My 2009 Cobalt SS Turbo needed a little work. Pretty soon after I bought it, I ordered a tune from ZZPerformance, supposedly good for an extra 40 horsepower and 80 pound-feet of torque. Before I ...

So there we were,driving along in a Chevy Cobalt SS with road racer John Heinricy sitting in the passenger seat, when it occurred to us, “Why is road racer John Heinricy sitting over there and an ...

I really like my 2009 Chevy Cobalt SS, but I often hear from other prospective buyers that they’re afraid of the General Motors interior quality from that period. That’s fair enough, as GM was known ...

Amidst the myriad of GM performance vehicles of the modern era sits one of GM's best-kept secrets. It is not a limited edition model or a one-off product built to destroy the supercars of Europe, but ...

Once upon a time, General Motors decided it wanted to compete with established compact performance cars like the VW Golf GTI and Mazdaspeed3 - resulting in the impressively powerful and fun-to-drive ...

It’s been a long time since sport compact enthusiasts had incentive to visit a General Motors showroom. And no, we don’t mean zero-down and zero-percent financing. We’re talking driving incentive, the ...

There's only one way to describe the revamped Chevy Cobalt SS: America's Type-R. Why? The new 2008 Cobalt SS doesn't feature a stripped interior or a tuned naturally aspirated engine; rather, it's one ...

Kenneth Hall October 28, 2007 Comment Now! Updated: GM has confirmed the launch of a turbocharged version of the Chevrolet Cobalt will take place at this week’s SEMA Auto Show in Las Vegas. The new ...

Cobalt SS Goes RacingThe splash Ford Racing has made this season in the Grand American road racing series with its FR500C Mustangs has been well-reported in the press, including by this magazine (see ...

Chevrolet has priced its 2009 Cobalt SS at $22,335, plus a $660 destination charge. With a 260-hp turbo engine under the hood and a 0-60 time of 5.7 seconds, the coupe has plenty of get-up-and-go, but ...

In the early 2000s, the compact sedan seemed doomed. SUVs were rising, the tuner craze was already peaking, and American automakers had mostly given up on making their small cars competitive. The ...

While Cobalt is usually the chemical element with the symbol “Co” and the atomic number 27 that’s primarily used for special alloys and lithium-ion batteries, it’s also the name of an obscure General ...