Update so far on the Cruze.
So I've driven the car for a total of 4k miles now. I'm loving every bit of it. Very agile around town, and has enough kick to get you in and out of traffic. If throttled correctly and timing the automatic down shifts, you can merge or pass other cars on the highway with no issues.
My total mileage average is about 27 on the dash display, which probably results into 25-26 actual over-all MPG. That's pretty good considering my driving style., and A/C is on about 85% of the time.
40k mile fuel fill up.
