Used Car of the Day: 2014 Chevrolet Cruze Diesel

by Tim Healey

Published: May 8th, 2025

used car of the day 2014 chevrolet cruze diesel

Do you remember the 2014 Chevrolet Cruze Diesel? Pepperidge Farm remembers, and so do I.

Anyway, it seems like this car was on the market much longer ago than just 11 years. This one has 91,000 miles on it, an automatic transmission, and, of course, the 2.0-liter diesel engine.

The seller daily drives it and says the car has been well-maintained. The only mod is a K&N cold-air intake, but the seller has the factory one, as well.

Cosmetically, the car has one large scratch and some normal wear and tear dings and marks on the outside, the inside appears to be clean.

Features on this one include fog lights, sunroof, blind-spot monitoring, backup camera, parking sensors, heated seats, remote start, and WeatherTech floormats.

You can see more by clicking here. This one is for sale in Texas for $9,500.

[Images: Seller]

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Tim Healey

Tim Healey grew up around the auto-parts business and has always had a love for cars — his parents joke his first word was “‘Vette”. Despite this, he wanted to pursue a career in sports writing but he ended up falling semi-accidentally into the automotive-journalism industry, first at Consumer Guide Automotive and later at Web2Carz.com. He also worked as an industry analyst at Mintel Group and freelanced for About.com, CarFax, Vehix.com, High Gear Media, Torque News, FutureCar.com, Cars.com, among others, and of course Vertical Scope sites such as AutoGuide.com, Off-Road.com, and HybridCars.com. He’s an urbanite and as such, doesn’t need a daily driver, but if he had one, it would be compact, sporty, and have a manual transmission.

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Arthur Dailey on May 09, 2025

Well I am not enamoured of diesel some of the complaints here seem picayune.

Nearly every single gas station that I see/visit has at least one diesel pump. They are not hard to find.

Diesel repairs might be more expensive. But generally (no always) diesel engines are more 'robust' with a longer lifespan.
Also although I am not a big fan of the Cruze the first generation was a more than acceptable vehicle. Although I much prefer its stablemate the Chevrolet Orlando. Which I believe was only available in the USA for a very short period.

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- 1995 SC on May 09, 2025
  
  We aren't talking a Cummins 6B here or a Ford 7.3. And even the modern incarnations of those have had issues. Small diesels in the US (small being the ones fitted to anything less than a 3/4 ton truck chassis mostly) have been far from reliable.
  
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KevinB on May 09, 2025

My GDI Cruze will easily get 45 mpg on the highway. Really no point with going diesel.

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- 1995 SC on May 10, 2025
  
  "MY MAVERICK GETS 7 RECALLS PER MILE"
  -Jeff
  
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- 28-Cars-Later on May 10, 2025
  
  "Really no point with going diesel."
  Until something serious goes on your overly complex GDI fuel injection system (my bet is on the high pressure fuel pump).
  
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- MaintenanceCosts on May 12, 2025
  
  Whatever will go wrong on a DI gas vehicle will also go wrong on a modern diesel, which uses very similar tech.
  
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