Autoblog review of 09 SS/TC coupe
Autoblog review of 09 SS/TC coupe
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/10/13/i...balt-ss-turbo/
Posted this more for the gorgeous 57 hi-res pictures than the review, of which there have been many.
The first-gen Cobalt SS failed to deliver with a supercharged 2.0L Ecotec four-cylinder producing 205 horsepower and a cast of supporting components that did little to hide the Cobalt's rental car roots. But then something entirely unexpected happened. The GM Performance Division completely reworked the Cobalt SS for 2008, swapping in a more powerful turbocharged engine, upgrading the rest of the mechanicals, and tweaking the entire package on the world's most demanding race tracks, including the famed Nürburgring in Germany.
The result is – and we're not kidding here – the most impressive performance car to wear a bow-tie badge on sale today*. Exactly how General Motors turned a bottom-of-the-pack, front-wheel-drive econocar into a class-leading sport compact is revealed after the jump.
*My colleagues thought it best to explain this statement. There's not a bow-tie badge to be found on the Corvette and you can't find a Camaro SS on a dealer lot anywhere yet.
The result is – and we're not kidding here – the most impressive performance car to wear a bow-tie badge on sale today*. Exactly how General Motors turned a bottom-of-the-pack, front-wheel-drive econocar into a class-leading sport compact is revealed after the jump.
*My colleagues thought it best to explain this statement. There's not a bow-tie badge to be found on the Corvette and you can't find a Camaro SS on a dealer lot anywhere yet.
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http://www.autoblog.com/2008/10/13/i...balt-ss-turbo/
Posted this more for the gorgeous 57 hi-res pictures than the review, of which there have been many.
Posted this more for the gorgeous 57 hi-res pictures than the review, of which there have been many.
Conversely, the review is a clear indication that the Cobalt name needs to go. GM has proven they can build a good compact, so now spice up the interior, take what you've done with the SS/TC everywhere else, toss it in a Cruze coupe and people will quickly forget about "Cobalt".
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Conversely, the review is a clear indication that the Cobalt name needs to go. GM has proven they can build a good compact, so now spice up the interior, take what you've done with the SS/TC everywhere else, toss it in a Cruze coupe and people will quickly forget about "Cobalt".
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Conversely, the review is a clear indication that the Cobalt name needs to go. GM has proven they can build a good compact, so now spice up the interior, take what you've done with the SS/TC everywhere else, toss it in a Cruze coupe and people will quickly forget about "Cobalt".
Just look at the people who drove an 80s American car said it sucked and haven't driven one since but will still swear that the new ones are just as bad when they haven't even sat in one in 20 years.
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im just looking forward to see if this thing will be worth it. by the time this thing comes out ill either havea good deal done to the ss/tc or ill have a new better car so im not worrying over it taken over.
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