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Posted Chevy Cars on Thursday, August 2nd, 2007.
The engineering team’s orders from GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz and small car Vehicle Line Executive Lori Queen was to design and develop the best car in class. Really! “We wanted to bring a credible small car back to Chevy in a really big way,” Queen says. Taking that order seriously, they drew up a wish-list of 150 components, systems and attributes required to achieve that … and were thrilled and surprised to see those wishes granted.
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“We benchmarked all our competitors,” she relates. “We had to lead in NVH [noise, vibration and harshness] and achieve best-in-class body gaps. On our very first evaluation drive of prototypes, the Cobalt exceeded all the targets when judged against the list of competitive vehicles’ strengths and market advantages. The 150-point list was a sort of Holy Grail on which the engineers focused their attention. And with such strong results, there was no going back. There truly were no compromises to the list.”
“What has Cobalt in common with Cavalier? Other than its Ecotec engine, transmission and basic suspension layout–essentially nothing. The suspension geometry is all different,” GM Small Car Program Engineering Manager Gary Altman asserts. “The whole setup and how it performs. The lower control arms have additional ride bushings of an elastomeric that can dampen itself yet be soft. The rear axle is designed, mounted and controlled completely differently, similar to that on GM’s European Opels, with special bushings and the attitude [fore-aft angle] of its trailing arms enabling precise tuning of its handling response. The EPS (electronic power steering) is vastly improved over the Saturn’s, yet retains the fuel economy benefit. The interior [by Intier] and the way it’s put together are significantly different, with European accent and Chevy brand character. The concept is that fewer pieces are better.”
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Posted Chevy Cars on Thursday, August 2nd, 2007.
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Posted Chevy Cars on Thursday, August 2nd, 2007.
Recently at a coffee shop at a fairly wealthy section of town I met two gentlemen of leisure one was driving a Ferrari and the other a new Porsche and they both very much liked to their automobiles obviously. There seemed to be a friendly debate over which car was the best car and as I joined in the conversation, I was intrigued with this line of thought; Who Makes the Better Automobile?
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Posted Chevy Cars on Thursday, August 2nd, 2007.
Imagine combining the great design features from three different classic Chevy models such as the 1957 Bel Air, 1958 Chevrolet Impala and the horizontal fins of a 1959 Chevrolet. Then wrap this contemporary body around a 2005-2007 Corvette C6 chassis. This is precisely what was done with a n2a Motors concept car called the 789.
Named for the three years symbolized in the overall design and instantly recognizable by old car buff around the world, the 789 is one cool car.
The nose of the 789 is represented by the familiar hood rockets, chrome hood V, grille bar, parking lights, rubber bumper tips and headlight bezel of a 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air. Just for an added flair, what looks like 1957 Chevy hood bar extensions wrap around the front fenders.
Rear treatment is a very close match to the spread wings and cat eye taillights of the 1959 Chevrolet’s slim line design styling including the placement of the license plate.
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Posted Chevy Cars on Thursday, August 2nd, 2007.
Imagination, that
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