ok i heard last night that saturn is doing away with the ion and ion redline due to the release of the sky and sky redline next year. i seriously doubt this but she told me that they may be doing away with cobalts which makes no sense to me because they are very popular and only came out last year and also the "G5" is suppose to come out next year. I also heard that chevrolet is supposed to be working with honda next year on producing the cobalt. has anyone else heard anything about either of these?

 

Who is "she" ? Is this a reputable source at all?

 

BS BS BS why would they get rid of a cheep economy car just cause of the sky. wont happen.

 

it was a rep from saturn they had a sky showcase at the movie theatre last night.

 

Yes, they are getting rid of the Ion. It is being REPLACED with the Astra, badged as a Saturn. So the Cobalt is in absolutely no danger whatsoever.

 

Yes, the Ion is going away, but not because of the Sky. The Ion had more issues with it from the beginning, that they supposedly fixed on the Cobalt, and it's just not the hot seller the Cobalt is. Cobalt's not going anywhere any time soon.

Ironic, though...Saturn, the "import fighter" division, is going to have an import itself.
Fight fire with fire...

 

This is true. The Cobalt will run with its current platform for a while after the Ion switches to the Astra platform, then they will both get another new platform a after that and they will then be on the same platform again. Wierd, but true.

 

the Astra, Cobalt, and G5 Persuit are all on the Delta Platform

 

cobalts arent going anywhere

 

Like player1 said, the Cobalt IS on the Astra platform....so nothing is really changing.

 

they have the new 2008 cobalt cmming out and cobalt will never work with honda honda has the acura v 10 comming out in 2008 to 2010 date is pending but the cobalt will be around as long as the cavi if not longer

 

W3rd.

 

I don't think the Cobalt will live as long as the Cavi, at least not with lots of changes. The Cavi towards the end of its live was a really dated car that could not compete with the current imports. GM has stated that they will not let any plateform live that long again. So the Cobalt name might live for a very long time, but not the current car as we know it. Expect a new platform for it around 2010 or so.

 

Not true. It shares the some of the same body panels, but not platform.

 

http://cars.about.com/od/chevrolet/f...ev_cobalt1.htm

 

Hah, that's funny. Why on earth would Honda ever work with GM on anything? Short answer: They wouldn't.

 

Here's Car and Driver's article about the switch to Astra which also mentions Delta:

Car and Driver Article

Many improvements were made to Delta for the Cobalt - many of them based on negative feedback on the Ion implementation.

 

GM already buys V6 engines from Honda for the Saturn Vue

http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news/honda_engines.htm

But I don't think they would work on a full development program together. I'd think it would be Toyota if anyone.

 

Technically, I guess you could say it's BMW and DaimlerChrysler, as far as full development programs go.

http://www.theautochannel.com/news/2...27/005036.html

 

Parts are a bit different than what I was thinking about. I was thinking on terms of actually designing a vehicle together, and I doubt Honda would ever do that unless GM paid them a veritable fortune.

 

In that case, you're right on the Toyota part. They did a lot of work together on the Vibe / Matrix, and Toyota also re-badged and sold the Cavalier in Japan. They've got a lot of little partnerships going on.

 

That seems to be the same with everything these days. Everybody seems to get in bed with each other at some time. I think the little partnerships are manly used to see what the other company is doing or it settle a patten disagreement/conflict.

 

yeah i know a girl who was killed because her ion cut off while she was turning.

 

Look At Mitsubishi And Dodge For Example Along With Chrysler... Aparently The New Sebring Is Going To Have The Mitsubishi Lancer Platform, The Raider Has The Dakota Platform Some Mazda 626's Have Mitsubishi Part Numbers... The Chrysler Sebring Is The Same As The Old School Eclipse 01-05 Model

 

It seems companies are attempting to appeal to all crowds, but failing misrebly. From Toyota's discontinuation of the Supra to Dodge's SRT-4 (Which got replaced by the Caliber.... why? ), to Acura's RSX. If Chevy discontinues the Cobalt that would be bad. Pretty soon more and more companies will start to drop sports cars, and try to make a mini SUV (AKA Caliber), throw a powerful engine in it and attempt to call it a sports car. Except it will only be used by soccer moms on crack. Now what would happen to the industry if they dropped the EVO or STI or even the Civic SI?