[The Champ]

Originally Posted by Schurkey

All the ACDelco batteries I see are either S. Korean or Communist Chinese. If there's a "better" product line for ACD, I don't know about it.

The Advantage line of ACDelco - that's their entry level battery (also the cheapest) - is produced in Korea. The old, "you get what you pay for" adage applies here. ACDelco has this line to be price competitive with the "Brand X" batteries carried by many retail locations. It has the 18 month full replacement warranty.

See image at the link below showing the Advantage, Professional Gold and Silver batteries for a Chevy Cruze.

https://www.cruzetalk.com/threads/cr...-specs.245990/


I've been to the Johnson Control's battery plant in St. Joseph, MO where the Professional line of ACDelco (gold and silver line) batteries are produced.. Last time I checked, MO is still in the United States. The Gold has a 42 month full replacement warranty and the Silver has a 30 month.

As you can see from the link, the most important spec of a battery (the reserve capacity) is much higher on the Gold and Silver line.

Most people think that the cold cranking amp rating is important, but it really isn't as most all batteries come with more CCA's than needed. A rule of thumb is that you need 1 CCA for every cubic inch of displacement, so for the 1.8L Chevy Cruze in the above image, 110 CCA's would be sufficient. How many people drive a vehicle with 525 cubic inches (the lowest rating of CCA's of all three batteries)?

I wouldn't purchased anything but a Professional line battery from ACDelco.