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Chevrolet Cobalt SS specs
Car type | Compact |
Curb weight | 1273 kg (2806 lbs) |
Introduced | 2005 |
Origin country | United States |
Views | 17.3k |
Lap times
Performance
0 - 100 kph | 6.4 s |
Top speed | 230 kph (143 mph) |
Powertrain specs
Engine type | Inline 4, Supercharged, 16v |
Displacement | 2.0 l (122 ci) |
Power | 208 ps (205 bhp / 153 kw) |
Torque | 271 Nm (200 lb-ft) |
Power / liter | 104 ps (103 hp) |
Power / weight | 163 ps (161 bhp) / t |
Torque / weight | 213 Nm (157 lb-ft) / t |
Transmission | 6 |
Layout | front engine, front wheel drive |
Cobalt SS competition



aaaa 9y ago
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




rex_king_1979 10y ago
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...

Flabernat 10y ago
@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:


Mental 10y ago
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.



BR2' 10y ago
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...-_-




Mental 10y ago
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.

monkeypop 10y ago
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......

BR2' 10y ago
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






Viking 10y ago
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.

monkeypop 10y ago
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.

BR2' 10y ago
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.

monkeypop 10y ago
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.

monkeypop 10y ago
BTW
Some troll on here said it was impossible that traction control could cause someone to crash and dared me to provide a single example. A couple weeks ago a AMG Merc SUV was featured on Fifth Gear and the traction control caused Tiff to run off the track twice even though he had it switched off. And that is the exact reason the traction control in my nissan is on a toggle switch and only used off road.