AN INJECTION SHORT OF THE GOOD STUFF

AS THE successor to the lackluster, long-in-the-tooth Cavalier, the Cobalt didn’t have big shoes to fill. However, that doesn’t diminish its significance in Chevy’s lineup. With coupe and sedan body styles and four trim levels, the Cobalt is Chevy’s premier small car, the brand’s answer to such stalwarts as the Ford Focus and the Honda Civic. For this year’s Car of the Year competition, Chevy sent us the all-new SS sedan, which complements the 145-horse-power LS and LT sedans and coupes, the SS coupe, and the 205-horse SS Supercharged coupe. The lineup’s sportiest four-door, the SS sedan is motivated by a 2.4-liter, 171-horse Ecotec four-cylinder—the same engine used in the Pontiac Solstice—mated to a five-speed manual, a combo that produced respectable runs from 0 to 60 (7.1 seconds) and the…

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MotorTrend (Digital) - 1 Issue, January 2006

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