Don't know if these have been seen, my friend Jimmy sent me these of the Cruze @ Lordstown Assembly.

More pics here...

http://www.autoblog.com/photos/2011-chevy-cruze/991572/

Looks better in baby blue than in red.

Oh look, another Korean "Chevrolet", like the Aveo. Will it be as nice as the Aveo, though?

Oh look, another Korean "Chevrolet", like the Aveo. Will it be as nice as the Aveo, though?

I hope GM doesn't benchmark the Aveo for the Cruze--it needs to be much much better.

I hate those fake chrome rims. Chrome wheels are so 3 years ago, and fake ones? Ugh.

Its way better looking than the current invisible Cobalt or Impala sedans though thats for sure.

I like chrome rims, not the fake chrome though. It's one of the reasons I don't care for Holden cars, the wheels look bland without bright shinny chrome IMHO!

the long hood aestethic for front drive chassis is confusing. y'all wonder why we haven't seen a true side profile of this thing yet?

is this thing gonna be like the mazda 6 ? like 5 feet of crap hangin to the front of the front wheel centerline?

Yay for Lordstown! I really like this car and I'm glad it's being built nearby.

On an unrelated note, it always annoyed me that the big sign on the plant had the Cobalt in red and the G5 in blue.

Pontiac Custom-S: Thank you for sharing those pictures from Jimmy.

I read someplace that the Cruze unveiled in Lordstown was made of "foam." If correct, what exactly does that mean? It looks "real."

Cool!

the long hood aestethic for front drive chassis is confusing. y'all wonder why we haven't seen a true side profile of this thing yet?

is this thing gonna be like the mazda 6 ? like 5 feet of crap hangin to the front of the front wheel centerline?

Has to be done—pedestrian safety regulations (we don't them to smack their heads on the engine or radiator when we run them over). Unlike a rwd car you can't move the engine back, so you have to move the nose forward.

Interesting that they haven't shown any interior pics...saving it for the show debut, I suppose.

My feeling are still mixed. It isn't bad overall, but it has details that scream cheap. And the front is a bit of a mess.