You be the judge, lol

Guess they are trying to make the SS' have similar style wheels?

 

Ya, Saw this at the LA car show, Like the fact that the new MCs are rearwheel drive.

 

Hate to be the bearer of bad news but the MC's are still FWD.......

 

i'm sure they r the same wheels, i bet they changed the bolt pattern on the monte's to the new pattern... what i don't understand is how they always use wheels that r way to narrow for the tires... a 235/50 on a 7" on that monte ss, the regular monte uses a 6.5" wheel with a 225/55... who says: lets make a 17x6.5 wheel instead of a typical 7" wide wheel, and lets put a 225/55 on it... don't they have tire professionals that say: u should use at least a 7" wheel with a 225/55, and an 8" for a 235/50... oh well...

 

Yep, I noticed the same thing!

On a side note, does anyone confuse the new Malibu with the Cobalt Sedan? Every time I see a New Malibu, I think it’s a Cobalt!

 

If I only see the back three quarters I do. But the front of the Malibu is pretty ugly IMHO, I hate the bug-eyed headlights.

 

hay ss sc cobalt, in 06 there will be a rear wheel drive mc with a v8, at least thats what the info said at the la car show

 

they had nothing like that at the detroit show but that would still be sweet. i dont think they will make it rwd because the cobalt ran the fastest slolam time of any fwd car.

 

Nope, the 06 will be FWD, the 5.3L DoD V-8 is a transverse V-8 for FWD, not rwd......

 

FYI, the wheels are exactly the same, and they'll be the same on the upcoming TrailBlazer SS.

The 06 Monte SS/Impala SS/GTO will be a transverse FWD 5300 with DOD, and the remainders will get the 3.5 V6 found in the Malibu and Uplander (and respective GM families) and also a new 3.9 V6 (just a 5300 with the back cylinder block lopped off, a GM fave) added to them.

But the days of the RWD peformance sedan are long gone for anybody who doesn't wear a helmet or only turn left.

This link should clear a few things up. It contains nearly all the correct info (at least that which correlates to the GM info I've received).

http://www.theautochannel.com/F/news...06/000272.html

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Villian, better edit out that GTO part above, the GTO is not FWD.........
and if you think RWD performance sedans are dead, better not drive the 300C SRT-8

 

yes, several times have i seen what looked like a cobalt, only to notice the silver bar accross the back. very similar, just a slightly longer nose (and yes, those headlights *cringe*) and the larger rear door/back seat.

 

And have a look over at GM's own hottest division. The new Cadillac sedans are far more popular now that they are equipped with RWD and the chassis/drivetrains capable of very good performance.