Was to make the LSD standard but they fucked up again.

 

how many cars do you have

 

ATLEAST tho it is an option. They could have just not put it on there at all haha.

 

3. 4th on order

 

jesus every time i check your sig its a dfferent car do you kill people for a living

 

I totally have the vibe that GM just said **** it. Change the engine and keep it as it is. Design this car as cheap as possible.

I've had the IRL and SS for months. My E55 sold so i went and bought another corvette

 

what do you have on order?

 

they could have, but at least it's an option...
what kind of car are you ordering??

 

yah i see the whole keeping it cheap thing lets just hope it helps keep the price down a little.

 

Girlfriend has an Black SRT4 on order

 

anyone else want awd besides me?!?!?!?!?!

 

Roger that!!

 

If LSD is that big of a deal to someone they can just order the car with one. I dont think GM fucked up at all by not making the LSD standard, some people driving the car wont even know what LSD is.

 

I want an F-ing 6th gear too, but they dropped the ball on that one

 

Agreed, we really do need a 6th gear, the f-ing svt focus had one...

 

yep, let's do everything that the people say this car "needs"!! awd, 6 speed, standard lsd, suspension to fix wheel hop, etc! then you know what? 95% of the people on this site wouldn't be able to afford it!

 

i dont understand... i always see people saying, "i want awd and a turbo!" why the **** did you guys buy the cobalt if you want awd/rwd and a turbo? not trying to be an ass, but seriously guys damn, that's like me buying an sti when i want a v8 and rwd.

 

it was done cheap as possable the swapped a motor into it and called it a day. Oh and it has standard rims that used to be accesories ... Turbo is maxed out makin 230-240 to the wheels. Looks exactly the same as the ss/sc SWEET! Hey atleast it comes in white now!

 

The only thing that I think it really NEEDS is the 6th gear. I agree all that other stuff would push the price way too much, but a different tranny with 6 gears wouldnt up the price too much would it? AWD would bring it up quite a bit.

 

Then get a better job. Making an LSD standard would have maybe brought the MSRP up 500 dollars. Everyone can afford that.

As for the POS 5spd manual from the LSJ. The drop of final drive was not enough. Should have dropped it to 3.55 like the 9-3 has.

 

awd would mean huge sale drops for gm. gm can't compete with the sti/evo in that specific market...no american car company could just barge in there and take those two cars on directly, they would get dominated. Subaru and mitsubishi OWN that market. a 6-speed wouldn't necessarily push up the cost too much, but they could bump up the price more if they wanted to.

 

I would assume they did try to get this one out as cheaply as possible . It will only be on the market for 1.5 years then this generation is over . John Heinrecy has said there was no performance or fuel economy gain with the F40 6-speed trans , even back before the SS/SC was out in 2004 he said it was tested extensively with the supercharged car . Seeing as how its a literal direct swap , a fuel economy gain alone would put the 6-speed in there without question .

The next gen Astra and the SAAB 9-1 will get AWD , the Cobalt will not . Home fabbers betters scrounge the salvage yards and be very versed in GMLAN electronics

 

i named a bunch of things... you mentioned one of them

 

No AWD for me... not worth the price and weight and power loss. Especially for only 260hp.

SS hood. Diff facias, BETTER LOOKING RIMS, 6-speed. The suspension was revamped so wheel hop may not be an issue. I am just really dissappointed in the overal looks. I would expect it to be better looking. I really wanted an SS hood too...humph

 

I want to see interior pictures....anyway, atleast it comes in white. But the Rims are nasty...I like the upgraded brakes and some more suspension work though.