Cheap but valuable cars

>NA
werent those supercharged? i thought the first 2 years of the cobalt ss they were SC but the rest of them were turbocharged

Yeah, the standard 2.0L SS models were supercharged. But for 2006 they offered a NA 2.4L and decided to call it an SS as well, and immediately realized that was stupid and was changed to Cobalt Sport in 2008.

The 2.4L was a bit of a mongrel. It had the brakes of the SS S/C, the 2.4L engine, the same transmissions as the base model 2.2L, and suspension tuning in between the SS S/C and the base models. Not as hard as the true SS but not as soft as the base models either.

Honestly the entire reason for it existing in the first place was that people bitched the SS Supercharged was manual only when they wanted an automatic. But the automatic wouldn't survive behind the supercharged engine. So 2.4L N/A.
The manual is bulletproof though.

I should've known better when someone only wanted 2.5K for that SS when I saw it on CL, but made complete sense when I saw it firsthand. But for what it was, it still makes for a great daily in the sense it was still a loaded Cobalt with much better brakes and decent suspension, which was still why I ended purchasing it and haven't really looked back on it.

bump

I think the Cobalt is a fantastic looking coupe too for the money.

I just picked up a 2001 Acura CL type S for $2200.

>leather heated power seats
>satnav
>6 disc CD player AND cassette
>2 doors, 4 seats
>260 horsepower
>button to turn traction control off is easily accessible

It can be better looking still if you use the rear end from the Pontiac G5 sister car. bolts right on. Just need to extend the wiring for the reverse lights. The G5 conversion consists of the rear bumper, trunk list, tail lights, reverse lights, and the mentioned extending of the reverse lights harness.

Looks like a Hyundai accent

Your tranny is gonna blow up in a bit