nutsandboldts05

The inerior doesn't look so bad, its the engine that has me highly opposing it. If they come out with an SS model that has more then a turbo'd 1.4, say a, 2.0 turbo charged with 260HP then I wouldn't mind buying it. But you all know that you will come to accept this car as we have come to accept our wonderful cobalt's. Why can't they just keep the Cobalt name... Its got good standings now, a new look and more engine options would be just fine. just don't take away the 2.4L and the SS cars. These new engines can be the replacement for the 2.2 (or the 2.4 if you really insist.)

Victory06

In that they both have steering wheels, shifters, emergency brake handles and gauges?

nutsandboldts05

:scratcheshead: <---- SHOULD BE AN NEW EMOTICON

cDub

2 important points to be made.

1. thats fugly.
2. thats why i dont drive a ford

CobaltTSX

So Chevy Ford and Honda are all going to have the same interior? I've seen spy shots from all 3 now and I swear to god they are taking pictures of the same car.

DeftonesFan867

Looks like I was right

Luminaeus

The mainstream consumer likes a flashy interior that looks expensive whether it's well-designed or not. A friend of mine has the 09 Corolla and I have an 07 Ion. Both have the same amount of cheap hard plastics inside, but his are all curvy and futuristic and that just makes it *look* awesome even though its the same stuff.

I've long considered tearing all the insides out of my Ion and wrapping them with leather/pleather just because its not hard to do, not expensive to do, and it would look sweet, but instead I'm just going to get the SS/TC and do it to that Piano lacquer finish for the gray center stack, you know that'd be sweet.

Anyway, GM is doing an awesome job of catching up in terms of style. Yeah, they're copying, so what? The stuff that Honda has been doing for years is successful, so why not copy it? Gets you where you need to be quickly, and once you're there then you can take it in your own direction.