Cobalt ss/tc at Virginia International Raceway
Found this article while lurking around for more possible info on the ss/tcs on google, anyways if you scroll down it claims it beat all these cars at VIR.
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/10/13/i...alt-ss-turbo/# Quote - "Since the Autoblog Proving Grounds is still under construction (in my mind), we can't tell you what it's like to drive the Cobalt SS Turbo at 11/10ths. Fortunately, the latest issue of Car and Driver includes a massive comparison test called the Lightning Lap in which 22 cars ranging in price from the $22,995 Cobalt SS to the $282,306 Ferrari 430 Scuderia are raced around Virginia International Raceway. The list of cars slower than the Cobalt SS around VIR tells the whole story" - Mitsubishi Lancer EVO MR Lexus IS-F Audi S5 Honda S2000 CR Dodge Challenger SRT-8 Lotus Elise SC Subaru Impreza WRX STI Dodge Caliber SRT-4 Volkswagen R32 Honda Civic Mugen Si Sorry if this is a repost. Anyways thats impressive for a failwd econobox if you ask me. |
I remember reading this article. I was impressive to see that the SS/TC performed so well.
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Originally Posted by agent007kimball
(Post 4517138)
I remember reading this article. I was impressive to see that the SS/TC performed so well.
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Originally Posted by BlackOnBlackSS
(Post 4517200)
yep just another reason I picked up my slowbalt, i mean for that 17k I spent I couldve bought a used evo or an sti but we all know they're all beaten so idk, example, buddy bought a bone stock sti with 80k for 15 g's, 2k miles later the motor blows. So hard to find a not so abused sports car these days.
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Originally Posted by Tfizz
(Post 4517236)
I didn't get my Turbalt to drive slow.......I beat the shit outta mine.
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Originally Posted by BlackOnBlackSS
(Post 4516929)
Found this article while lurking around for more possible info on the ss/tcs on google, anyways if you scroll down it claims it beat all these cars at VIR.
http://www.autoblog.com/2008/10/13/i...alt-ss-turbo/# Quote - "Since the Autoblog Proving Grounds is still under construction (in my mind), we can't tell you what it's like to drive the Cobalt SS Turbo at 11/10ths. Fortunately, the latest issue of Car and Driver includes a massive comparison test called the Lightning Lap in which 22 cars ranging in price from the $22,995 Cobalt SS to the $282,306 Ferrari 430 Scuderia are raced around Virginia International Raceway. The list of cars slower than the Cobalt SS around VIR tells the whole story" - Mitsubishi Lancer EVO MR Lexus IS-F Audi S5 Honda S2000 CR Dodge Challenger SRT-8 Lotus Elise SC Subaru Impreza WRX STI Dodge Caliber SRT-4 Volkswagen R32 Honda Civic Mugen Si Sorry if this is a repost. Anyways thats impressive for a failwd econobox if you ask me. I've prsonally beaten 4 of the cars on that list. -Lexus IS-F on the Mosport Driver Development Track. This car was pretty impressive - We played cat and mouse all day, but in the end I started to pull away -WRX STI also on the DDT. At the end of the day I was a solid 2 sec faster. -VW R32 on Mosport GP. The SS/TC had a clear advantage on the big track - I completely destroyed that...lol -The S2000 is a different animal! Be carfull of this one - with a good driver AND proper brakes/tires they are very fast on the track. I've raced three different S2000's with three different drivers on two seperate tracks this year - beating only two of them. In the last race I was beaten by the driver who had more experience than me on that specific track though. |
LOL at anyone who paid the bloated price for that damn Mugen Civic Si. What a bunch of anti-American Honda fanbois.
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Originally Posted by SSlobalt
(Post 4517400)
LOL at anyone who paid the bloated price for that damn Mugen Civic Si. What a bunch of anti-American Honda fanbois.
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I can't remember where that article originally posted. I've got it in a magazine somewhere. That article was the reason I started looking seriously at cobalts.
Good stuff. found it Car and driver November 2008 http://www.caranddriver.com/features...p_2008-feature |
You will hunt for quicker foes next summer in your GMS1 SS. :)
Originally Posted by venom09
(Post 4517385)
Cool.
I've prsonally beaten 4 of the cars on that list. -Lexus IS-F on the Mosport Driver Development Track. This car was pretty impressive - We played cat and mouse all day, but in the end I started to pull away -WRX STI also on the DDT. At the end of the day I was a solid 2 sec faster. -VW R32 on Mosport GP. The SS/TC had a clear advantage on the big track - I completely destroyed that...lol -The S2000 is a different animal! Be carfull of this one - with a good driver AND proper brakes/tires they are very fast on the track. I've raced three different S2000's with three different drivers on two seperate tracks this year - beating only two of them. In the last race I was beaten by the driver who had more experience than me on that specific track though.
Originally Posted by jboogie
(Post 4518049)
i can't remember where that article originally posted. I've got it in a magazine somewhere. That article was the reason i started looking seriously at cobalts.
Good stuff. Found it car and driver november 2008 http://www.caranddriver.com/features...p_2008-feature |
great find. i enjoyed that article. i love seeing this car get its props
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Originally Posted by ah665
(Post 4518650)
great find. i enjoyed that article. i love seeing this car get its props
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Originally Posted by BlackOnBlackSS
(Post 4518759)
Thx, its amazing how well they engineered this car although I would say it doesnt have the whole package like the interior and styling itself, but then again I got it solely for performance.
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Originally Posted by ah665
(Post 4518821)
ya i agree with you..same goes for me. to deliver this level of performance at the cost it is, something has to be sacrificed. ill go w/o soft-touch interiors etc if i can have better performance at a great cost...after-all it is a performance car, not a luxory. and ya the styling isnt anything crazy, like an Evox or something, but its still a pretty cool-lookin car IMO
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This was one of the articles that inspired me to buy this car over a wrx, evo, ralliart, genesis coupe, CSRT4.
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Originally Posted by CudaJoe
(Post 4519536)
This was one of the articles that inspired me to buy this car over a wrx, evo, ralliart, genesis coupe, CSRT4.
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