The management of that company ought to be run out of the USA. Go walk around a Chevy dealer. It’s just the GM way of things…. I gotta say, this car is unbelievably tempting at $13,995. This optimizes fuel economy while maintaining superior performance. The Cobalt my wife and I rented in NM returned a hair over 30mpg (granted, this was some city driving mixed in). Thanks for the honest unbiased review! My favorite car in my lifetime!! Be especially cautious with the leveraged ETFs, such as the Direxion Daily Small Cap Bear 3X Shares, and ProSharesUltraShort QQQ. The result is a car not using a drop of gas downhill yet can be bump started so easily and smooth that nobody else in the car will ever notice it!

On the 70 mph Interstate I can go 85-90MPH and it feels like I am only going 45. While it is much better than the Cavilier it replaced it did not really compete toe to toe with the Civics and Corollas.

The ProShares UltraShort QQQ (ARCA:QID) is an ETF that moves twice the inverse of Invesco QQQ ETF (which represents the Nasdaq 100 Index). Yes, imagine my fine disappointment in Saturn that the Astra I own and love is now and forever will be a, “Wow this is really nice! xFE is another in a string of innovative, fuel saving ideas from Allison, a leader in bus transmission technology. In conclusion, I love my 2009 Colbalt LS Coupe XFE. It can help some cars with manual transmissions gain 10 to 25 mpg within one week, depending on your local countryside. And I’m man enough to admit that, too. Bad mileage capital of the world and also don’t hyper-mile.”. I’m fairly certain that the XFE Cobalt would easily get the mileage the Sajeev is suggesting.

2009 Chevrolet Cobalt LS XFE for sale in Saint Louis, MI | Stock #: 15028 989-463-2886 Toggle navigation Home They discontinued the fine Astra and kept the Cobalt. This was the reason that the knee-jerk reaction in the 70s to have all FED HWYs at 55 mph.

Suspension would be same. And the same 4 speed auto.Torsion beam rear axle, just like others in it’s class.Pretty much it. Yes, the interior polymers are made of the same brittle rubbish of GM’s stock in trade, but that dashboard doesn’t look like its crafted from a single piece of plastic. With a Prius Usually, if you have a higher vehicle entry price, you have a higher exit price, so the quantum of “saving” is lower (if any over cheap’n’nasty vehicles). Absolutely! Right now, these inverse ETFs are trending higher, and until something changes (such as a move back below support), up is the path of least resistance. Once again the 52-low at $16.60 presents support and a potential stop area. I have a 2010 Cobalt XFE. I highly advise checking into The Cruise because it is to be based and built by the same engineers and built at the same factory in Lords-town Ohio. I have lived in the LA area for more than two months, and have driven in it at other times on business trips. The only options were A/C and the (not activated) satellite radio. xFE models have been designed to deliver significantly more torque converter lock up operation and spend more time in higher ranges at lower engine speeds producing exceptional fuel savings. It’s always better.I’ll take my anecdotal results over your claims any day of the week. Pass on the XFE and get the nicer models with the thirstier engine. Yet I have a kick ass stereo and a stick shift that wants to let the car cruise on forever without stopping. Each moves in its own way, though, and some are more volatile than others - which can be both and good and bad, depending on what side of the trade you are on. And, FWIW, I would not buy a G5 without the rear spoiler. Then I go and see that Cobalts are selling for about $14K. But the almost Hybrid-like mileage doesn’t come at the expense of Prius styling clichés, extraneous engineering of rare-earth battery packs and gee-whiz dashboard gadgetry almost mandatory for today’s Eco-warriers. No hatchback. As long as the primary controls operate in a linear manner it may win sales over any of the hybrids – Civic or Prius. The Astra is the vehicle that deserves this pedestal but killed by zero marketing and being hidden in the Saturn dealers along with poor choices by GM have lead it to an undeserved early grave in the USA. I don’t know what the EPA’s testing metrics are, but their mileage claims for the Focus on the highway are significantly less than what I achieve on a regular basis.

Trend that line linearly downward and you’ll do better than any crystal balls on spoilers. Autosavant : My 08 350Z, driven in LA weather, in ~2 mile hops to work and home, gets about 12-13 MPG. If first impressions are everything, then the Corolla is one ugly, spoilerless house that everyone wants to buy. Not surprised this Cobalt manual gets 39 @ 65 mph. If I had a 60 mile commute each way, which means spending 15% of my waking hours in this vehicle, I would still drive a top of the line S-class, LS or 7 series just like the “Magnificent 7” 98 740iL I now drive, which I bought BTW at HALF the price of this cobalt (!!! There is resistance at $22.88 though, this will need to be broken in order to reach the profit target. My GTI sees a huge fuel economy difference between 70mph and 75mph. No dealer markup here! It’s mpg appears to be only slightly better than the regular Cobalt in similar tests.


It’s a little slow and I still can’t find a Jiffy Lube that carries the oil filter. This was also proven on Top Gear, racing a Ferrari and Prius around the same track with the Ferrari besting the Prius in MPG at full throttle. With the S&P 500 SPDR having already broken through several important support levels, and being in at least a short-term downtrend, it is quite possible the stock markets could see further downside. Different platforms, one is a Delta developed in conjunction with Opel, the other a J Body.”. It seems logical that when you apply constant pressure to the brake pedal or accelerator you should get a reasonably linear response. I just don’t think it really put anything solid on the table mpg-wise. If that occurs the initial price targets are $42.50, and if that is exceeded, $47.50. Chrysler has some interesting styling but I’m not convinced that their products’ wheels won’t pop off at 100K miles. Comes in any color you want as long as its black or white. Even as late as 2005 when I bought my ION , GM was still expecting the customer to finish their work for them: 5 trips for the frigging ignition switch, [a problem I don’t think they ever corrected and known from 2003], strut bushing failure 2003-2007,leaking rear door weather-stripping,water getting in the headlights, etc etc. That little badge reminds all and sundry just what makes GM’s unloved compact so special. On the 70MOH interstate that mileage can drop to 36MPG with speeds averaging 80MOH plus. The Elantra sedan, if you must have a trunk, is the next in line to mop the floor of this sad little mistake of a Chevy. joeaverage : Anyhow. I like the approach to fuel-saving with this car, I cant tell you how many times I’ve encouraged hybrid enthusiasts to just get a light-weight four cylinder stick-shift. and still not piss off the neighbors. But as a daily driver, it is the best car for my money. Even the lowly Geo/Chevy Metro’s best fuel miser was the most spartan of any vehicle since the Yugo. One of my friends gets 55-60 mpg in his ’04ish 1.8 AT corolla through a combination of mild hypermiling and strategically taping up rear wheel arches and front openings. I like the fact that it is AMERICAN and any way you slice it, the Corolla/Civic is foreign (I dont care where a japanese car is manufacturerd). That’s what I meant to say. I was thrilled to discover this American built car that has features of the imports with even better gas mileage. Autosavant: once again: the Cobalt has nothing to do with the Cavalier. Here’s why. Earlier Lock Up + Lower Engine Speeds = Extra Fuel Economy. Save yourselves ten grand and get a vehicle that will still get 35+ mpg.

It will go 0 to 60 in about 8 seconds flat, and I have drove it near 120moh before I chickened out and slowed down. Since work is 10km away, my SL does the trick (for the summer). My best mpg to work is 50, by intentionally feathering the gas pedal and not exceeding 55mph the entire way. Also the 2009 Cobalt XFEs get EPA 37 Highway (one gallon higher) to to it’s ability to turn off the fuel being feed to the engine during downshifts resulting in rapid deceleration, around 2200-2500 RPM. Carlson Fan : Sorry but like a lot of the other Monday morning GM quarterbacks that post on this website, I think you give yourself way too much credit. For those who are interested in a Cobalt XFE, but want power windows, power mirrors, power locks/keyless entry, etc., they do make a Cobalt LT XFE. I even have dashboard pics if anyone does not claim they were some how forged. Exploring the Benefits and Risks of Inverse ETFs, How Triple Tops Warn You a Stock's Going to Drop. At the time of writing, Cory Mitchell did not own shares in any of the companies mentioned in this article. September 30th, 2009 at 1:08 pm, “once again: the Cobalt has nothing to do with the Cavalier. Sorry but like a lot of the other Monday morning GM quarterbacks that post on this website, I think you give yourself way too much credit. More to the point, this bottom-drawer Bowtie is delightfully crude, not fast.

Too bad about that: because the Cobalt XFE is absolutely worthy of an economy-minded buyer’s checkbook. And quite frankly, if I had a long commute everyday, the Cobalt would be buy for me.

Civic owners regularly report 40mpg in real world highway driving. Dude, gotta call BS on this one. Best of all, installation of an xFE transmission is the same as a standard Allison model. Nice little car but I’ll wait for Volt which if driven correctly, you’ll be draining the fuel back out of the tank after it has gone bad from sitting so long. Performance (3 stars): Not as silky smooth as the competition, but it scoots along good enough. 42MPG EPA?