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2008 Chevrolet Cobalt SS

I was feeling kind of guilty about referring to the Chevrolet Cobalt and the Pontiac G5 as the "dogs of Lordstown" in the blog last week. So in an act of penance, I thought I'd post a blog entry about a positive road test on the Cobalt SS by Autoweek magazine, posted at autoweek.com. It's a positive, almost glowing, review. This is an under $25,000 compact car with 260 horsepower, that will do 0-60 in 5.8 seconds. It also delivered 25 MPG in the Autoweek test. Finally, it's built in Lordstown, Ohio, so we can drive it to work.

At least we can this year. The 2009 Cobalt was recently unveiled, with its first comprehensive restyling since the car debuted in 2004, but according to Wikipedia, production of the Cobalt will be moved to Mexico for model year 2009, so it will almost certainly fall off the UAW-approved list, leaving us with even less choice when it comes to cars that we can drive to work.