thank god it's not another cobalt SS with the evo wannabe wing! I'm so tired of hearing "Dude, why did you put a Cobalt wing on your Lancer?"

 

my girlfriend just wrecked one of those, pulled in front of an f350

 

Ford FTW, lol............j/k hope shes ok.

 

LOL!!!

 

It has the LSD, sunroof, upgraded stereo, spare tire, and reconfigurable performance display (rpd). Lots of cool features in the rpd and driver information center. I gotta tell you as a daily driver it's pretty nice. The suspension is firm but very smooth over rough pavement. The engine is efficient. I hussle around and can't get less than 25 mpg in the city. DI for the win! Obviously, it won't win any beauty contests, and the interior is exactly as cheaptastic as you've heard, but the driving experience is sublime. I'll probably just get a Superchips Cortex programmer and call it good.

 

I would love to drive one, and I hope GM un disbands (rebands?) their high performance vehicle team to do this treatment to the Cruze as I think it will be a REALLY nice car. But I must say these are the new "SRT-4" as far as perceived douchebaggery is concerned. Every one of them I've come accross in traffic has either tailgated me, done the ricer fly by or started weaving through other cars so they can "beat" me.

 

does it have a lot of torque steer?

 

I'm sure it's fun, man. Enjoy.

 

Not so much. The electronics really help sort it out, but there is some for sure though.

 

Cool car! I would love to drive / ride in one and see what the hype is all about.

 

People who have not driven the Turbo Cobalt SS just wont understand. It does pull nicely with the direct injection and has a lot of potential. The turbo models have a no-lift-shift feature as well but I have yet to try that as I am not 100% aware of how it works. Also improved are all the bushings and little things to make handling better than the previous supercharged model. Now all that needs to be improved is the tiny trunk opening and the cheap plastic interior. I think I would get the 60 less hp GTI in favor of more useability. But thats just me I guess.

 

could be worse coulda got a cobalt ss..... jk

 

I had a deposit on a Cobalt SS sedan a few months ago. 21k OTD. I just could not do it. Too cheap. Performance was great. If they had a better interior and styling it would be a nice ride. I went the 3k more for a used X. I got a much bigger car, and AWD is much nicer than the FWD. I am actually impressed with the MPG in my X, as long as I granny it, it is good. I agree though, you can beat on the SS and still return great MPG. You will need snow tires and if I recall there are not any rims that fit the car, so you are stuck remounting on the stockers. That was a major drawback for me. Of course GM was offering stage kits that retained the warranty but I bet all that is dead in the water now. DI is not easy to mod.

 

GM's Performance Division is now offering an LNF turbo upgrade kit that involves an ECU reflash and upgraded MAP sensors.

For the incredibly low price of $650, the kit raises the 2.0-liter's (one of GM's current direct-injection units) output from 260 hp and 260 lb-ft of torque to a more energetic 290 hp and a diesel-like 340 lb-ft of torque.

The GTI with its direct injection gains 50hp and nearly 100 ft/lbs of torque with JUST a ecu reflash. Direct Injection allows for so much tuning! Its the way of the future.

 

Does anyone actually have this kit though? I've heard about it but the one with part number 19212670 is for the Sky/Sol and HHR. They were making a unique one for the SS, but it seems to still be on hold.