This may or may not be old news by now, but General Motors is planning to introduce a new 1.4 liter turbo motor for the Cobalt line in the near future. The following excerpt is from the April issue of Motor Trend:

"The Chevy Cobalt gets a moderate facelift by mid-2009 for the 2010 model year, and a 1.4 liter turbo engine for tightened CAFE purposes about the same time. The turbo will be based on an existing engine used in Europe. An all-new compact Chevy will replace the current Cobalt for the 2013 model year."

This news makes one wonder if the new 1.4 would replace any of the current powertrain offerings (2.2 perhaps?), but I would go out on a limb and say that we can probably expect GM to offer the new corporate six-speed auto with the new model, if not sooner.

 

Old news. And yeah the "LAP" engine is coming in next year I hear.

 

wow thats a pretty tiny engine, i sure hope it's not the future SS powerplant

 

The LSJ didn't even meet 2008 requirements, so it looks like GM is struggling with getting their small engines down in terms of emissions.

 

or at least loose some weight on the balt
kinda heavy for that eng

 

The Cobalt shrinks to a econo size car near then, possibly with a name change. It's sad, when we have to shrink our engines and fight with our cars for food. (E85)

 

sucks, but maybe this is good news for the guys thinking the cobalt will be a collector car, lolz

 

Delta II will be a larger platform.

 

I bet the next generation SS will be an AWD supercharged ls7

 

Must be because of that mandatory 35 mpg thing I read about somewhere that's coming.

 

im down with a 1.4 turbo if its going into an aveo.

 

I poop bigger than a 1.4L

 

lol

 

The 1.4L Turbo is like 160hp. Plus it's lighter and more fuel efficient. I don't think it will hurt the car's performance any... but I bet it will hurt sales.

Lotsa folks don't want boosted engines b/c of the requirement for premium gas.

 

Boosted cars from the factory rock! Boost is your friend

 

i thought the new cobalts were gonna be bigger in size? but smaller engine? i'm glad i ordered my 08 SS/Tc cuz it looks all downhill from thereafter.

 

That will prob be bad news for the aftermarket on the new TC.

 

The TC should already have some form of an aftermarket base due to the fact of the LNF being in the Sky and Solstice

 

I drink more than 1.4L of water a day.

 

LSJ is a pretty dirty engine, but the LNF is much cleaner, with a lot more research going into it. I can see that 1.4 being a midrange engine choice, slotting between, say, the Astra offering and the LNF, should they continue making it. All speculation my part, though.

 

its so far out in the future, who knows whats gonna actually happen

 

hmm i thought the cobalt was to be redesigned for 2010 on the delta 2 platform... not 2013....

regardless, i think it would be a good thing if cobalt production was outsourced to mexico. Ill probably get flamed for this, but I traded in my cobalt for an HHR, which is made in mexico... and it feels alot more "refined" and has alot less rattles than my cobalt......even though theyre on the same platform...

the only difference is hhr is made in mexico, while the cobalt is made in the good ol USA.... which explains the low build quality IMO.

i want to trade in my hhr for the next gen cobalt... but i really hope they improve it.. if not i guess ill just end up getting a base model camaro.. provided its not out of my pricerange

 

6 speed auto/manual is said to be available and the 1.4 won't be DI so the tuning possibilitys are endless.

 

hm call me old school but my first thing would be to see what i could bore/stroke that lil pea shooter of a motor so bring it back to real car sized

 

arent super chargers better than turbo?? so theres no point for a turbo charged cobalt when a supercharger is better... turbos have lag