GM sets Lordstown Cobalt under $15,000
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GM sets Lordstown Cobalt under $15,000
Monday, August 02, 2004
Christopher Jensen
Plain Dealer Auto Editor
When the 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt, arguably the most important vehicle ever built at the Lordstown Assembly Plant, arrives in dealerships late this fall, it will have a price starting at $14,190, the automaker announced Sunday.
For years General Motors considered closing the Lordstown plant, figuring it would discontinue the aging Cavalier built there. However, in August 2002 the automaker decided to produce the Cobalt at Lordstown and keep the plant open.
Had GM decided not to build Cobalt at Lordstown, the whole region would have suffered, because the 3,700 hourly Lordstown assembly plant workers buy goods and services throughout the area, said Jim Graham, the president of United Auto Workers Local 1112, which represents the assembly plant.
While the Cobalt will replace the Cavalier, General Motors is moving the car upscale.
The idea is to offer a more polished vehicle with which to tackle competitors such as the Toyota Corolla and the Honda Civic, which is built in East Liberty.
Major standard equipment on the least expensive Cobalt model, in either sedan or coupe, includes air conditioning, an AM/FM/compact disc player, an electric rear window defroster, split and fold-down rear seat and a tilt steering column.
Moving up a notch is the Cobalt LS, in either coupe or sedan; with the destination charge, the price is $16,485. Next is the Cobalt LT, at $18,760.
Major standard equipment on the LS and LT includes power windows, air conditioning, anti-lock brakes, power outside mirrors, cruise control and remote/keyless entry. The LT model also gets leather upholstery, said GM spokesman Michael Morrissey.
The base Cobalt, Cobalt LS and LT are powered by a 140-horsepower, 2.2 liter four-cylinder engine.
The high-performance model is the Cobalt SS Supercharged, a coupe with a 205-horsepower, four-cylinder engine, a five-speed manual transmission and sports suspension. Its price, including the destination charge, will be $21,995. It is expected in dealerships the first half of next year.
Although GM has not released detailed information about standard equipment and options, it appears those prices would be competitive with Corolla, Civic and the redesigned 2005 Ford Focus.
Cobalt was shown earlier this year at several auto shows where it got some admiring remarks from an executive at Toyota, a major competitor.
"They've done . . . an excellent job on the interior, really taken it a little more upscale with a lot more creature comforts," Don Esmond, the general manager of Toyota, told The New York Times.
To reach this Plain Dealer reporter:
cjensen@plaind.com, 216-999-4830
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Christopher Jensen
Plain Dealer Auto Editor
When the 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt, arguably the most important vehicle ever built at the Lordstown Assembly Plant, arrives in dealerships late this fall, it will have a price starting at $14,190, the automaker announced Sunday.
For years General Motors considered closing the Lordstown plant, figuring it would discontinue the aging Cavalier built there. However, in August 2002 the automaker decided to produce the Cobalt at Lordstown and keep the plant open.
Had GM decided not to build Cobalt at Lordstown, the whole region would have suffered, because the 3,700 hourly Lordstown assembly plant workers buy goods and services throughout the area, said Jim Graham, the president of United Auto Workers Local 1112, which represents the assembly plant.
While the Cobalt will replace the Cavalier, General Motors is moving the car upscale.
The idea is to offer a more polished vehicle with which to tackle competitors such as the Toyota Corolla and the Honda Civic, which is built in East Liberty.
Major standard equipment on the least expensive Cobalt model, in either sedan or coupe, includes air conditioning, an AM/FM/compact disc player, an electric rear window defroster, split and fold-down rear seat and a tilt steering column.
Moving up a notch is the Cobalt LS, in either coupe or sedan; with the destination charge, the price is $16,485. Next is the Cobalt LT, at $18,760.
Major standard equipment on the LS and LT includes power windows, air conditioning, anti-lock brakes, power outside mirrors, cruise control and remote/keyless entry. The LT model also gets leather upholstery, said GM spokesman Michael Morrissey.
The base Cobalt, Cobalt LS and LT are powered by a 140-horsepower, 2.2 liter four-cylinder engine.
The high-performance model is the Cobalt SS Supercharged, a coupe with a 205-horsepower, four-cylinder engine, a five-speed manual transmission and sports suspension. Its price, including the destination charge, will be $21,995. It is expected in dealerships the first half of next year.
Although GM has not released detailed information about standard equipment and options, it appears those prices would be competitive with Corolla, Civic and the redesigned 2005 Ford Focus.
Cobalt was shown earlier this year at several auto shows where it got some admiring remarks from an executive at Toyota, a major competitor.
"They've done . . . an excellent job on the interior, really taken it a little more upscale with a lot more creature comforts," Don Esmond, the general manager of Toyota, told The New York Times.
To reach this Plain Dealer reporter:
cjensen@plaind.com, 216-999-4830
http://www.cleveland.com/search/inde...6151.xml?bxbiz
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I wonder if the SS will be built there as well. I think the Xtreme start as a base S10 with a bunch of parts missing and they shipped somewhere else and finished up. If so it could delay their delivery even more.
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Originally Posted by demonspeed
This is the Ohio plant, correct? I thought the only thing they made there was body parts...
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