I will follow this engine (and the 2.0L NA) with great interest. When I was in the market for a new car in 2013, I had the Cruze and Civic on my short list (bought the EX-L). After four years of watching the 1.4L turbo motor in the Cruze, I'm waiting to see if Honda did a better job of engineering a small turbo engine. The Cruze engine overheats if you run the AC above 90 F and shuts the AC off. It is supposed to run on 87 E10, but has to retard timing so much in the heat that it will stumble and lose power. In really cold weather, the engine produces so little heat that you can't run the heater full bore or it will suck all of the heat out of the cooling system. The engine has water pump problems (on the 3rd design), PCV failures (2nd design), primary wiring issues (Chinese wiring), and coolant leaks. The engine will run properly on 91 & 93 octane gas, or you can spend hundreds of $$$$ on a tune. There have also been quite a few turbo failures due to coking of the oil lines to the turbo. The turbo is built into the exhaust manifold, so replacement is expensive out of warranty. The PCV is built into cam cover, so you have to replace the entire cover if the valve disk ruptures. The Cruze motor has lower EPA mileage and higher EPA emissions than the current r18a Civic engine. Right now, I'm in favor of the 2.0L DOHC N/A DI ED engine. I'll wait a couple of years to see how the 1.5L turbo motor does.