[paul8488]

Originally posted by chicubs+Feb 9 2004, 09:08 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (chicubs @ Feb 9 2004, 09:08 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-yoblues@Feb 9 2004, 09:07 PM
ATTN CHEVY SUITS.  The thing is the SS version of this car has to equal or surpass the SRT-4,  period.  If it dosen't, why bother.  Chevy will just  get creamed by the car mags for being behind the curve again.  Also for us RWD types we like the NOMAD.

I dont care what the car mags say. [/b][/quote]
exactly! the cobalt is worlds ahead of the current cavalier... and even if it's a step behind the SRT-4, it'll do just fine. i'd pay the same money for a slower SS than an SRT-4, just because the SS looks fantastic, and the SRT-4 is a neon ! the SS isn't an all-out sports car... but it should be a damn good low-budget pocket rocket!

 

[paul8488]

Originally posted by yoblues@Feb 9 2004, 09:36 PM
WHY SETTLE FOR LESS? It is because GM types have setteled for less over the years that you got the BLEEP cars you got from GM. If I can sell you a bag of hundred dollar bleep for a grand, I will sell you a bag of bleep for a grand. In this business it's about market share and GM's went in the toilet because they could not fool most of the people with the bleepwagons they have been selling. You want to lay out your hard earned bread for bleep. BE MY GUEST.

the way i look at it, you have to get what you want. and i could be perfectly happy with a 200hp SS. give the srt-4 1,000 hp... i don't care! i don't want a 1,000 hp neon. i want a car i like... styling, handling, power, quality, reputation, feel... everyone has to decide what they wanna spend their money on.

i don't have a bleep car from GM. i like my car... it could use more power (i mean of COURSE every car can!), but it's damn useable and affordable and attractive and well built and cheap to ensure and and and...

it isn't as simple as one-upmanship in the horsepower wars every time. if that's the case the aveo'll have 300 hp by 2017 (eek! hope they upgrade the 14 inchers!). it's more about improving the whole package, which it looks like GM has done with the SS.

 

[paul8488]

i think maybe i get your point now too! apparently there IS a market for the SRT-4... and there's no reason (or excuse) GM can't be in it. SS'll be a start... lets see what they do with it!

on an unrelated note, what do you think the odds are on a kappa-based rear-engine fiero replacement? hahaha! well a guy can dream, can't he?!?

 

[paul8488]

Originally posted by yoblues@Feb 9 2004, 10:40 PM
It's on the way it's called the Solstice but I want that Chevy NOMAD really bad.

well i GUESS the solstice will do... but with some cutting and pasting can't they stick the motor in the back? actually, to truly honour the fiero memory, they'd have to use the aveo platform (citation for the new millenium)!

 

[paul8488]

hmmmm... would a cobalt convertible be out of the question? are there any delta convertibles? would the platform lend itself to going topless? as chevrolet is full-line, it might not hurt to have a convertible slotted below the corvette and SSR (for those of us on a slightly smaller budget). or is GM hoping the solstice/G6 will grab the sun-seekers?

(note: i posted this in another thread, but this thread makes more sense.)