Originally Posted by hellaperformance
personally i think that they are loosing much of our (younger) generation for not really focusing on the street scene market. hey, we love our cars
If you think that, go read up on the Chevy Cobalt SS. It and the Dodge SRT-4 are the only offerings by American car manufacturers that really compete with imports in the "sport compact" class.
Compare the numbers from the Cobalt SS and the SRT-4, and while they are close, the Cobalt beat out the SRT-4 in 0-60, 1/4 mile, skid pad, slalom, and braking.
The editors did point out some problems with the Cobalt but they all seem to fall in line with the same growing pains that the SRT-4 has had a few years to work out and I'd expect Chevy to do the same.
In either case, both cars are offering more then closely priced imports all for a base price of $21k. I'd say Chevy is finally stepping up in the "sport compact" market, which like it or not is where most of the moeny is being spent by the "younger generation" as you put it.
Just my $.02