Chevrolet Cobalt SS specs

Motortrend May 2005:
Base price - 21 995$, as tested 23 045$
Curb weight - 2959 lb, 60/40%
0-30 mph - 2.2 sec
0-40 mph - 3.5 sec
0-50 mph - 4.8 sec
0-60 mph - 6.1 sec
0-70 mph - 7.9 sec
0-80 mph - 10.2 sec
0-90 mph - 12.6 sec
0-100 mph - 15.4 sec
1/4 mile - 14.4 @ 99.3 mph
60-0 mph - 113 ft
600ft slalom - 67.2 mph
skidpad - 0.88g
MT Figure-Eight - 26.0 @ 0.69g avg
Streets of Willow (1.6 mile) - 1:37.17
EPA city/highway - 23/29 mpg

Nurburgring 9:02 lap time

I just got a cobalt ss recently, first car of my own! mine's the naturally aspirated version with 171 hp, so i'm not planning on racing it anytime soon lol, but the car handles amazing and is fairly quick (I used to drive a 2003 kia rio so yeah...) mine's black and I agree it looks amazing in black, surprisingly it rarely gets dirty contrary to what I expected. great car for first time car buyers :D

Smh...

Serenity, nice name. My Pontiac Grand Prix was black, and I thought the color complimented the car's styling, then again, I think every vehicle loos best in black.

Shaggy, I totally agree, and thanks! Black can be a pain to keep clean, but it looks fantastic after a good bath, like the in the pic :)
I named her "Serenity" hense the Serenity stickers on the sides... ^_^

@ Flabernat: Niiiice, it looks awesome in black.

I was bored so I uploaded a photo of my actual car... :)
It's an '07 with the low-profile spoiler.

i don't care is its a failure or not what matter is we have a world of tuning cars you care so much about tweaks maybe you should more about how much will you spend in order to achieve greater performance level...

@monkeypop
Very true, in fact the Cobalt SS Turbo is still the fastest FWD production-car you can buy in America. I've test-driven a few(recently too).
It handles soo well that there's no sense of under-steer at all, in fact if you try hard enough the back gets lose before the front does.

I'm surprised, and disappointed, that Chevrolet never followed up with a Cruze SS. It's a shame really, some of the concepts looked great!(I think)... This is my favorite:

I actually really like the Cruze, but a performance version is needed.

According to my sources the vehicle with nameplate 'Cobalt' is still manufactured especially for Brazilian market. But I tell you, that's a piece of crap.

And if Cruze (which seems to me not less crappier than the current BR-spec Cobalt) is supposed to be Cobalt's successor, where is Cruze SS then?... And that Buick is boring as a waste... GM has to do something in this segment.

I cant imagine GM made much money off the SS cobalts. The turbo model was priced similar to a plane ole Civic and came with brembo brakes. I cannot imagine there was much of a profit margin.

the cobalt would be a perfect fit for the european market, seeing how much gti vw sells here for a imo overpriced rate

They stopped making this like 3yrs ago lol

But i agree its a shame, Id like Chevrolet to put this back on the map, Make it be a Big Player like the Corvette and Camaro, A Cobalt made by Chevrolets Z Divion....bye bye every othe Fwd car..

I can dream...-_-

Yup. The cobalt was replaced by the cruze.
The delta 2 platform is pretty nice.

I prefer the buick version. The verano has a sweet interior and you can get the turbo ecotec like in the cobalt ss.

250hp and 3300lbs isnt bad.

Yep, they stopped making the Cobalt. I guess the Cruze is supposed to be the replacement.

Is GM even making the cobalt? I did not see it on their site. I thought they still produced the turbo cobalt. Just dont understand why they would drop it after having made it so good.

Well, the car was, of course, a good tool for someone who is looking for a cheap compact sport coupe. This is a serious competitor to the Golf GTI, but I'm not a big fan of it. Being RWD it would be better.

And the current Cobalt is just a piece of cheap crap... GM has to do something.

I just realized after br2's comment that they are no longer making the cobalt. WTF is up with that? The cobalt SS was hands down one of the best performance values around.. even holding the ring FWD record for a short period.

The newer TC model had all kinds of cool tricks like launch control and no lift shifting to keep it on boost all for a price comparable to most ordinary FWD sedans. What a shame its gone......

I would like to see them bring this back, for such an inexpensive car, it certainly has Street Presence.

Not many Fwd cars break the 6s barrier to 60(SS/TC) And 8s lol, not a single test would do that

0-60 in 8 seconds for a car like this would be a epic failure. There would have to be some kind of massive parasitic power loss through the drivetrain or improper gearing.

i doesnt matter what u find more realistic or not.
it ran 6,4 and thats a fact.
also, similar cars, such as the gti, do run nearly the same so its actually very realistic

@ddd

What makes you say that? These are well documented to run that time.. as are many cars of this size and power level. Good lord even grannys camry can go 0-60mph in 6 seconds.

6,4s 0-100 ? I would like to see that... 7,5-8s sounds more realistic.

I dont want to sound like I am ragging on FWD.. I just found that I dont enjoy it as much as RWD.

I spent a heck of alot of time and money tuning a couple FWD cars and I never got the satisfaction I got with my RWD projects.

I have found that front wheel drive cars are only acceptable if they are easy to rotate under trail braking. If I could get the car to oversteer predictably going into the corner, I could get on the throttle early enough as I unwound the steering on exit. Front drive is still limited on how much power can be put down of course, but very easy to drive at the limit (although that didn't stop me from spinning out every once in awhile). Power on oversteer with RWD is much more entertaining, and it is able to be used to advantage as well. Some people even use it for that strange sport of drifting (not the fastest way around a corner though). Lots to discuss on the subject, but it is getting late, and I have been drinking too much wine tonight.

Really don't have a problem with snap oversteer. For me oversteer is enjoyable because its controllable and fun. I find having the front wheels turned and skidding in a straight line to be a sickening feeling. I hate the entire sensation.

Torque steer isnt much more appealing. I know the newer cars have less of it but all FWD cars are power limited by torque steer issues. Was my main problem when building up FWD cars.

I wouldn't say worse, id rathe have heavy understeer then snap oversteer, thas horrible, atleast with understeer your car can b more predictable and your more ready to make the right corrections, rathe thn trying to correct something thas been corrected thn end in peril.

If I was 10 years younger and still in my FWD phase I would be all over one of the new cobalts. I just grew up and got really tired of understeer. I swear under steer is the most god awful feeling in a car. Under steer and torque steer are the major reasons I went back with RWD.