I was watching the news during my lunch break and a spokesman from dalmer chrysler and one from gm were talking about plans to improve sales. Since EVERY mustang in 05 sold , both companies stated in future refreshes of there economy cars( as well as luxary) they will be leaning towards more of a classical look. Getting away with the smoothness look of civics and so forth since that wasnt working for them.

Wonder what this means for the 08 cobalt and if it will be effected.
I personally LOVE the way the cobalt looks. its my favorite looking car in its price range.

Thoughts? comments?

 

it would be funny if they tried to incorporate the retro lights on a cobalt like ford did lol.

 

you can't go retro on a car that didn't exist back then...

econoboxes and stuff like that will continue to build on new design elements...

I personally think that the new Civic is the best looking one Honda has ever made.

however... I do hope the retro-looking Camaro will be a huge hit.

 

All I saw on the main page was "2008 Cobalt to have a...", and I thought I was about to read another damn turbo thread.

Classic look, though? What, like a Cavalier?

I would expecting a minor freshening of the looks, but anyone should still be able to recognize it as a Cobalt.

 

I heard that the 08 Cobalt SS are going to have the Turbcharged Ecotec that the Pontiac Soltice GXP has in it, said to put out about 260-270 HP off the showroom floor.

Just something i heard from a GM Tech, don't know if this is true or not.

 

I think all they need is some touch ups on the outside and to redesign completely the inside. Chevy has never really made a good interior compared to the Civic's. And I wana c better seats since we cant have recaros and the colored inserts look a lil blah.

 

the cobalt will never go retro...

 

it can only go retro as far as an 05

 

This is one of the reasons GM made the HHR....

 

Jonyyb has spoken! and the cobalt will never go retro!

 

lol thwy will turn the cobalt into a chevy Nova... lol...2008 nova/cobalt

 

just a thought =), they said economy cars and showed a Cobalt LS 4 door while they were talking about it. thats why i thought....

 

Chevy has already publically stated the corporate image they wanna convey with their mainstream volume cars . Lower volume niche cars like the Camaro , the up-coming RWD 09 Impala , Monte Carlo will carry "heritege" themed styling . Look at the spy photo's of the new 2008 malibu to catch chevy's new styling theme for the mainsteam stuff . Look at the 08 malibu grill , then look at the Silver GMMP Cobalt SS Sema car , the widebody one . While you the 08 certainly wouldnt have the widebody , they were probably gauging reaction to the front bumper cover grill work . Should give ya at least a clue what chevy is thinking about design .....hope ya like big grills .

Im not saying thats what the 08 Cobalt looks like , I havent seen it . Its jus a educated guess

 

Do you have some pics of de new 2008 cobalt anybody??? because i wil like to see want it's gonna be the new look

 

I always kind of figured the round taillights of the 2001+ Impalas (and the 2-door Cobalts) were supposed to be sort of like the 60-64 and 68 full-size Chevys, which all had round taillights.

I like the round taillights.

 

Don't forget the 70 1/2-73 camaros which were the only camaros to ever have round taillights. I think what the round tail lights on the cobalt are supposed to be are like the corvettes, seeing as how the image that Chevy gave us (the public) was that the cobalt was the sibling car to the corvette. That's why the four doors don't have the round tail lights....ever seen a corvette with four doors??????? Didn't think so

 

We have retro tail lights. Check out some of the 60s taillights that went on some Chevy cars. They look identical.

As far as the retro styling thing goes, I hope it's a fad and it ends soon. At some point the American companies have to move forward and innovate instead of dwelling in the past. I like the Camaro's new design but where do you go from there? Where does the new Mustang go after this? At some point do they bring back the look of the Mustang 2? Sleek is the design wave of the future but it looks like GM and Ford may miss that boat with the way they are going.

A retro Cobalt, would it look like an early 90s Cavy?

 

Ok... I look at the Cobalt as this generations' NOVA..... so... I would love to see some classic Nova Styling in there... the blacked out tail section... the rectangular lights ( although I DO love the 70-73 / early C3 tailights that are now there ).

Then again.. as stated... the car doesn't fit into the 'retro' design theme. It's made to compete with the Civic and such, and that might be a bad thing to go for.

 

Nahhh! Its supposed to be modeled after the 1982 Cavalier. They'll all come with a 2.0 carburated engine making 62hp at the wheels. Oh and look for rattles and squeks to return in a big way too!

 

I totally agree.... the Cobalt is the Nova of the new milleneum! I hated Nova's when they came out.... now I think they are way cool and were totally overlooked for a decade or 2.

I also feel the cobalt should stay as a new, stand alone design that will one day (hopefully) make the SC's a rare desireable ride.

 

im not sure i like this trend of the big grills that is starting

 

When I was 16 I had a 71 Nova, but anytime I went to swap meets or car shows no one cared at all about Novas. Now of course they are just as well-represented at shows as Chevelles, etc.

Even the overlooked 75-79 Novas (the "Disco Nova") is slowly getting some respect amongst car guys. Its about time!

 

The dealership put this on the car that day we got it.

 

i wouldve made them take that right off. its not even straight with the trim. told them at the dealer if it had that ad on there they best be paying me for it. needless to say they left it off.

 

Retro like what? A vega?