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 ...

Bryan Higgins is a true sport compact enthusiast with an impressive list of JDM rides to his name to prove it. He's owned an all-motor Mark II Toyota Supra that ran 13.8 at 101 mph in the quarter-mile ...

Looks like GM's bringing out yet another old mainstay to SEMA this year. Yup it's the 2008 Chevy Cobalt SS— yup, that's right — it's got an SS badge. Yay. Well, if we disregard the FWD platform and ...

TX2K is a three day long event for high-horsepower street cars consisting of a roll race the first two days, and a dyno competition on the third. The dyno competition gives participants the ...

In the Chevrolet Cobalt community, owning a base-model Cobalt is like being a peasant during the 14th century, while owning a Cobalt SS is more like being a knight. To those outside the community, ...

There's only one way to describe the revamped Chevy Cobalt SS: America's Type-R. Why? The new 2008 Cobalt SS doesn't feature a stripped interior or a tuned naturally aspirated engine; rather, it's one ...

In those days when cars were big and gas was cheap, Chevrolet created a new package to move the metal - the SS (short for “Super Sport”) and it was in the good old days a label reserved for the ...

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 ...

First, you can buy the car in silver, white, or black and without the over-sized rear spoiler. And this year it also comes in sedan form – even better for not arousing suspicion from the 5-0. You’ll ...

It’s been a long time since sport compact enthusiasts had incentive to visit a General Motors showroom. And no, we don’t mean zero-down and zero-percent financing. We’re talking driving incentive, the ...

BUTTONWILLOW, Calif. — It's hard for many of us to see a Chevy Cobalt as a real performance car—even when it's wearing low-profile tires, a body kit and a big rear wing. But swing the 2008 Cobalt SS ...