By Fireball Tim

Movie Car Design Master

June 1st. The first day of fun! And it’s a Tuesday, no less…

So, here’s your assignment. Whatever you do, every day, for the next three months is a choice. Well, how you do what you do is actually the choice. So, choose wisely. Choose to think “fun.” How can every moment be a blast?

No, no, don’t gimmee that “How can work be fun?” crap. Get creative… You can do it.

And don’t forget about coming to the Huntington Beach Concours to see me this weekend!!

Remember the new Chevy Cruze unveiled at the Paris Motor Show a few weeks back? It looks like GM has found a good use for it after all, even if it’s a little lacking in the rear-wheel-peel department. Chevy’s new compact will very likely be run in the World Touring Car Championship Series, making its debut next March in Brazil. Details at the WTCC site.

Source: edmunds.

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There’s been a whole lot of buzz lately about the Chevy Cruze, set to make its debut at the Paris Auto Show next month. It looks basically like a Cobalt successor to me, but apart from the annoyingly-misspelled name, it might not be a half-bad little ride. In any case, Carscoop got ahold of a bunch of new pics of the Cruze, so you can decide for yourself. The compact will hit showrooms in Europe as early as next spring, and will hit North America shortly thereafter. It’ll be available with one or both of the 1.6 and 1.8L powerplants that Chevy has planned for it (Euro bonus: only they will get the 2.0 turbodiesel. But GM reportedly intends to offer a 40mpg turbo’d 1.4L gas motor for the US market). And don’t let the burnout-like smoke effects fool you—the Cruze will of course be FWD. See more below the jump.

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