[90BerettaGTZ]

I am in a debate..

Looking to buy a Cobalt more then likey.. But I keep hearing different things that make me want so wait until the 2006 models start..

For #1 Canada doesn't have the LSD coming with the car until the 2006 Model year.. Which I don't understand cause the car is coming from the same plant.. I can't see how the LSD would really make that much of a difference.. I mean it's should be a safety concern to not meet standards..

The second is apprently they are coming out with 2 different engine packages.. Now the thinking behind this is.. I don't want to go with a 2.0L S/C (order it now get it end of June) then find out that in Sept (when 2006 models released) they are having maybe a 2.4 S/C or Turbo...

What would you do in my case?

 

[90BerettaGTZ]

Well I read an article clipping from GMinsidenews forum that there was 2 engine models coming out.. So the 2.4 is only 1 engine model.. What would be the 2nd??

Also is the LSD really worth waiting that long. You say May 2006.. That's over a year.. I figured in Sept when they come out with the 2006 models.. I will have to check with my friend.. He is my sales person at the GM Dealership in Oshawa..

BTW Dan.. Do you own a Cobalt SS yet? I mean in your possession... Cause I would really like to see the SS in person and see how it is inside etc before I place an order..

So again is the LSD really worth the wait? And how much extra is it?? I mean the seats I could care less about.. The LSD just seems cool cause you would get better take off... But I mean $1500 extra... Is it really that justifiable (assuming that is about the price)..

Anywaz the clipping

Colored Cobalt SS seats a repeatable hit?

By Lindsay Chappell
Automotive News / April 11, 2005

DETROIT -- Those colorful leather seats in the sports-package Chevrolet Cobalt SS Supercharged coupe have the car's top line executive thinking about using them elsewhere.

Cobalt project leader Lori Queen says the rest of the Cobalt series could get them as an option.

Her thinking: The seats seem to be resonating with younger customers and could draw others to Chevrolet.

"The tuner-crowd tends to go for colors that the rest of us might not put in our cars," Queen says of the seats, which come accented in red, yellow or blue. "None of us has done especially well with the youth market. So why not go for it?"

Queen says the Lordstown, Ohio, assembly plant that builds the Cobalt is now running on three shifts with no downtime to build the car. The series includes a sedan and coupe. She says that two new engine packages will be introduced in 2006