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Sedans Chevrolet Cobalt Chevy Cobalt vs. Ford Focus
76 messages, Last post on Nov 25, 2008 at 12:31 PM
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The real winner here (to me) seems to be the Mazda3. It Looks better than either the Cobalt or the Focus, and in  form, has more power (with the exception of the Cobalt SS). The Cobalt's interior looks promising, if a bit generic. The 05 Focus interior is just embarrassing - bland, and with HORRIBLE seat fabrics. Ford uses decent fabric in the Escape XLS, and they should have used it here. I'm also NOT a fan of the Focus' pot-bellied dashboard stereo. If it stick out that far, make it into a flow-through console. On the outside, the cobalt reminds me a little of the direction Nissan took the maxima when it lost its way in the 90's. Kind of round, but not really inspired by much. The doors, especially around the C pillar, really really emphasize the globular nature of the Cobalt. The Focus fares better, but still has a few to many lines and bumps IMO. |
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Replying to: dieselg4 (Dec 13, 2004 12:51 pm) |
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| Agreed, and in fact all the Japanese and Korean small car makers... We will have to see about the Cobalt, but Ford needs to realize that if they are going to remain competitive in the small car market they can't just do face lifts every 5 years; they have to do complete redesigns. The fact that they did a redesign and we are not getting it is even worse. | |
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Replying to: dieselg4 (Dec 13, 2004 12:51 pm)
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Replying to: texas_ford_guy (Jan 05, 2005 7:35 am)
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Replying to: npgmbr (Jan 05, 2005 7:54 am) Also, the interior of the Cobalt is smaller in size.
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Was quite impressed with the Cobalt SS. The car looks more substantial at the LA autoshow than just a beefed up compact. The interior looks light years over just about anything Chevy has done in years. The overall presentation of the car looks like a job well done. That, and Car and Driver says the car felt much more liveable and refined than other competitors (aka the Dodge SRT-4), it could be a big winner. Now if the other Cobolts are done with the same degree of success, and GM can get the reliability of these cars to be somewhat close to the Japanese, then they might have something. The recent recall of over 300K Focuses still makes me question their reliability. |
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| Dude, the focus recall is for rear door latches. I seem to remember a HUGE recall on Honda vehicles last week. The focus has had a VERY good record since 2002. | |
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Replying to: gmoudy (Jan 05, 2005 3:44 pm) If you put a Cobalt and Cavalier next to eachother (without name tags) on a lot and asked someone who cares nothing about cars but knows of the Cavalier would most likely think the Cobalt is an updated Cavalier. And as far as im concerned the interior of the Cobalt looks nothing like that of the Focus. Where the hell did you get that from?
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Replying to: npgmbr (Feb 08, 2005 5:55 am)
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