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Originally Posted by King Riffle
What's wrong with it? That seems rediculously low. As long as you aren't going to use it as an only car (without having it checked out first) than I say go for it. Most people that own Prisms and Corollas (they are the same thing) seem to love them.
Here's a thought that's slightly off-topic. Would Prism have been a better name for the Cobalt? Didn't the Prism already have a good image, where Cobalt was a brand new name? I was just thinking about it because the Cobalt sedan reminds me a lot of the Prism/Corolla.
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In my opinion,
anything would have been better than Cobalt. That's why I'm hoping like Hell the new global model doesn't carry that awful name. Seems GM revived the name of sorts (that or ripped off Lancia) for the Brazilian Prisma.
Shame GM never took the Cavalier seriously. Had they replaced it with something decent around 2000 or so, they could have hung on to a name with some equity. Cobalt doesn't mean squat to buyers. It really didn't matter what GM named it, it was going to be an also-ran. I suspect the the Cobalt is probably being bought by domestic lovers who likely would have bought a Cavalier back in the day. I hardly ever see Cobalts on the roads down here, and half of the ones I see have rental stickers on them. Given the "me too" image the Cobalt, it wouldn't matter one bit if GM choose a new name for its global replacement. Hopefully that model, whatever it's called, can build up name equity to match Corolla and Civic.