No more Cobalt SS/SC. Hello Turbo

[J-Villa]

For those of you who like your 4-door vehicles:
http://www.chevrolet.com/hhr/ssturbocharged/

now that is hot....i always like the way the hhr's looked

[Arro]

Cobalt is one of only two GM products that I like (the other being the Solstice). This is high praise coming from "Mopar or no car" me. My family did have some GM cars before my Dad's employment with Chrysler as my mother was working at a Cadillac dealership until I arrived on the scene in 1959.

I personally like the Saturn variant of the Solstice, the Sky:



Anyways, I drove an Ecotec engine w/ 5 speed manual once, and it was awesome. Solid. And the shifts were crisp. I drove an Ion Redline, which is the Saturn sistercar to the Cobalt. It has the 2.0L SC engine or the 2.4L NA. I was very impressed. Needless to say, these new power figures for the Cobalt Turbo are very nice. And as far as looks go, I'd be happy with them.






I always thought 2GN should have been offered in a 2-door coupe. Who knows? Maybe instead of my original plans I will plop down on one of these new turbocharged ones. Anyone locate any engine pics of it yet? Does the new one have the same trimmings as the previous SS pictured in my post?

Edit: I read a review of the 2007 (current) Cobalt SS, and this jackass had the audacity to say the GM 5-speed was inferior to the 6-speed of the Civic Si.

I was invited to a car test event, and I got to drive both cars (as well as others) on a test course. The Civic Si's shifter is rubbery, and the shifts are not positive. What is more, the shifter is on the DASH, something Honda decided to do out of a gimmick. Needless to say, you can't put your seat back a bit without sacrificing shifting comfort.

The GM on the other hand shifted smooth, crisp, and there was a positive register in your hand when the linkage when into gear. The bushings aren't rubbery, so it has a very solid feel once in gear. In contrast it is a superior feel to the Honda Civic 6-speed. Perhaps the Honda transmission might be stronger (but this is only speculation, who really knows???), but the SS transmission is more desireable from a driving point of view.

[kc2005ptgt]

wow. is chevy actually getting something right for once?

Yeah, doing all that Chrysler has NOT been doing

I love Dodge, dont get me wrong, but I grew up around Chevy's and Ford's - My favorite cars have been a 73 Monte and a 92 T-Bird SC --- so yeah, I came from small block v8 country! I love the idea of a 4 banger hitting numbers in the mid to upper 200 range! And getting a car that comes in both 2 and 4 door, great job! You hit more of a range of people like that - I see tons of Cobalts ddrving this neck of the woods, and I can safely assume there is a reason for it

side note, when my wife saw the pic, she liked it and when I said I wanted one, she agreed.

[Mr Josh Zombie]

i sense a bunch of "look what i traded my neon in for!" threads

I'm down for it.

[racer12306]

[Mr Josh Zombie]

Hmmm... the decesion on next years auto purchase will depend on over-all final price of chevys turbo line-up.

I doubt I'll be getting another neon. It's just to impossible to find a SRT-4 that WASN'T beat to hell. Not to mention I'm looking to just trade in.

The SRT-4 Caliber may be ugly, but it has a good set of numbers behind it. Interior isn't too terrible, and the one I built is about 24k.

I wanted a cobalt WAY before I ever got a neon. I was actually drooling over them back when Chevy first showed the concept. They were just way out of my price range then, so I settled with the neon.

The HHR is kind of sexy. I love the lack of windows and 260hp turbo is ALWAYS a good thing.

If either of chevys turbo cars are under 24k fully loaded the way I want, I'll be getting them.

[kc2005ptgt]

if they come in at 24k, I am actually going to get a used sti or evo8 I find them once a month here in KC - drives me nuts!!!