I love awd. Never a dull moment with it. I always hated spinning all the time in my balt. Don't have that issue anymore. The Evo will be better in legal, competetive racing, than the balt will. Not saying the balt isn't a perfectly capable car, it is, but the evo will be better in a 1/4 mile drag race, faster in autox, and on a road course for the most part. The evo is a car you really have to drive. If you've driven an STI, that's roughly how a X feels to me. The IX is shaper and responds to mods better. Like I said, the X would be easier to live with on a daily basis. You really just need to try to drive one. X feels a lot like a balt with AWD. The IX feels... rougher, more raw. It's hard to explain to someone who hasn't driven both. It's really something that you just have to experience for yourself. I will say though, one AWD launch, and you'll be hooked.

 

cobalt ss/tc is the best bang for buck car period.
evo x looks better and is more practical, but is waaaay overpriced, and needs a lot of money to keep up with a modded cobalt.
its noth worth it...pick something else or keep what you got, in my opinion

 

not a big jap car fan, but id say dont stick with FWD. only reason i have it is to keep me outta trouble.

 

Get the X if you can afford it. Even if it's slower than a modded SS/TC is still not a cobalt and front wheel fail.

 

ummm...

lsj brakes
15" wheels
slicks

as far as street driving, just get some nice drag radials. its not that hard.

drag bags help too. ive seen fwd cars pull some good 60's



anyways, op, get what you like. i myself would love an evo X... if i could afford it. lol. evos can become money pits fast. i had a friend who sold his fp red evo (made well over 500awhp) for an RSX just because he was tired of the evo breaking and he used to be a honda guy.

 

or have both!

 

If you read my earlier post I clearly state slicks or highway rolls. Also as much as we'd all like to, it isn't exactly legal to roll around on the street with drag tires on.

 

with that being said, factorying in MPG, break down, aftermarket parts, and overall price of car, wouldnt the cobalt be the better option?

 

I say Evo but get an VIII or IV (Like TommyP said.)

There are no 03 STIs (Like TommP said.) LOL

There are a few cons though:

Lots of tools for owners. That's true for any group of car owners, but some groups seem to have more douches than others. Evo owners are one of those groups. If you made this same poll on EvoM, you'd get 100% saying to get an EVO and nearly everyone would have to throw in a comment about how Cobalts are big pieces of ****.

If you do get an EVO, don't be surprised if Mitsubishi Motors North America (MMNA) pulls a Suzuki and goes bankrupt. Mitsubishi, as a whole, is strong and profitable but their North American Motors division is hemoraging money and hasn't made a profit in a decade. Experts have been speculating that Mitsubishi will leave North America since 2004. Everyone thought for sure it was all over in 2008/2009. The difference now is that Mitsubishi isn't rebounding AT ALL.

The auto industry, as a whole, is up 15%. MMNA is down 31%. Mitsubishi sells less than one fifth the amount of cars they sold ten years ago. Right now Mitsubishi only sells three cars. THREE! Their little plug in doesn't count IMO because less than 500 have been sold. Only the Outlander is scheduled for any kind of changes and that won't be until 2014. By then it'll likely be "too little too late."

If MMNA goes under, there will be no more Mitsubishi dealerships and resale values will plumit. Resale on all Mitsubishis is horrible. Only the EVO has good resale value, but that's probably going to change once more people are made aware of the current situation. It's not going to be the same as when Pontiac, Plymouth, Saab, Hummer, etc. went. Those brands shared platforms with cars that survived so parts and dealership service departments are still readilly available. When MMNA goes, that won't be the case.

Mitsubishi dealerships are closing left and right. Most of the remaining dealerships are only partialy Mitsubishi sales, such as a dealership that sells mainly Volkswagons and Mitsubishis on the side. Due to the decreasing sales over the last ten years, those dealerships that are solely Mitsubishi are generally outdated. The sales personnel aren't the best because the pay is the worst in the industry. The service department is going to try to generate as much revenue as possible to help offset the lack of sales. This means denying warranty work, suggesting unnecessary repairs/maintenance and charging higher prices.

In addition, if the economy gets anywhere near as bad as it did in 2008, Mitsubishi Motors North America won't survive without taking EVEN MORE money from its sister divisions who will probably also be struggling. At some point someone at Mitsubishi is gonna pull the plug. Why they haven't done so already is a mystery. They must have some seriously optimistic executives. It's not a question of IF MMNA will leave. It's a question of WHEN.

If you're even thinking of selling an EVO, now's the time to do it. If you're buying one, you may want to wait a while and let the current owners take the giant subsiquential hit if MMNA closes shop in North America.

 

If you don't make very much money...

 

it would be the cheaper option. i love mine because when i blow up a trans or a motor it isnt going to cost me a crapload to fix. lol

 

I voted SS/TC. I would love an EVO X but they are expensive to mod and when **** breaks, its stupid expensive to repair.

 

Powerful reliable cobalt? Get bigger turbo, better clutch, valve springs, grippy tires. Then wait for tranny to break Or axles snap. Buy better ones.

^^^^ This plan sounds 100x better than spending a ton more money on getting another car.

 

Drive American

 

Rwd!

 

I agree 100%

 

i remember i raced a guy with a stock evo x MR. ended up walking him (i was stock at the time). He payed 10k more than i did for a slower car.

also, cobalts faster around the twisties

 

Too many people all about roll racing everything on the highway on this site.

 

I had a Evo X. Didn't like it so much so I upgraded

 

It all depends on ur power goals, after u start pushing 350+ ur gonna start having issues with traction, if u looking far a car thats gonna be putting out 400 hp then buy and evo and build it because imo 400hp is a waste on a cobalt since 1st gear is useless and alot times people spin all throught 2nd as well so u end up doing nothing but roll racing at 80 or going to the tracks with slicks. I plan to build my balt to around 350 hp and thats it current goal is to get to 290 with all the parts i just ordered, but the tc is capable of 300+ on stock turbo so im guessing ur looking for 400+ hp goals.

 

Your Cobalt will be harder to sell in several years vs the Evo X. Sell it while its hot

 

I am an old man so take my advice for what it's worth..

If you keep trying to destroy posers on the street, one day it will catch up with you in the form of jail, death, or them making you watch as they destroy your car for street racing...

Just saying...

AWD is fun but not so much in a 1/4 race. FWD cars can suck for traction but if you take the time to get to know your FWD car, you can make it work. IF you don't want to put any thought into racing then go AWD. I'd personally prefer the sound of a V8 and RWD. I'll probably sell my sleds next year and buy a 10 year old Vette. Easy to tune, easy to mod, and fun to drive.

I have a 400WHP SRT-4. I have yet to get beat by any AWD car in my HP range. I usually see tail lights at first but second gear brings me up to their tail lights while in third gear I end up showing them mine. Sometimes boost management means where your foot is on the throttle...lol..

In the end though it doesn't matter what I say or anyone else. Get the car that pleases your eyes every time you go out to look at it. If you like the new EVO that much, you should get it. I felt that way about the Cobalt SS/SC when it first came out. I still look at it and think...If it was only RWD...lol..

 

+1

 

+2

 

The Evo X sucks ass. Its ugly, overpriced, aftermarket parts are ridiculously high for it, basically it blows compared to a 4g63 viii or ix. If your spending $30k on a car, at least get something worth a damn, such as a new Mustang, Camaro, or a used Z06