We talked about these before, but I get a lot of emails about 06 changes so I figured this might help some people out.


New Features
- (21U) Laser Blue Metallic exterior color (late availability)
- (84U) Majestic Amethyst Metallic exterior color
- SS Coupe (1AM37) and SS Sedan (1AM69) non supercharged.
- PASSKey 3+ Theft deterrent system
- Common antenna for OnStar and XM Satellite Radio

Changes
Model/Badge Changes:
- Coupe (1AK37) and Sedan (1AK69) is now badged as LS Coupe and LS Sedan
- LS Coupe (1AL37) and LS Sedan (1AL69) are now badged as LT Coupe and LT Sedan
- LT Sedan (1AZ69) is now badged as LTZ Sedan

 

yay! i wanna see what the powder coat laser blue looks like.

 

only thing I want from that list is the common antenna for xm/onstar but I have heard that they are having problems with it, it is the same antenna on the Solstice and that has kept onstar from being offered on the Solstice, it is on hold right now.....

 

sweetness maybe me waiting so long will be a good thing after all hehe

 

WHAT ?!.....LS is gonna badged as LT?!.....so mines gonna loose value.....?

 

not really cuz yours is an 05 and they did not have the LTZ in 05.
But that does suck for the 05 ppl.

 

UGH damit cant they do somethign about the radio antenna damit!!!!!!!!!

 

yeah, it does.

 

I own an LS and I was wondering if mine would lose value, since LS will be the new base model. But then again, doesn't the book value go by what the car is equipped with, not just trim level?

 

Book value also goes by trim level. The LS will have a higher value than the base model.

 

what color is the majestic amethyst? a fancy word for black?

 

your not going to lose value just because they have changed the trim level names.

 

Here a picture of a Malibu SS in laser blue
I think its hard on this to see the difference......

well you have to go on the link...


http://www.chevrolet.com/malibuss/

 

Amethyst is purple

 

That's a fake picture. We need a picture of a real car to compare.

 

If the dealerships follow the standard procedure on a re-sell, they should follow what is in the "black book" which will still show in '05 an LS was higher than a base Cobalt. The thing I find somewhat annoying is once the '06s are out, seeing as my car is badged LS and the '06 base is going to be badged LS, my car is now going to "appear" to be the same thing...and I guarantee the price tag I paid on the fully-loaded LS is nowhere close to the base model !

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