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Originally Posted by Stew
IMHO, look at your Toyota dealer, ours is completely stocked with Camrys and the Honda dealer has about 10 12 Civic Sedans on the lot, they are just being hard to move. The Cruze on the other hand, simply flies off the lot, they can't keep them in stock.
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Toyota's having trouble with its stale lineup. The "new" Corolla is a half-assed and pathetic effort, the Camry has been stale forever, and the '12 Camry doesn't look any better.
Honda's having issues getting the new Civic to dealers, and even then I predict that they're hard to sell since they look almost identical to the last-gen Civic only with a more dysfunctional and horribly designed interior. There isn't any incentive for consumers to run to their Honda dealer and pick one up.
GM, on the other hand, knocked it out of the ballpark with the Cruze. A clean exterior that's sporty yet composed, and an almost Cadillac-grade interior. Also very glad to see that GM is doing continual updates to the car, IE 38 MPG rating for 2012 as opposed to 36 for the 2011 models, plus 39 MPG ECO auto and 42 MPG ECO manual models. Cruze is a very compelling package. It may be pricey, but you do get what you pay for.