World gets a look at Lordstown’s Cruze

Now the rest of the world gets to see Lordstown’s next car.

General Motors unveiled the Chevrolet Cruze to the worldwide automotive press today at the Paris Auto Show.

“Chevrolet is raising the bar and doing it where it matters most — the value segment,” Ed Welburn, GM vice president of global design, told about 350 journalists. The presentation was shown in an online webcast.

When a door went up and a red Cruze was driven out, it was the first appearance of a production model of the car, which is coming to GM’s Lordstown complex in 2010.

For more information, see Thursday’s Vindicator or www.vindy.com.