Chevrolet Cruze Estate: The Cruze Station Wagon arrives

It's a Chevy Estate - the new Chevrolet Cruze SW

The first photo of the Chevrolet Cruze Station Wagon – the Cruze Estate – has been revealed ahead of a launch at next month’s Geneva Motor Show.

Smallish Estate cars are not exactly something that floats the average American car buyer’s boat. But it’s a different story in Europe, which explains why GM has decided to bolt a small shed on the back of the Cruze to deliver the Chevrolet Cruze Station Wagon for us ‘Old Continent’ car buyers.

The Cruze Estate grows a bit from the Cruze hatch and Cruze saloon – by 168mm and 81mm respectively (about 3-6″ in old money) – which gives a load area of 500 litres with the seats up or 1500 litres with the seats down.

Engines available on the Cruze SW will probably include those Chevrolet currently offers in the saloon and hatch – a 2.0 litre diesel and a 1.6 and 1.8 litre petrol – with the addition of a new 1.7 litre VCDi with 130bhp and emissions of 119g/km.

The Chevy Cruze gets an all-round tweak across the range – not just the new SW – for 2012, including a tweaked front fascia, headlamps and fogs, new wheels, extra gubbins on the centre console and a bigger choice of interior finishes.

We have no prices for the 2012 Chevrolet Cruze SW yet, nor an on-sale date.

By Cars UK