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![[Linked Image from auto123.com]](http://www.auto123.com/ArtImages/22720/01.jpg) ![[Linked Image from auto123.com]](http://www.auto123.com/ArtImages/22720/02.jpg) A supercharged, 205-hp, 2-litre version of GM's Ecotec inline-four will be the heart of the third iteration of Chevrolet's Cobalt coupe lineup, GM has announced. The 2005 Chevrolet Cobalt SS Supercharged Coupe will join the Cobalt Coupe and Coupe SS when they go on sale later this year. Along with an engine that sends 205 hp at 5600 rpm and 200 lb.-ft. of torque at 4,400 rpm to the front wheels through a five-speed manual shifter, the SS Supercharged will also get a chassis, suspension and brakes that were developed on Germany's ultra-challenging Nurburgring racetrack. The car will also look the part, thanks to 18-inch wheels and Performance tires, and distinctive exterior and interior styling. ''The Cobalt SS Supercharged Coupe was developed to appeal to the tuner enthusiast,'' says Pete Langenhorst, Chevrolet Cobalt marketing director. ''We engineered from the very beginning all the key components to deliver an exciting driver's high Performance sport coupe -- straight from the factory.'' Cobalt and its Pontiac Pursuit sibling (which currently is unique to Canada) both use GM's new Kappa architecture, which the company designed to be extremely stiff and responsive. ''The rigid lower-dominant body structure is engineered as a single unit for mass efficiency and stiffness,'' says Langenhorst, and ''the underbody uses high-strength steel as welded members in strategic locations for maximum strength, structural integrity, mass optimization and crashworthiness.'' GM then took the car to northeastern Germany and ran it around the Nurburgring road course, which features more than 170 turns (some of them quite spectacular) in its 20 km. That testing created some special settings in the Cobalt SS Supercharged, which began with a ride height reduction of 10 mm but also includes changes to the strut-type front suspension and the semi-independent torsion beam rear setup. read full article here: http://www.auto123.com/en/info/news/previews,view,Chevrolet.spy?artid=22720&pg=1
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Cool not a big fan of the spoiler, but other than that looks and sounds sweet.
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![[Linked Image]](https://celicahobby.com/forums/attach/1870160968-ricer1.jpg) If dual exhaust is good then tri must be even better...
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if it is wingless, it will look HOT!
PLUS A DROP!
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that spoiler looks just like the TRD one only smaller
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is it just me or does it sorta have a celica look to it.. well least at this angle 
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The front looks a lot like a civic.
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^^^ It kinda does look a little like the celica...with the pronounced angular fenders in the front like the celica's rear, and the baby TRD spoiler <--  haha It does look pretty nice...even though i'm strongly biased against 'american rice rockets'...
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tC ripoff 
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beefed cavalier 
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Aqua Teen Hunger Force...number one in the hood, G
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tC sides civic coupe headlights skyline tail lights
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same as the saturn ion redline
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looks too much like a civic imo...
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tC sides def weird... and a piece
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This is just one of those celi wanna bee's!...Just not happening! 
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Man freaking american car companies  just come and ruin the freaking import scene making the SRT-4 and now Cobalt SS, pisses me off 
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This is just one of those celi wanna bee's!...Just not happening!  however it is a threat to us celicas...
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american companies tryin their best to be like imports. its awful. doesnt quite work that way. souped up cavalier. 
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If you want peace... Prepare for War
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I think they are trying to make it look like a import car so we can buy it like most ppl buy the civic and celica. That what i think
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same as the saturn ion redline Yeah, basically, thats the same car as the Ion redline. Not too bad, but it'll fall apart after a few miles are on it, just like any other American car.
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good power, but ass looking... 
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I'd say, if you're getting one, get the Saturn version. At least its got the plastic side panels. They don't get dents from door dings. I had a Saturn SC2 for quite a few years, and when I sold it and got the Celica, the body was still just about perfect. Not that Saturn doesn't have its problems.
I'm actually really disappointed that Saturn has essentially merged with the rest of GM. Now they share designs (like the Cobalt/Ion), and Saturn is more tied to the GM way of doing things. Of all the American carmakers I thought Saturn was the closest to actually being worthwhile. Not anymore.
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its a freaking cavalier. i dont care if it sucks my dick while im doing the quarter mile in 8 seconds, im not ever gonna drive a cavalier.
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^sir, it's not called cavalier, it's called crapaliver... 
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thanx for the correction, and i dont think ive ever been called sir before.
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do you guys think the GTS will be a match for it or will it just own me?
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Cavaliers are POS. Their engines are not tough & I can only imagine what they will do with a supercharger attached to them. You would be lucky to see 100,000 miles.
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Never say that crappy car looks like our sexy celicas. Too bad it's faster, but the drivers won't be nearly as good as Celica drivers.
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those are the rims i want!!! 
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we'll still look damn good at the end of the race, while the other car will look like and inbred cavalier...
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do you guys think the GTS will be a match for it or will it just own me? Don't fear the Turbo. It looks heavier (205 hp to the flywheel). If you have a GTS, you'll own it in Lift. GTs, we've got some work to do. Exhaust and Intake, piece of cake. Cheers 
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