http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2...-for-2010.html

Read the whole thing please. Welcome back to the 80's my friends. A new decade of underpowered, boring, automotive malaise is slowly moving back to North America.

 

http://blogs.cars.com/kickingtires/2...-for-2010.html

Read the whole thing please. Welcome back to the 80's my friends. A new decade of underpowered, boring, automotive malaise is slowly moving back to North America.

 

merged these threads. Same thing. Waiting on 100 reposts now.

 

According to the article it looks like there will be a 2010 cobalt SS coupe for a couple months....

 

Looks like soon if someone wants performance you will have to buy used,which I don't mind.Does suck though.

 

Glad i got my 09 now...and its in a garage the whole time

 

i hope they change their mind sometime i really like these cars.

 

So they're killing the cobalt, impala, etc, but they're keeping the HHR SS? why?

 

I'm glad i got my g5 gt when i did. I hope gm can come out of this in a few years and bring performance oriented vehicles back. I would hate to see in the next 10-15yrs hybrid and electric cars all over the place, that would be soo depressing.

 

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/..._dead_car_news

 

You have to remember the Cruze will be out in the late first quarter/earlr 2nd of 2010 as a 2011 model. Hopefully there will be some sort of sport model of that.

 

haha niiiiice

 

don't hold your breath.

 

****** a.............. looks like we will be stuck modding the **** out of our cars, which is always fun

 

I don't know what's so shocking. The SS Turbo sedan apparently hasn't sold very well and the Cobalt is getting replaced by the Cruze. The Cobalt coupe may stick around a little bit longer until the Cruze is fully ramped up, so the SS version should be around part of the model year. The HHR SS Panel is dead but since the HHR itself is around for a little longer they will keep the SS model on the regular ones. As for the Impala SS, I would also wager that sales haven't been that great and also the W-body Grand Prix GXP and LaCrosse Super siblings that use the LS4/4T65 combo being killed off also make it less cost effective to keep in production.

Before everyone gets too worked up in propagating the sky is falling myth as far as the future for performance vehicles, look at the life cycle of the cars being axed and GM's future plans for those divisions and models. While some of the bigger gas guzzling models (i.e. performance body-on-frame trucks) might not be reintroduced, I'd bet there's a place for smaller, more efficient performance cars in GM's future if they can return to profit.

 

I completely agree. Most of performance trims being axed are coming off aging models anyway. Once GM proves they can turn a profit on bread and butter models, they can start sinking some of that extra cash back into R&D for some performance-oriented niche trims / models. With brand new SS Cobalts going at or near 20k, GM certainly isn't making recouping all the money they spent developing it.

 

so why are they coming out with even more trim options for the Vette? Does it sell that well?

 

Not like a Cobalt or something in terms of raw numbers obviously because it's a niche vehicle... but a solid profit margin is to be had for GM on the sale of one Corvette versus a compact.

 

+ the corvette is like chevys trade mark car. its been around forever and every old guy having a mid life crises will want one and also all the guys with little ..... well u no what i mean

 

pontiac is comletely dunzo too now.

 

This isnt locked yet? Im surprised!

 

^ lawl

 

theres supposed to be a turbo cruze...still gonna suck ***** tho, its only gonna be like a 1.6. gheyness if you ask me, thats sinking to honda lows...shame shame

 

wow...go economy

 

Ford's EcoBoost I4 is also going to be a 1.6L, making about 180 hp. The business case for the EcoBoost is that it gets 40+ MPG, probably the same case with the Cruze. Ford's other EcoBoost I4, a 280 hp 2.0L, hasn't been announced for any platforms yet.