It would seem I rustled up some snakes when I said the 2009 Cobalt LS XFE should usurp the title of most Fiendish front-driver out there from its more potent sibling, the SS. In what universe could that be true, right? After all, the LS’s 2.2-liter four-pot seems anemic at just 155 horsepower when lined [...]
Last weekend, I asked the Fiends on Twitter which victim of the automotive apocalypse they’d miss the most. Turns out there aren’t a lot of bleeding hearts following us, as most of the responses fell into the “got what they deserved” category. Still, news like this is a swift kick in the tender spots for [...]
I. The 2010 Camaro SS laid down and 8m 19s lap of the Nurburgring recently. For a big honkin’ piece of American iron, you can’t really say fairer than that. Until you look at the timesheets of other swift GMs and realize that the Cobalt SS, a smaller, less powerful hunk of American iron did [...]
I do. And I want it now. You know why the ’69 Camaro was the bad ass toy of choice during the muscle car era? It was cheap, it was sexy, and it could play a certain game better than anything else out there. That game just happened to be layin it to the quarter [...]
Fisker has settled on the turbo 2.0-liter four-cylinder out of the Chevrolet Cobalt SS for the sole purpose of recharging the ‘lectric’s batteries. That’s a blistering 260 horsepower and 260 lb-ft of torque for no other purpose than filling up the car’s Duracells. Fine, lithium-ions. Whatever. We’re never ones to question more horsepower, but you’ve [...]
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Hats off to these guys. The Fiends at Synapse Turbo have managed to pull a hairy 371 horsepower out of the Chevrolet Cobalt SS—at the wheels, no less. All that power comes out of the Ecotec 2.0-liter four banger on pump gas. Of course, you’re looking at about 22 psi shoved down the Bow Tie’s [...]
The guys (and gals) at Motive are at it again, this time putting five of the newest turbocharged rides against each other in a head to head battle for supremacy. The Chevrolet Cobalt SS, Mitsubishi Lancer Ralliart, Subaru WRX, Mazda Mazdaspeed3 and MINI John Cooper Works were all put through their paces at Autobahn Country [...]
