Mine turn's like **** and it was the first thing i said to my wife pulling out of the dealership. IT's the 18's and front end setup on the ss's . I'm sure the CV joints would take a pounding from a SC turning real sharp while gettin on it hard . My 95 z28 turned better , along with my 88,93,and 02 z24. My old 72 Nova SS without power steering and a posi rear would be a close match for my SC .

 

turning radius does suck, i agree...but it's a very minor thing to get used to, especially when i love everything else about the car...i used to have a focus and i feel like my turning radius has doubled going to the ss/sc...but then again so has the acceleration, handling, and speed so yea....

 

It has to be just the SSs that suck because my LT turns very sharp. It actually surprised me how sharp it turns when I first got it. Oh well, I still wish I could've afforded the SS/SC.

 

I agree. My SS has a bad turning radius as well, which sucks cuz I live in FL and there are medians in the middle of every road.

 

Here are turing raidius for the Cobalt straight froim GM Canada.

37.4 (LS, LT, LTZ and SS)
40.7 (SS Supercharged)

SO the S/C is worse but lesser models are hardly anyting to brag about

 

not sure how you can get in a car with 18inch rims and be surprised at the turning radius.....

 

turning does suck in this car imo.. hell my damn close to 20 year old mustang is tighter.. but then again i can always just hit the gas a lil if need be

 

anyone that says this car has a good turning radius perhaps needs to be informed of waht radius means.

This car corners like a dream, you can sharply turn into and out of a lane. However the turning radius is the worst of any car I've ever owned. Including my big ass 96 T bird. Radius means circle . Here this will show you how shitty your turn radius is in these cars. Next time you are going to the mall or grocery store pull in the aisle about 4-6 ft away from the cars already parked. Find a spot and try to turn your car into t he parking spot. Not gonna happen.... i routinely have to back out a little to get my car into a spot. Everyone that drives my car says the same thing. 4-6 ft away from the other cars should give you plenty of space to get this small ass car in there.

 

agreed, turning radius on the SS/SC sucks, my wifes 5 series has better turning radius and it has the same size wheels. But thats ok, I can still take her whether she likes it or not

 

When I had my base 2.2, the turning radius was absolutely great, my 2.4 ss turns like a cement truck...in other words, it doesn't. I actually enjoy getting into my sisters base 2.2 once in awhile....

 

My 99 sunfire had a better turning radius. than my ss/na

 

I have a Pontiac Montana van that turns much better then my SS/SC. Turning and parking are the two things I hate about this car.

 

Agreed turning radius sucks on the ss/sc. I owned a Ion Redline before this and the turning radius was much better. Its the 18's.

 

Only left to do is sell your car.