Anyone happen to know or have a site that knows the amount of 2010 cobalt SS's were made?

 

https://www.cobaltss.net/forums/08-1...istics-189937/

 

sorry that just goes to 2009 i thought it was the updated one my bad

 

as far as i know there still hasnt been anything found

 

Interesting you would think there would be something in the 2010s by now. I wonder what the overall total made was in 2010. Guess I'll have to keep an eye out. Thanks for the one link though def saving that.

 

yeah you would think so but still nothing lol. it cant be too too much, i mean there were only 2000 some coupes made in 09 so the 10s i know there is less then that.

 

Yea considering it was the last year they made them. I heard it was little more than 2008 but I'd love to find out. I'm about to buy a 2010 ss next week.

 

oh ok well either way it wasnt too much thats for sure lol. what color are you getting??

 

Victory red 45k on it. I'll deffenetly post pics when I get it haha

 

oh ok nice man! yeah everybody on here loves pics lol

 

Yea haha I'm a picture person too so I'll def do that

 

From my personal observations 2009 should be the high water mark as far as production numbers are concerned;
Not that I expect many people here to recall by now, but the '09 model year was slated to be the Cobalt's last - 2010's were only made because of the delay in bringing in the cruze, and to use leftover parts;
The cruze was delayed because of GM's financial troubles in the midst of the economic downturn.

The original 2008 model year GM sales/training suggested much higher model year production numbers than what actually happened - because no one saw the economic down turn coming;
Some here might recall that initially (at the end of the 2009 model year) the 2010 Cobalt was going to happen;
At that time the Cobalt SS wasn't going to happen;
Then it was announced that 2010 Cobalt SS's would be built;
Then during the whole model year there were warnings of a deadline for receiving orders for Cobalt SS production... this never actually happened.

It has long been my personal opinion that the 2010 SS production is purely derived from GM using up "extra" parts from the initial order of components for their lofty projected sales figures for the first model year (iirc they were projecting eight thousand units in the first calender year(?));
What supports my assertion of Chevrolet using up leftover parts on the 2010 model year Cobalts is that most 2010 model year Cobalts received the 'Pontiac' HVAC & radio surrounds - this would have been excess parts for cars that were not built for the 2010 model year;

If my recollection on calender year projected sales is correct, using numbers I got earlier (here), I accounted for 5,565 2008-2009 Cobalt SS's having been produced;
If GM was on the hook, because they ordered wheels, intercoolers, turbos, charge pipes (and everything else specific for our cars) for 8,000 cars, then I would estimate that aprox 2,400 Cobalt SS's would have been built for the 2010 model year.

This makes the numbers look like this:

*projected sales for first calender year = 8,000*
2008 my (SS/coupe): 1,766 <1,766>
2009 my (SS/coupe): 3,040 <4,806>
2009 my (SS/sedan): 759 <5,565>
2010 my (SS/coupe): 2,435 <8,000>

 

Wonder how many 08-10 ss's are left? I bet at least 1/2 have been totaled.

 

Half????? That's a bit much!

 

When i was looking to buy another one i saw alot of 08-09 ones. Rarely did i see a 2010

 

I think the most popular thats always on sale is the 09

 

I don't know, there were alot of younger guys that purchased them and drove them hard. My insurance agent told me the reason the insurance was roughly the same price as vette was due to how many had been in accidents. I live in the middle of nowhere, and i'm the only guy in the county with one. There are several in Indianapolis, but not tons, so i'm thinking there's not a lot of them left. I thought i remembered mongorat said one time there may be less than 1/2 due to how many parts he had pulled off of wrecked ones in the salvage yards, but i dont want to speak for him.

 

I would estimate that roughly half are gone.

I would also suspect that ones written off while they were still being produced were more likely to have been repaired - this would possibly account why there appear to be more '08 models out there...

 

08 was limited to only about 6 months of sales.
09 was a full build year
10 was limited I believe

2010 was the best for the injector o rings and limited porous block issue.

 

best year because of "o-rings"?

seriously?

if there was a TSB all cars would have been updated when in for servicing - but I personally never heard anything about an o-ring change...

'10 was supposed to be a limited run - but ended up being full year (iirc).

 

The other differences were minimal. The injector o rings on 2010 models are E85 compatible. Previous models weren't.

I guess the 2010 got more standard features like LSD and the RPD. Correct?

 

what do production numbers matter? just wondering...

 

There is a tendency for people to want their car to be unique. Being rare helps that idea.

Just like the guys that wanted to be part of the "15" yellow Cobalt SS sedans.

 

but its a regular GM produced car, how rare can it be? 10s of thousands are made?

now, on the other hand, I have a roush, now that is LIMITED and RARE and very collectable. on those, the numbers matter, since they need to match. 1 of 13 made in California.

just my 2 cents tho.

 

Because 10's of thousands weren't made. If you go down to color, very few rally yellows were made. There is a lot of debate about exactly how many, but it's in the ten's. He was being facetious by saying "one of the 15" because it's more than 15, but more like 40.