill.. but why let truth get in the way of sensationalism...



i'm sure if oil was spilt on the base of my "drip tray" in the golf/passat/mx5 etc etc that it could also potentially catch fire....

Just because they threw a lot of gizmos at the Cruze doesn't automatically make it a good car.

Having worked at several multi-franchise dealerships over the years, I've been able to sample a lot of cars. The Cruze in on par with the trash that Hyundai was churning out 10 years ago, except with more gizmos, of course.

[Umai Naa!!]

Doesn't that help them get the 5 star ANCAP rating?

The Mk5 Golf has two foot rests for the driver.

I'm not sure how the foot rests would impact on the ANCAP ratings.

[Blitzen]

Personally, I would neither buy a new Holden, VW or Cherry... VW, customer service is crap + DSG, Holden is Holden, plus nothing new is worth buying...

Holden and GM are owning up to a problem, crap car or not... This is major scene points towards them... Better than what VW can hope to achieve.

[wai]

People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones

[ryana89]

Wherre did you put your left foot?

That's right. It's 2012, and someone forgot to put a footrest in there.

I find A/C and a working radio a luxury in my MK2!
What's this fancy fan-dangled 'foot rest' you speak of