Let's paint the scene for you. It's late December 2005, you're home sick from school, and you just fired up Need for Speed: Most Wanted on your GameCube. After thrashing around in the iconic E46 M3 ...

My 2009 Cobalt SS Turbo needed a little work. Pretty soon after I bought it, I ordered a tune from ZZPerformance, supposedly good for an extra 40 horsepower and 80 pound-feet of torque. Before I ...

In the early 2000s, Japanese automakers quickly learned the car market just wanted an affordable, reliable car. In the performance segment, Toyota, Honda, and Mitsubishi took significant strides ahead ...

Okay, the SS sports a huge rear wing, the four round taillamps say Corvette, and the not unattractive body hunkers down around fender-filling 18-inch wheels. On paper at least, 205 supercharged ...

Throughout its years in production, the Cobalt became a staple of Chevrolet's passenger vehicle lineup and took its place among the brand's most successful models in history. Sold from 2005 to 2010 in ...

Once upon a time, General Motors decided it wanted to compete with established compact performance cars like the VW Golf GTI and Mazdaspeed3 - resulting in the impressively powerful and fun-to-drive ...

Writing about the Mark Two Ford Focus back in April inspired me to exhaust all options for fun sport compact diamonds in the rough. Amidst my research, it dawned on me that I had completely forgotten ...

GM has a way of getting things right towards the end. Chevy SSR, Pontiac GTO, Buick Regal Sportback, among countless other models were all "good" when they debuted. GM sat on them and then finally ...

For the next version of the sporty Chevrolet Cobalt SS, General Motors' Performance Division is switching from supercharging to turbocharging for the 2.0-liter four-cylinder engine. The result: An ...

Despite getting great gas mileage, the Chevrolet Cobalt received mixed reviews from many drivers during its years of production. Meant to replace the Chevy Cavalier, the Cobalt was a dependable, ...