You pull the Cobalt SS onto the drag strip and switch the stability control into competition mode. You can tell, because other than the 2008 Chevrolet HR SS, this is the only car under $25,000 that has launch control. The people who built the 2008 Chevy Cobalt SS just want to go fast. The car's final-drive ratio is also taller, now 3.82:1 versus 4.05:1.
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The Cobalt SS is available only with a five-speed manual gearbox, and we suspect that the six-speed manual isn't up to the torque loads.
Larger driveshafts and wheel bearings have been fitted to cope with the upgrade.ĮPA estimates say the '08 Cobalt SS gets 22 mpg city/30 mpg highway. Compare this to 205 hp at 5,600 rpm and 200 lb-ft of torque way up at 4,000 for the supercharged Ecotec in the '07 Cobalt SS. The 2.0-liter turbo develops 260 horsepower at 5,300 rpm and 260 pound-feet of torque at only 2,000 rpm. The output gains over the former supercharged Ecotec are substantial. This turbocharged, intercooled Ecotec with direct fuel injection is the same engine introduced by the 2008 Chevy HHR SS. In addition, the 2.0-liter Ecotec four-cylinder gets continuously variable timing for its intake and exhaust valves this year. Of course, then we go poking around under the Cobalt's hood and find the turbocharger that engineers from the GM Performance Division (GMPD) have secreted away in the back, which replaces the supercharger that used to be under the SS's hood. The only hard visual evidence that we're driving a 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt SS is a set of new 18-by-7.5-inch wheels (0.5 inch wider than before). But give this 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt SS Coupe an hour of your time on a good road and it takes you somewhere completely different.
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It's an odd feeling, because with that familiar Chevy face and Pro Stock-size rear wing, you wonder if you're getting behind the wheel of last year's car.
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It's an old-school touch in a car full of new-school kit, and you realize there's quite a bit going on with the 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt SS. The sounds are distinct even to the distracted ear, and they refuse to harmonize. We hear the euphoric sigh of the turbocharger, followed by a throbbing exhaust note out the back. Instead of savoring the moment, we get back on the throttle. Perhaps most surprising of all, it gives the impression of being happy to do it. It turns into a tight left-hander with the haste and hunger of an import sport compact. Although CobaltSS.Net assures that certain tuners know what they're doing something, many will eventually break.We come to our first serious corner on Glendora Mountain Road, and the 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt SS Coupe delivers the unexpected. With such tuning potential obviously comes great peril, which is why it is best to avoid buying these heavily tuned cars. The dyno results page showcases modest tunes producing 300 HP and full nitrous builds going as high as 898 HP -a truly crazy figure in the 3,000 lbs car. With different threads dedicated to each individual engine specification, advice on living with the car, which covers everything from hypermiling to vendors for parts, it's a must for potential buyers of the car.Īs Chevy intended, the Cobalt SS became a part of the tuning scene, its four-cylinder engine has a lot of untapped potential producing only 200 HP from the factory. The car has a forum dedicated to it CobaltSS.Net here long after the car's introduction is a flourishing community of those who own the car. Some have been tuned to make more than 500 HP. The Cobalt SS became a huge part of the tuning scene, so much so that it featured in numerous Need For Speed games during its lifetime. It runs contrary to sports car design, where the bonnet is long and the rear short. It is easily recognizable, with a long sloping rear window that is accented by a spoiler from the factory. The two-door variation has a distinctive side profile, still very obviously a product of basic computer design but one that is well proportioned. With chunkier bumpers and alloy wheels, the saloon SS is a remarkable improvement over the base model, but it is no rival to the coupe.
The four-door variant of the car is very utilitarian in design, boxy, and with a little flare, it could come from no other than noughties General Motors. This economy styling continues in the rest of the car most obviously with the saloon. Its European rivals do not have the same feeling. The Cobalt was a replacement for the Caviliar, a compact economy car the SS may have been a step above this, but sharing the same underpinnings as the base car, the SS falls short in terms of interior quality, suffering from the same affliction as the Neon SRT-4.
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