The arrival of the new-look 2015 Holden Cruze signals two things. One, the previous car’s old face is now as long gone as Nicole Kidman’s, and two, the engine line-up has been reduced from four to two (the turbocharged 1.4-litre petrol and 2.0-litre turbo-diesel both being dropped). The other thing is that Holden is currently running out 2014-spec Cruzes from $27,990 driveaway â€" the perfect excuse to spend a weekend with one.
Cravings can drive some fairly odd and spontaneous behaviour. Be they food related or otherwise, fighting them is often all but futile. So what happens when you’re at breakfast one Sunday morning in Melbourne and get cravings for the sweet yet minty blast of Castlemaine Rock? Easy, you drive 120-odd kilometres north-west to Castlemaine.
Full of eggs, and with the lady full of coffee, we set off from the delightful South Melbourne institution that is St Ali and head in the direction of Diggers Rest, Gisborne, Woodend, Kyneton, and Malmsbury.
Our packhorse for the day is a 2014 Prussian Steel Holden Cruze SRi Z-Series automatic hatchback. Apart from being available from $27,990 driveaway â€" $1100 below its former list price of $29,090 â€" the SRi Z-Series also comes convincingly well equipped.
Standard gear includes leather-appointed seats (heated up front), a reversing camera, rear parking sensors, push-button start, and an in-dash seven-inch colour touchscreen with Holden’s MyLink infotainment system, satellite navigation and Bluetooth connectivity with audio streaming.
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