I'm looking to purchase a 2006 Cobalt and was wondering what are some positives and negatives of this choice.
2006-11-25 08:12:53 · 4 answers · asked by Dan A 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Chevrolet
It was Automobile Magazines second-pick for small sedan/coupe, and is teh best looking of them all. It had to beat the Subaru Impreza WRX (32,000) and Volkswagen GTi. The only thing to beat it was the Honda Civic Si. The Cobalt has no known problems, unlike the Focus. It has received only good reviews and has stuck with the same basic design since day 1. Last year Toyota had the most recalls, but the media "failed" to notice since millions would stand against them because of thier reputation. These days reputation is nothing, technology advances so fast it cant keep up. For ex: three years ago GM was one of the worst companies, now they have the most top-rated vehicles, and the quality/reliability surpasses Toyota. Honda is still on top of the reliability ratings. Ford also had more recalls than GM and DaimlerChrysler combined, for reasons like exploding engines and wheels falling off. Here is a quote from the Washington Posts review of the Toyota CAmry "one of which is the Chevrolet Malibu, which in my real-world driving experience has been every bit as good and reliable as the much-ballyhooed Camry but has been maligned primarily because it is a Chevrolet". Oddly enough that was an '04 Malibu VS the totally redisigned '07 Camry. Common problems with Toyotas are plastic rattling until it falls off. People then complain that when they take it to the dealer to be fixed they just say "The cars are made with so much plastic its practically impossible to fix" GM is also the worlds fastest growing manufacturer, and that dosent happen by accident.
2006-11-25 10:02:46 · answer #1 · answered by American Idle 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
NASCAR24 hit the nail on the head. The cobalt is a good car. If you bought one and took car of it you would most likely have great service out of it. Some people buy a car and then fail to maintain it properly, then they complain about what a piece of junk it is because of the problems that develop.
2006-11-25 10:29:10 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. Badwrench 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
man i'll be honest with you.. you can take a regular cobalt (non ss), take the head off port the head chambers out to lower compression and do a mid mount turbo set up (easier to do on a cobalt) and make the same or more power than the supercharged or turbocharged ss cobalts
2016-05-23 02:04:41 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
i wouldn't do it... but that is just me...
2006-11-25 08:33:04 · answer #4 · answered by rock n roll all night.. 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋