Ummmm, wow.
As far as a performance Cruze goes- Chevrolet closed GMPD recently, they stated only the CTS-V, Corvette, and Camaro were on the performance radar for the forseeable future, and they have specifically said they aren't looking at a performance Cruze at this time. Although that is always subject to change without notice. They have links to posts about this over on CobaltSS.net. He's not making that up.
Without some specific person or group of people with some passion for a Cruze project, I'd worry about the end result. They should wait until they get the right people together otherwise they'll just slap in a more powerful engine and stiffer springs and call it a day.
I've never actually driven a Cobalt other than my SS and some other SS's so I wouldn't know how the regular ones are. As far as the SS's go, I think some of us have grown attached to our little Cobalts. It may be a red headed step child- but it's MY red headed step child. So be kind
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