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The Automotive Connection Chevrolet Cobalt Overview
Viknesh Vijayenthiran Editor April 5, 2010
Angular Entrance Exterior View – 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt 4-door Sedan LT w/1LT
The Chevrolet Cobalt is a compact automobile launched by Basic Motors again in 2004 for the 2005 mannequin 12 months. It changed the earlier Cavalier and Prizm fashions in Chevrolet’s lineup and is available in each coupe and sedan bodystyles. The Cobalt shares its front-wheel drive Delta platform with a number of autos within the GM fleet, together with the Chevrolet HHR and the previous Pontiac G5 and Saturn Astra.
The five-seat Cobalt (though solely 4 can sit comfortably) in all fairness priced at $14,990, which permits it to undercut the competitors such because the Ford Focus, Toyota Corolla and Nissan Sentra. The car options an impartial entrance suspension with MacPherson struts and a semi-independent torsion bar within the rear. Its wheelbase stretches 103.3 inches in size, which is greater than a lot of its rivals, and it ideas the scales at 2,681 kilos for the coupe and a pair of,747 kilos for the sedan.
The Cobalt was initially supplied with a 2.2-liter four-cylinder engine with 145 horsepower on faucet and a supercharged 2.0-liter mill with 205 horsepower reserved for a sporty SS mannequin. For 2006 a non-supercharged SS mannequin outfitted with a 171 horsepower 2.4-liter four-cylinder engine was added to the lineup. The next 12 months the 2 naturally aspirated engines within the Cobalt lineup have been uprated to 148 and 173 horsepower, respectively.
The primary main change got here within the 2008 mannequin 12 months when the SS mannequin was upgraded with a brand new 260 horsepower turbocharged 2.0-liter engine. It additionally got here with Brembo brakes, stability management and a five-speed handbook. The 2009 mannequin 12 months noticed GM lastly drop the growing old 2.4-liter engine, which meant there was not a naturally aspirated SS mannequin on supply.
The 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt is offered in 4 trim ranges: Base, LS, LT, and SS. The primary three characteristic a 2.2-liter four-cylinder engine that produces 155 horsepower. The naturally aspirated 2.2-liter engine is just a little brief on energy however gas financial system is a brilliant spot because the 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt is rated at 25 mpg within the metropolis and 37 mpg on the freeway. The sporty SS mannequin is now solely out there as a coupe nevertheless it nonetheless comes with a 260 horsepower turbocharged mill and returns a gas financial system of twenty-two mpg within the metropolis and 30 mpg on the freeway.
Subsequent 12 months the Cobalt shall be changed by the all-new 2011 Chevrolet Cruze. This European styled compact sedan is predicated on a modified model of the identical platform underpinning the Cobalt, dubbed the Delta II, and it will likely be constructed on the similar Lordstown plant in Ohio because the Cobalt.
Angular Rear Exterior View – 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt 4-door Sedan LT w/1LT
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The Chevy Cobalt was nothing particular
Even within the sporty editions, there’s nothing distinctive below the Cobalt’s hood. It was first produced with a 2.2-liter four-cylinder engine able to 145 hp. The SS model had a turbocharged 2.0-liter engine with 203 hp. The Cobalt SS additionally obtained a big improve in 2008 – a 2.0-liter engine that might put out 260 hp.
The Cobalt has good dealing with and excessive security scores, making it a wonderful choose for a teen’s first automobile. Nonetheless, it doesn’t seize the attention nor does it have many fancy options. The automobile wasn’t even out there with commonplace air con till its closing 12 months of manufacturing.
Why did the Chevy Cobalt die?
Declining gross sales have been positively an enormous issue within the Chevy Cobalt’s demise. Nonetheless, it was additionally simply an underwhelming automobile to start with. Its commonplace engine was very fuel-efficient, however that was one of many solely issues that made it stand out.
The Chevrolet Cobalt could not have distinctive efficiency, nevertheless it’s pretty dependable and infrequently doesn’t price more than $5,000. The high-powered SS is a bit more costly at round $7,000.
