Have any of you guys read the latest issue of Car And Driver?? They have a 4 page article on a '05 Cobalt LS Sedan. It has the sport package, MP3 player, and the upgraded 7 speaker Pioneer sound system. As tested price was $18,245. Well thats a little background info, heres the good part...
C/D Test Results
Accerlation
0-30 MPH.....3.0 Seconds
0-40 MPh.....4.3 Seconds
0-50 MPH.....6.2 Seconds
0-60 MPH.....8.4 Seconds
0-70 MPH.....11.1 Seconds
0-80 MPH.....14.7 Seconds
0-90 MPH.....19.8 Seconds
0-100 MPH.....25.8 Seconds
0-110 MPH.....34.7 Seconds
Street Start, 5-60 MPH.....8.4 Seconds
Top-gear acceleration, 30-50 MPH.....4.0 Seconds
50-70 MPH.....5.3 Seconds
Standing 1/4 mile.....16.6 Seconds@ 84 MPH
Top speed(drag limited).....124 MPH
Braking
70-0 MPH.....188ft
Handling......77g

 

Sweet - Those are some really nice numbers for a LS Sedan auto. It definitely one of the quickest cars in its class, especially if you get the coupe with the 5-speed manual.

Pretty weird though how the 0-60 time and the 5-60 time were the same. Usually the street start results in a significantly slower time, sometimes as much as a 1/2 second

Hopefully C&D will test a Cobalt Coupe 5-speed soon - if the auto can do that well, the manual version should be even better

 

thats sweet i was looking for that on the website but couldnt find it.

 

0.77g's??

Yikes... I hope the LS comes with shitty tires or something, because that absolutely sucks.

 

Perrelies or something like that!

 

This weekend I will throw the GTech pro in mine and pull some numbers since its finally going to be above freezing. I am sure I can pull at least .85g in the skid pad. And I am on stock 195's lol.

 

0.77 isn't terrible considering the fact the LS does not have any kind of sport suspension.
The S/C SS shows what the suspension is capablke withsome tweaking.

 

the ls has better suspension than the base

ill be takin mine to the track once to run it for some numbers

 

prove it---I see nothing to says it does. Only thing I did see was "Suspension: Premium Ride" on base and LS.