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April 3, 2008 http://www.thecarconnection.com/fullreview/chevrolet_cobalt_2005

  TheCarConnection Team
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Cobalt

This brand-new compact sedan and coupe debuts for 2005 and will eventually replace the lame-duck Cavalier in Chevy showrooms. While styling looks more derivative of the Cavalier than a name change might warrant, a fresh selection of powertrains and added refinement hold great promise for the fledgling front-drive model. No less than three engines are offered, each providing varying degrees of performance. The standard powerplant, included with the base, LS, and LT models is a 140-horsepower 2.2-liter in-line four. Meanwhile, a new 2.4-liter engine with variable valve timing that generates 170 horses is standard in the SS coupe and sedan; both feature aluminum block and cylinder heads and electronic throttle control, and can be paired with either a five-speed manual or four-speed automatic transmission. The power hungry will want to opt for the top SS Supercharged coupe and its 200-horsepower 2.0-liter supercharged version of the 2.4 (this is as many horses as Ford uses to pull its much-larger Five Hundred sedan); this version is only offered with a manual gearbox. Chevrolet claims that the Cobalt's power steering has been tweaked in each instance to work optimally with the various available tire and suspension packages. Anti-lock brakes are included on all but the base version; the SS adds disc brakes at all four corners. Air conditioning and a CD player come standard, with traction control, heated leather seats, power sunroof, XM Satellite Radio, an MP3 audio system, and the OnStar communications system on the options list.

 

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Cobalt 2005 Chevrolet CobaltEnlarge PhotoThis brand-new compact sedan and coupe debuts for 2005 and will eventually replace the lame-duck Cavalier in Chevy showrooms. While styling looks more derivative of the Cavalier than a name change might warrant, a fresh selection of powertrains and added refinement hold great promise for the fledgling front-drive model. No less than three engines are offered, each providing varying degrees of performance. The standard powerplant, included with the base, LS, and LT models is a 140-horsepower 2.2-liter in-line four. Meanwhile, a new 2.4-liter engine with variable valve timing that generates 170 horses is standard in the SS coupe and sedan; both feature aluminum block and cylinder heads and electronic throttle control, and can be paired with either a five-speed manual or four-speed automatic transmission. The power hungry will want to opt for the top SS Supercharged coupe and its 200-horsepower 2.0-liter supercharged version of the 2.4 (this is as many horses as Ford uses to pull its much-larger Five Hundred sedan); this version is only offered with a manual gearbox. Chevrolet claims that the Cobalt's power steering has been tweaked in each instance to work optimally with the various available tire and suspension packages. Anti-lock brakes are included on all but the base version; the SS adds disc brakes at all four corners. Air conditioning and a CD player come standard, with traction control, heated leather seats, power sunroof, XM Satellite Radio, an MP3 audio system, and the OnStar communications system on the options list.   More reviews at TheCarConnection.com   Get invoice and MSRP prices for this vehicle   Get a dealer quote for this vehicle     Cobalt This brand-new compact sedan and coupe debuts for 2005 and will eventually replace the lame-duck Cavalier in Chevy showrooms. While styling looks more derivative of the Cavalier than a name change might warrant, a fresh selection of powertrains and added refinement hold ...