📰 Auto News GM also canceling Cobalt SS Sedan for 2010

[Mook]

OK, we can stand losing the Impala SS for the 2010 model year, but we've just learned that the grim reaper at General Motors is also claiming the Cobalt SS Sedan. The news comes straight from the automaker's 2010 Online Order / Reference Guide for dealers, and we may yet find more models destined for deletion as people dig deeper into this online document.

While the Cobalt itself is at best a mid-pack contender in the small car arena, the SS version is tops among pocket rockets, a fact we discovered for ourselves when we reviewed the coupe version. Though Chevy didn't impress us with the first, supercharged version of the Cobalt SS, it made amends with the current model that sports a 260-hp, turbocharged, direct-inject, 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine. Not only is the powerplant one of the most potent you can get for the money, but the supporting cast of mechanicals creates a machine that's hardly recognizable as the Cobalt on which it's based. While the coupe is great, we've always preferred the sedan version for its extra space and utility, not to mention the fact that it doesn't look like an extra on the set of Fast and the Furious.

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[Burtonrider10022]

why not? ive only seen like 2 of these. ever.

 

[Foques]

good.
cobalts are ugly anyway.

 

[Yaj Yak]

coupes still there tho so i dont see a big deal...

 

[Primalzer]

Ive always liked the sedan MUCH better. Just like the article says, the coupes are a little to showy. I am a much bigger fan of the sleeper effect, but thats just me. I guess I'm the kind of person that leaves on the stock exhaust, pops on a set of the standard wheels and tires, changes the badging, and goes to town on some unsuspecting camaros, mustangs, and ricers.

 

[Poopshinanigans]

Ive always liked the sedan MUCH better. Just like the article says, the coupes are a little to showy. I am a much bigger fan of the sleeper effect, but thats just me. I guess I'm the kind of person that leaves on the stock exhaust, pops on a set of the standard wheels and tires, changes the badging, and goes to town on some unsuspecting camaros, mustangs, and ricers.

The The Turbo Balt is made for autocrossing, that would be a blast and a half.

 

[bluzohh6]

all they are is just a cavalier with a turbo wooopedy dooooooooo

 

[02BlueGT]

They are just clearing the way for the CRUZE SS, which will hopefully be better than the Colbalt SS

 

[Poopshinanigans]

They are just clearing the way for the CRUZE SS, which will hopefully be better than the Colbalt SS

Same motor as the Balt SS in a lighter package would be nice. Now if only it was RWD, that'd be sweet.

 

[radioguy6]

meh no real loss

 

[Primalzer]

Same motor as the Balt SS in a lighter package would be nice. Now if only it was RWD, that'd be sweet.

Are you talking about a small, RWD, sedan with the turbo motor. Now THAT is something that I would get.

 

[Poopshinanigans]

Are you talking about a small, RWD, sedan with the turbo motor. Now THAT is something that I would get.

We can only hope. And get Cash for Clunkers moving.

 

[Primalzer]

So basically a modern datsun 510 with a direct injection turbo 4 cylinder.....mmmmmm....

 

[Poopshinanigans]

MMM that would be tits.

 

[Mook]

510 ftw

 

[Smoke]

Meh.The Cobalt just was too bland IMO.Even in SS trim its style still screams rental special.With the Camaro V6 out now what's the point of an SS Cobalt?

 

[Yaj Yak]

um

fwd vs rwd

lil vs big

and a price difference of like 25%.

seriously?

 

[Smoke]

um

fwd vs rwd

lil vs big

and a price difference of like 25%.

seriously?

Exactly.I'd spend 25% more for a V6 Camaro than any Cobalt if those are the only two options.

 

[Yaj Yak]

cept that 25% is like 7-8k dude...

 

[Poopshinanigans]

Actually a stripper V6 Camaro costs less than a Balt ss.