That laptime is outstanding improvemnt over the old FWD laprecord... more power,
limited slip diff, and high perfromance brembo brakes there you go...good job by
the Chevy guys.. would not be surprised if Manuel Reuter was the driver.
Is that Ring lap official and is it a full lap? 8:22 is an amazing time for a
car like this, faster than a Boxster S even though the Porsche is faster in a
straight line, lighter and almost certainly handles better..... its also faster
than the Impreza WRX STi and EVO...... I'd like to see some more lap times as
this is suspiciously quick!
Possible... GM has Opel in Germany and Opel use the same ecotec engine in the
Astra OPC..but with lower power, without high perfromance brembo brakes without
limited slip diff...and the Opel Astra OPC has set in 2005 the FWD record at the
Ring for production cars with 8:35min... now add 20hp more and lot more torque..
brembo brakes and limited slip diff... there you are.. btw..why should they
lie..they beat a record in their own hands.. (GM)
the 8:22 is recorded at the Nürbergring so stop talking so crap and live with
it. An american car do better than a japaneses or german, until now that the
renault megane broke the record for FWD and have only 230 ps.
The Max speed in this page is a bit off.
According to GM's own data, with the factory low spoiler, the max speed is drag
limited to 160mph.
The factory option high spoiler, which was used to clock the time at
Nordschleife, is drag limited to 155mph.
stock 2008 cobalt ss/tc 1/4 mile in 13.56 @ 104 mph. fastest stock cobalt ss
i've ever come across. not my video, but proof of how fast this car really is.
Its funny how the rear suspension on this car is a piece of shit like the
mustangs. Do not understand how the japanese would have a sporty suspension ,
but oh ya i forgot GM is tight on cash.
Keep in mind that the Car and Driver numbers do not reflect the use of the
"no-lift" feature. Their rules require them to lift the throttle between
shifts. Road and Track lists performance as: 0-60 5.4 seconds and 1/4 mile in
13.9 @ 104mph.
how is the suspension on this a piece of shit? handles better than a civic by a
long shot. just because they use the word leaf doesnt make it shit, ever wonder
how the zr1 gets faster slalom speeds and 0.9 g more lateral acceleration than
an enzo even with run-flats?
These kind of suspensions in mustangs and the cobalts just mean CHEAP, like the
quality you can expect from most of these north-american cars. Have you ever
seen the workers,they look like they just came from a booze can!!
The strategy is to sell a car with no problems and they will always come back to
buy another, and when you sell a car with problems they wont come back. Well
years of abusing the public with selling faulty cars just adds up to a bailout.
Oh ya, dont buy a car made on monday.
That laptime is outstanding improvemnt over the old FWD laprecord... more power,
limited slip diff, and high perfromance brembo brakes there you go...good job by
the Chevy guys.. would not be surprised if Manuel Reuter was the driver.
Is that Ring lap official and is it a full lap? 8:22 is an amazing time for a
car like this, faster than a Boxster S even though the Porsche is faster in a
straight line, lighter and almost certainly handles better..... its also faster
than the Impreza WRX STi and EVO...... I'd like to see some more lap times as
this is suspiciously quick!
They say it was tested in Nordschleife throughout all development process and
they say it now holds official lap record for production FWD cars.
The Max speed in this page is a bit off.
According to GM's own data, with the factory low spoiler, the max speed is drag
limited to 160mph.
The factory option high spoiler, which was used to clock the time at
Nordschleife, is drag limited to 155mph.
how is the suspension on this a piece of shit? handles better than a civic by a
long shot. just because they use the word leaf doesnt make it shit, ever wonder
how the zr1 gets faster slalom speeds and 0.9 g more lateral acceleration than
an enzo even with run-flats?
Even though this has leaf springs it may be most of the tires and diff that make
the car handle so well. Just a theory so dont go crazy on me.
