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  • best car ever, its serious fun to drive.

    the stage 1 kit gm has released gives around 290hp 340tq

    bolt on ram intake and full exhaust system and well over 300hp for cheap.

    the suspension has a race feel but still great on road

  • I just wish there was video of when the 8:22 lap the Cobalt did...

  • 2:43 FUCK on the road

  • This Cobalt is not stock, sorry to say guys. I own a 310whp 377wtq SS/TC and I know my Cobalts. This is not a stock SS. I'm sorry but that is not a factory seat nor factory seat belt. I win!

  • @vahdyx Well the seat and seatbelt was probably changed for the driver. I wouldn't want to go around the Nurb going as fast as he was with a factory seat/seatbelt either.

  • @Scotty4491 I know I was being sarcastic, although idiotic at the same time.

  • best car ive ever owned. this is also one of my fav videos.

    good job gm!

  • Why chevy doesn't make this car anymore?

  • @mrbogdan441 cruze took its place. Call it...evolution

  • I thought the nurburgring laps are started from a roll??

  • ...and was that Cobalt SS stock?

  • @xwarxsabrewulf

    Bone Stock

  • Funny this is the only video of its kind. This same course with the warrantied (we will call it stock, dealer installed) stage1 upgrade and a driver willing to take it up a notch. No doubt it would smash this record.

  • I can't believe people still discriminate a car's make and model.

    If you can't appreciate a car for what it is then you are not a true car enthusiast.

  • @CheapHatchback

    Amen. I think there's a lot to be said about a Cobalt SS owner. I can afford more, but I don't define myself by my car. I like performance and this car is totally unbelieveable

  • Awsome job gm 3rd year with my ss/tc no complaints motor wise this is a 2.0 beast!

  • well american cars are great. and he have have ment fusion the for fusion and the honda accord are the samn car.

  • I still prefer the big v8 roar over this any day. But i would prefer the small 4banger 32mpg highway mpg. lol Pretty impressive for such a cheaply made car. I owned a Z-24 2003, very fun car, crap interior, and exterior though. Its a shame Chevy can't improve the quality of their vehicles, the engines seem to last FOREVER.

  • @jerm26554 Erm....you haven't paid attention to the automotive scene in the last few years have you....

  • @DeftonesFan867 Just Mustangs. Cobalts are for younger people, i'm 35. And yes i think they are nice.

  • Respond to this video. If you mean the interior part, they are much better than they use to be, but still cheap compared to Honda, Toyota, Nissan, Mitsubishi, etc.

  • @jerm26554 No. They're not cheap compared to them. Especially when the Cruze has been called the best small car interior out there. Even better than the new Jetta.

  • Nobody really realizes how close american and european cars are. Probably because GM owned opel. Ford used to own Aston Martin too.

  • i must say after watching this video it makes me a proud Cobalt SS Turbo owner....the car is so under estimated, i mean really i know its not "perfect" but its pretty close...the car is priced good, has great handling and power and has brembo's stock...i love my cobalt not gonna lie...

  • I own an STI and the Cobalt SS is very fast and great car for the money. only critique I would have is to make this baby RWD.

  • @STI4Life06 that would be good but i think awd would make it the shit.

  • This beat the S2000 and the Lotus Exige, anybody trashing US cars can SUCK MY DICK!

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  • Thats pretty amazing for a low priced FWD car in stock trim. I was looking at the nurburgring lap times and see the 2007 Supercharged one posted a time of nearly 8:22 which is ahead of the Lotus Exige S and a Caymen S. How the hell is that possible? I know its driver dependant but it would have to be some aweful drivers in those other cars no?

  • Still love this video. Reminds me of the earth shattering times set by this upstart 4cylinder turbo FWD car and it's aftermath. I bought one because of this and the fact that it was the only American label car on the Top 5 most American cars for parts and labor in 2008-9. Built in Lordstown, OH.

    I love my Red Victory and she's a sweet ride.

  • why the fuck you drive stock cars

  • if it was RWD then I would be chomping at the bit to get one but I won't lol

  • In May 2010 a production Subaru being driven by Tommi Makinen who had very little experience driving the Nurburgring track and having to shift gears with his left hand while steering with his right hand Humiliated the Cobalt’s time of 8:23 with the Subaru’s time of 7:55 for the one lap.

  • @kronos1962

    You must be stupid to believe that, or just a liar

    7:55 is the time subie is advertising for their new sti so I'm sure it was with a driver experienced in both the car and on the track, they wouldnt advertise the time some guy who didnt know what he was doing got, since they could use a better driver and get a better time to make the car look better

  • @kronos1962 You just made that up. In 2006 A Ferrari F430 F1 recorded an identical time of 7:55. Yeah give it up.

  • lol nice car lol SS vs speed 3 cobalt is faster even i got a 06 cobalt ls 5 speed and i beat every mazda 3 with the 2.0 or the 2.3 ECOTEC FTW

  • I drove a 2002 Trans Am WS6 (aka F-body) for 4 years and now own an 09 Cobalt SS Sedan. The TA is quicker and faster for sure, its just damn fast, and contrary to popular opinion, it corners quite well. But the Cobalt handling is not only better, its much easier (not scary) to push to its limits and handles rough roads better.

  • @uw06670 a sedan ss?....

  • @Pyr0Maniac01

    yep, in 2009 they offered the Turbo SS in a 4 door. They didn't make many, less than 500. you can see pics at caranddriver web site

  • Love Cobalt (Y) Nice Car :)

  • Can I just say...

    The only reason that this car "goes" as well as it does is because GM bought SAAB, borrowed all of their engine technology, and then tried to throw them in the trash. Thank god Spyker was able to sweet talk those morons into selling.

  • the whole lap and we still dont know what the time was?whats the point?

  • Michael Schumacher is the Stig... and yeah he could wreck that time in this car probalbly

  • they need the STIG to take this car out, bet he would get a better lap time !!!

  • How do you know Heinricy isnt the stig?

  • michael shumacher is the stig

  • haha it says fuck on the road at 2 43

  • @ crazybackflips

    Ya you can have fun with your lawn mower fag!

  • Nice, but Id lake a f-body all day long over this thing.

  • @RottenJeeves Have you driven both? F-body's don't ride very good and the handling is horrible.

  • come join chevycobaltforum[dot]com

  • cobalts 37mpg...

  • You dumb

  • @crazybackflips You... who let you live...? I don't like that you're wasting oxygen being alive.

  • @crazybackflips

    your daddy should of pulled out

  • haha that was a good one. @crazybackflips but yea seriously, im tired of watching car videos and people talking shit. like if you want to say you dont like a car go a head but seriously to argue on here is really pathetic. like that mustangmike guy or whoever he has no life cause no way can he find every cobalt video and talk shit and still have a life. oh well they are just cars, chill the fuck out, i like my cobalt ss getting 33mpg, im sure your honda doesnt get that ok.

  • 4bangers Cobalt SS Wrx every year Wrx STi every year Evo every year. Honda preludes. Honda Si Honda hatch Honda Nsx ACura Nsx so many nice four cylinders all capable of different levels of racing for different types of racing. It's great to be different I prefer american muscle, but I would love to have an import for track day at a circuit. Given that is not all the four cylinders I was just naming a few. of the Many. even ford makes great four cylinders as well.
  • the acura/honda nsx is a v6

  • @St0pTrashTyping NSXs are v6's

  • @crazybackflips I had an '03 civic DX, it got about 40-42 mpg, handled like shit and probly ran about a 17 second 1/4 mile. 32-35 mpg in the cobalt and it can run high 13's with a good driver and is one of the best handling cars in the world. It's really not bad mileage for the performance you get.

  • I've had mine for a while and haven't had any problems.

  • agree! :)

  • The cobalt ss turbo is a good car for its price there is no doubt about that im thinking about getting one

  • i like cobalt ss

  • Great car, great example of why American car companies suck. You could not buy this with leather. They'll sell you leather in the Pontiac G8 with tiny windows they call a Camaro though.

  • Hell yeah. Cobalt SS. FWD king of the World!

  • moron.

  • hahaha i think at 2:43 if u look on the road somebody wrote FUCK

  • OMG lol Gud observation dude .. i wonder how ya figured it out :D Crazy Germans hehe

  • haha ya i dunno i just looked up and it stood out at that exact moment....

  • I think Edgarwinter is drunk or legally retarded lol. I like the new Cobalt SS Turbo charged, way better than the SC version.

  • Fuck yeah haha.

  • Stfu, i am neither drunk or retarded, idk wtf you are talking about. Dont be so quick to judge other people.

  • and it makes 55 more hp as well:)

  • What the FUCK are you talking about?

  • Im saying that chevys and american cars suck. And the only people that drives chevys are niggers and white people and jews and asians and i hate all of them after i watched the movie passion of the christ. i drive a Ford Accord 5cyl and it accelerats better than any other car. It can beat semi trucks, dumptrucks, cement trucks, Ice cream trucks....pretty much ever single truck will be defeated in a drag race.

  • Dude are you fucking mental? I won't acknowledge you as anything more.

  • A Ford Accord? You fucking retard, Ford is an |American company and the Accord is from Honda. Stick to the trailer park when you want to make an ignorant comment like that.

  • Fuck you 8BALLZ i dont wtf i a taking about! I read Edmunds car & driver Consumer repots cosmepoitan i dont know a i do know about car.

  • Sorry could you re-type that in proper English please? Cosmepoitan? If your talking about Cosmopolitan that's a fucking female lifestyle magazine. And for a guy who reads Car and Driver, Edmunds and consumer reports you sure do confuse your car makes a lot. Better luck next post!

  • lol nigga you trippin! that was actually pretty funny

  • lol

  • Dude, you must be the stupidest person ever. 3 reasons:

    1- You said American cars suck, but yet, you just admit that you drive a Ford.

    2- Ford Accord? The Accord is a model from Honda. And, the Accord never had a 5-cyl. engine, only a 4 or 6 cyl.

    3- You're comparing a car to SEMI's! Everyone knows that semi's are slow. Why don't you compare to Silverado's, F-series, or Rams?

    You must be the stupidest "car guy" ever. Even 12 year olds know that Ford doesn't make Accords

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  • Sorry i guess. i was just wrong

  • @chevystud88 lol that funny cuz i know nothing at all about cars and i even know that its a Honda Accord it just sounds right even com on

  • @0purple0oranges0 dude what the heck are you talking bout?

    dont you know how to read? that's what i was refering.

  • @chevystud88 wow your an ass...i was just agreeing with how stupied the other guy was,,people are ao fucking quick to start shit

  • @0purple0oranges0 oh... :(

    my apologies man. i just got confused bro. sorry.

  • @chevystud88 Actually you are the wrong person here. The Honda does have a 5 cyl engine. And a very good one at that. It is in the Acura Vigor. The G25A1 I have one and it is very reliable, smooth and powerful. relax a bit before you call that guy stupid and get you facts right. you dont seem to be a "car guy" either. holy shit

  • @Acuravigor47 You do realize I was only talking about the Accord, right? Never did I mention that Honda never had a 5-cyl. engine. All I mentioned was that the Accord never had a 5-cyl. You might wanna re-read it again before you start "correcting" me.

  • @Edgarwinter Ahem, asians dont drive american LOL ur so fuckin retarded "ford accord 5cyl" XD honda accord V6 maybe or are you really driving a honda civic DX I-4. and TRUCKS THAT WEIGHT OVER 3tons....ur clearly a dumbass. get the fuck off of youtube jump off a fuckin bridge and die, wait dont jumo drive ur Ford accord 5cly off the cliff and take all those trucks you beat on the track with you, fucking n00b

  • its the fasters of its calss

    it beat out the wrx the gti and the si cobalt what do you want from a stock car?

  • @DiogoDC123 but got its ass kicked by the renault megane r26 r with only 225 bhp power isnt everything you stupid american cunt

  • @lukeeddy the renault didnt have stock tires you stupid euro cock sucker...

  • @ClumzyThief666 but their road legal so suck my dick you fat yank twat mother fucker and am english

  • @lukeeddy If the USA wanted , we can shit on england and its united Kingdom . USA IS THE BEST FUCK THE REST < ESPECIALLY ENGLISHMEN _ MY FOREFATHERS TOLD YOU TO FUCK OFF CENTURIES AGO !!!

  • @johnnysouthbound you forefarthers were englsh you stupid cunt we have sports older than you country and a typical good constuctive american answer you tool

  • @lukeeddy and you can't spell

  • @Konformation07 sorry i didnt realise we were havin a spellin contest if you could correct my grammer to that would be nice miss

  • Good thing is my MS3 is no longer stock so I look forward to taking on some guys with Cobalt SS/ TCs!

  • a cobalt tc with a downpipe and a tune would take a full bolt on ms3

  • Lol you tell yourself that. I make 375whp and 350wtrq

  • my smart car makes 415 whp and 322 wtq from upgraded tires and an airbox mod

  • Does anyone know if there is a hi-res version of this?

    Is THIS the record setting run?

    What, if any mods were done to the car? Aftermarket tires? Any suspension work?

  • bone stock this was for car and driver if im not mistaken it got the #1 lap time of the cars in its class

  • Mazda suck. Worst car made, dodge charger superbees are top

  • i had a supercharged cobalt but traded it for a turbocharged one way better my friend has a s/c. we race first to 160 kph by the time i was a 160 my friend with the s/c was about 5 or so car lengths behind and my car isnt even full broken in only 1600 km

  • damn thats got balls, why isn't it selling. best part of this video is its stock!

  • is there an SS that comes with a turbo?

  • Check the video title: "2008 Turbocharged Chevy Cobalt SS (full version)"

  • Yes, starting in 08, the Cobalt SS came ONLY with Turbo...no more superchargers. The Turbo takes HP and Torque to 260.

  • everything from after 07 comes stock turbo,all the ones before 08 were supercharged

  • Hey mustangmikeca, Next time you want to bash on a car, make sure your fucking facts are correct. MotorTrend and Road&Track BOTH have the Mazda 3's 0-60 as 5.7 seconds and 1/4 mile as 14.1seconds. 13.8 seconds is its 0-100 you fucking idiot. Where as the Cobalt SS Turbo has a 0-60 in 5.4 seconds and a 1/4 mile in 13.9 seconds, and a 0-100 in 12.8, so if you knew a little math you could tell that the Cobalt SS is faster than the Mazda 3. Idiot.

  • Ha. THe Mazda 3 is SHIT on handling. I know dozens of people who own them and even they agree.

  • Too bad GM has to suspend its performance division. Thankfully the Camaro is already here, the Corvette has its own team the the CTS-V sells so well.

    This means no Cruze SS. The Cruze is lighter and will handle better. Imagine it with that 2.0L turbo I4 in the Cruze! This means no new Zeta platform cars!

  • "New" for 2010

    Deletions (1AP69) SS Turbocharged Sedan (29U) Sport Red Tintcoat exterior color (34U) Rally Yellow exterior color (51U) Gold Mist Metallic exterior color (87U) Slate Metallic exterior color (13E) Ebony/Gray Premium Cloth with UltraLux inserts interior (47E) Ebony/Red Premium Cloth with UltraLux inserts interior (ASD) Head curtain side-impact air bags delete

    so im getting the 2009 b/c i want the gray and black interior

  • i drove my camaro on that track.... on forza 2 lol

  • wow he flat foot shifts so easily :-)

    very nice!

  • the cobalt has a feature that lets u flatfoot change it also comes with a launch controller

  • He backed off due to water on the track.

  • it looked like he backed off for a sunday drive for like 3 minutes.... and i think he could have gone a bit faster if he shifted into 2nd instead of keeping it in 3rd. but whatever hes the race car driver

  • Not a Chevy fan...but the new Turbo SS is MUCH better than the s/c one. I do like the stock pillar gauge.

  • the new ones are turbo

  • I could of sworn the cobalt was supercharged, not turbo

  • 08 and 09 they turbocharged it

  • i like the SS(i have a mkv gti) but the outside and inside look terrible, if only it looked awesome then it wourd be awsouem

  • as Jay Leno said in the defense of the Corvette ZR1 if you want a nice interior go buy a living room set, needs to look fast to go fast? awesome car, no matter how it looks

  • I think the outside is fine, very coupe-ish. Looks awsome lowers, nice wedge shape. But the inside, while ok from a distance is blah. My buddy has a late model r32 and the inside is nice as hell. I cant complain for $20,000 though.

  • niiiiceee!

  • awesome driving......

  • beautiful driving i was extreamly impressed to see how well you drove that car. . . i played the track of gt4 but seeing your skill full driving was outstanding to watch . . . cobalts are fun to drive and there lil 4 banger engine beats all other stock ones out there and some v6's to i know personaly nice vid

  • Cobalt SS T/C is astounding for it's class. Any "eco" car that's as fast as a E46 M3 around a GERMAN race track is okay in my book, good job GM, keep up the fantastic work!

  • Ya did u see the sweet 2010 mustang GT.They have a huge 315 hp...for a list of $32,995 GM is silly with there 422 hp Z28for $33,000...im getting the stang cuz when a SS/TC Cobalt pulls up at a red light I might take him if i get the jump..maby? You sir = FAIL!

  • You Fail the Mustang GT permium coupe is $29 160 and 2010 Camaro 2SS coupe is 33430 bitch I can take the $3500 I save and upgrade the more advanced SOHC 3 valve Mustang and beat the pushrod 2 valve Camaro bitch.

  • i love u

  • ye so what, this cobalt will spank the mustang and the camaro around this track, and it will most certainly spank your borthers imaginery rsx and your sorry ass ricer civic. it beat the fastest honda on the market (s2000) by 17 seconds(8:39) and thrashed the time of the fastest production civic on the market (civic type r) by 25 seconds (8:47)

  • A Mazda speed 3 is better bitch

  • as usual your wrong, the Mazda speed 3's lap time was also (8:39) like the s2000, still 17 seconds behind. the cobalt has the front wheel drive compact car lap record of (8:22) the next best being the Opel astra at (8:35) 13 seconds behind the cobalt

  • Overall the Mazdaspeed 3 is better than the Cobalt you ittle bitch

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  • The Mazda is .2sec faster in the 0-60 bitch

  • lol congradulations, you found a stat where its faster, so it launches faster, after 60 the cobalt will leave it behind, 104 mph tap speed vs 102, the cobalt is faster thorught the 1/4 the 1/2 mile and in every roll race,

  • The Mazda is faster through the 1/4 13.8 vs 13.9 you little bitch

  • there are cobalts doing 13.5 13.6, there are no speed 3's doing that

  • the mazda 3 has a nicer interior, with mnore passenger space and better resale value. the cobalt is faster in a straight line, around a turn, brakes harder, handles better, has no-lift-shifting, makes more mod-for-mod power, better fuel economy, and has a powerband that doesnt drop off after 5500 rpms... not to mention it comes as a coupe and sedan, rather than just a hatchback

  • I love my mazdaspeed 3 though And at the time I got it, it was the best bang for your buck. even now I think it is a lot better for those who just want a car they can go fast in every here and there. The cobalt ss is better if you want to race a sport compact all the time. And the biggest dissappointment about the MS3 is the Aftermarket. Thats the only thing that the old cobalt ss and SRT 4s had on it. But it is still better than everything else in the sport compact. Got that title for 3 years!

  • did i mention a bigger trunk.

  • higher limits in emergency handling tests... should i go on...

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  • no its not the colbalt will leave the mazda three in la cinta fregada bitch its a muscle car not a tuner so its slow on acceleration but once its done with that shit it turn into a fucking rocket

  • I love the cobalt, and I agree with everything you said, but the camaro was 2 seconds faster than the cobalt around the ring.

  • the new gm performance cars have very well tuned suspension, i believe it... with 110+ trap speeds. the straights certainly helped it out to get that time. very respectable for a big car.

  • username/152, the fact that the **425 HP** 2010 Camaro SS is O N L Y two seconds faster around the Ring than the **260 HP** Balt SS makes for a pretty poor showing for the Camaro. I'll say it again, the Balts SS Supercharged and SS Turbo are the best bang for the buck cars out there. That much is plainly obvious ...

  • Yeah I'm not argueing with you.

  • I've driven both cars and with the Camaro SS you can feel a big power difference. The Camaro SS is heavy, that's it's only downside. But the Cobalt SS is a wonderful car for the money. Very fast acceleration and nimble on its feet.

  • and im talking about the 2010 camaro

  • The video quality kinda sucks but if he really ran a 9min 11 sec lap the car has large balls!

    In a lot of the magazines they were comparing this to much more expensive cars so apparently the ss cobalt means business. Bout time GM got in the game!

  • he does it in roughly 9 mins 11 seconds,, thats not bad at all, actully for a front wheel drive 25,000 doller car,, thats very very very good

  • i heard they were thinking of making it to a rwd car! i hope they do

  • 8:22 fwd record buddy

  • renault Megane 225 RenaultSport R26.R

    it did a 8min 17

    but i consider that a race car

  • yeah that is a race car. stip the inteior and give it racing slicks and fuel and not raining and you get better fromt he chevy

  • 2:44 someone spraypainted FUCK on the track lol

  • people are always spraypainting the track. nothin new

  • lol yeah

  • Used to design cars. Used to love 4g63's. Vr-4 G for 10 yrs, AMS of course, and an evo 8, custom DEVO. Test drove the SS at Raymond chevy (great guys), went home and WHORED OFF my evo for what I had In it. Buying SS 4-door sleeper CASH! Wish I could run the N!