GettingCobaltASAA

Dear Mr. Jordan,

Thank you for contacting Chevrolet and for your interest in the new
Cobalt. We have not yet begun full production on the Cobalt. Once
production begins, it takes about six to eight weeks for deliveries
to dealerships to begin. The Cobalt Sedan is scheduled to start
production October 18th, the Cobalt Coupe on November 4th, and the
Cobalt SS Coupe in February 2005. There will be six Cobalt models;
the Coupe, LS Coupe, SS Coupe, Sedan, LS Sedan, and the LT Sedan. If
you would like assistance in locating dealerships convenient for you,
please use the dealer locator at the following website.

http://www.gm.com

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information on any of our vehicles, you may write back or contact
Chevrolet Marketing Support at 1-800-950-2438, between 8:00am and
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Sincerely,

Jim Crozier
Customer Relationship Manager
Chevrolet


Ok so does that mean I won't be able to get an SS Coupe till March/April 05?! If so, i'm gonna be really pissed.

RedCavyRS99

dunno man

Arrowslinger

Aw man that takes a little air from my balloon

But more money for the down payment

SilverCSS

Looks like it...good for me, bad for you, since I wasn't planning on picking one up until a few months after the new year. =/ Sorry bro.

aka_Matt

i guess i'm not getting it by Christmas then... i really didn't wanna drive it thru winter anyway... oh well...

JonyyB

Dude, WTF!? :?:

I swear the brochure and chevy.com say fall 04! It sucks if the SC SS won’t be out till April! I wanna drive one!

SilverCSS

You drive a damn Firebird man. What could you possibly see in a lowly 4 banger??

Arrowslinger

LOL and the hottest of all the firebirds!

Wait, whats my other car??????? :wink:

zinner

Has anyone been able to confirm this on the GM website or some more official press release?

Seems odd they would send out an email of this nature to a single person like this without releasing it on their website or to the general public.

Or maybe he got a customer rep who let something slip they shouldn't off???? If it is true I am not gonna be happy either.

I also noticed in other posts you wanted to get a Cobalt SS in auto, those only come in 2.4 L version I believe and those are delayed until next year according to rumors. I am only hope that email is in response to you wanted a Cobalt SS *NON* S/C However the fact the dealer didn't have any pricing info when I placed my order wouldn't suprise me if you indeed correct. Right now I am not believing anything until I see it in a more officail format.

:x

GettingCobaltASAA

I would post what I emailed to Chevy but I cant since I did it via Chevrolet.com. I replied to him today and should get a reply tomorrow. I basically just asked if he was absolutely sure that the earliest I could get a Cobalt SS would be April '05. We'll see.


I agree I didn't really wanta drive it in the winter, but I really need a new car ASAP. So for me, this blows big time.

JonyyB

ok go to http://gm.com

Right on the front page it says: Cobalt SS Supercharged coupe available fall 04!

zinner

Also they have the whole pre-order special for the Cobalt Couple, Sedan and SS Supercharger Coupe. Logic would suggest that if you are offer incentives to order these models a bit a head of time then GM would make sure they were amoung the first produced.

It would kinda be a$$ if GM took preorders on these specific models and then didn't produce them first. I was told to expect it around the first of the year. Which makes sense with the whole 6 weeks to get it from the factory to dealer. IF they did the first production run Oct 15th, it would be about the first week of december before they would get out to dealers. I am sure they have to do some Q/A on them first and make sure they aren't shipping junk (or at least I hope they would). Also I was told GM wasn't putting any caps on the number of Cobalt SS S/C they could order or any cobalts. GM is going to be jumping into a Super competive market and they can't drop the ball in the beginning and screw over the early adopters because they are going to market the car to EVERYONE else.

Co-Bolting

yeah but when I went down there they said that they could pr-order the SS supercharger and it will be in about 4 to 6 weeks. whats up with that. now im getting pissed. sounds like all the dealerships have no clue and are just saying anything. Sad thing is, we dont know when we will be able to get the car now. :x

GettingCobaltASAA

Here's the reply I got today on the 15th:

Dear Mr. Jordan,

Thank you for contacting Chevrolet again and for your interest in the
2005 Chevrolet Cobalt! The time frames you mention are correct to be
best of our information at this time. Please see your dealer for
ordering information and for when the dealership expects to have the
vehicle at the dealership.

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contacting Chevrolet!

Sincerely,

Ann McManamee
Customer Relationship Manager
Chevrolet

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Total BS. I'm going to my Chevy dealer tomorrow to see WTF is going on.

SilverCSS

I'd still be more inclined to believes the promotions and information on their site. Seems odd they're telling you all this via email...quietly. I mean..why all the car hype, commercials, incentives, etc. if they weren't even starting production for another 4-6 months. Why accept preorders? Sometimes I wish car companies would communicate..seems like all the deparments are running around in their own world. Frustrating for the consumers.

zinner

If you order a car thats in *production* it can easily take 4 to 6 weeks for delivery. They have to build it and then send it to your dealer on a truck, it's not like you can overnight a car.

zstyle

I'm hoping these people who emailed you are mixed up betweent the 2.4 Cobalt SS and the 2.0 Cobalt SS S/C. Otherwise it is pretty stupid for GM to advertise the S/C right now, attracting people to lots only to tell them they won't be able to see an SS S/C for 6 months. You never know with GM though, communication (like everything there) works slowly. GM has A LOT of beuracracy to go through.