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Originally Posted by barra240t
What is the price difference between the two you are looking at buying? You also didn't mention the auto transmission. I don't think the Cruze has a dual clutch system, if it matters any, the Focus is currently built in Germany, the "Holden" in Korea.
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Top spec Cruze is about $3000 cheaper, with full leather trim.
Focus 'Auto' is really a self shifting manual transmission, whereas the Cruze is a fully automatic transmission. Both have advantages and disadvantages:
FULL AUTO - better quality feel to up and down shifts, quieter, more controllable. Torque convertor soaks up power and fuel, heavy.
ELECTRONIC MANUAL - minimal power loss due to direct clutch, increased efficiency, less weight. Shift quality is not as good as traditional auto, especially stop start city driving.
Series 2 Cruze is built in Australia. Series 1 is Korean, but with Holden input.
Focus is currently German built, sounds good but also means that we get the indicator stalk on the right side of column (hate that). Production will move to Thailand? mid year.
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