Review: 2005 Chevy Cobalt SS Supercharged 

Don't you miss the good old days of SS and SRT 4. When the companies TOOK CHANCES? Their interiors always look like shit but at least you got a very powerful car for not a lot of money.

I chose this car to start my career in NFS Most Wanted

Oldies will remember this car from NFS most wanted, the Cobalt was one of the best cars if not the best, not the nicest looking car but I'll buy a car for asthetics or for driving dynamics, and this car got them. Nice little thing.

remember this car from nfs most wanted

I personally think these cars are cool, they're fast and look decent, don't know why they get so much hate. A good bang for your buck imo

Most underrated car GM has ever made

So many hate comments. I guess people can't respect other people's builds

5 minutes into the review & I already know some fuckboy owns this car 😂

I remember when these came out. It was Chevy's answer to the srt-4. The srt4 was a good bit faster, but at least the Cobalt SS didn't break every other week. And for me, the SS looked better.

I've been waiting for a GTR review, glad you finally came out with this one. Great job, Matt!!

This car is different.... and I LIKE it. 👌

This video made me so nostalgic, I miss my Cobalt so much sometimes, so many memories. But I'm happy I have my WRX now.

When he steps on it, he goes from normal voice to sat on his nuts voice 😂

You can drive it to the sale at Hot Topic.

Haaaa Use To be my favorite car back in PS2 Days Playing Need For Speed Most Wanted.

Hopefully someone is nice enough to let you drive a Cobalt SS Turbo that's taken care of a little better than the one you just drove. Great job! I really do miss mine.

This is a poor example of these car's abilities, I had a 2007 SS with the G85 and Recaro Seats, 3in exhaust, Borla, OTTP Heat exchanger and single pass intake manifold, LS4 Throttle body, 3in stainless intake, 60lb injectors, ton of other stuff and most importantly a Harrop TVS 1320 Supercharger replacing the stock M62 supercharger, made 298whp at 20psi, just about every suspension mod. Oh yea it also got 381 miles on a tank during a trip out to Ohio which is about 35mpg......Sadly there is no car I can buy today from GM at any price much less 23k (which is what I paid special ordering it Nov 2006) that has this performance and economy.

"Break Necks Kill Ego's" Yeah your not breaking any necks in a Cobalt.

I had an 06 that I sold in 13. I miss it every day, I loved my SS/SC.

Ryan follows us on instagram! And it's great to see our followers finally getting some reviews on their cars!! We have a very tight nit community solely because of the Cobalt! It might have a lot of recalls.. But we embrace it! #TeamRecall

I almost broke my neck watching one of these exotic Colbolts driving by, then my ego was killed when I realized my car would never be as bad ass as the beauty I was looking at.

Need for speed most wanted

you can say what you want about cobalts but this car will always have a nostalgic place in my heart because it was in NFS Most Wanted lol

I remember working at the Chevy dealership as a teen & loved this car!! I still want one til this day!

Doesn't look too bad and it sounds pretty nice, I guess people hate on it cause it's a chevy..

The car comes stock with a banging sound system. You can see in the left side of the trunk where the factory sub is. Its well balanced when it's stock. Thing is no aux but the stereo can play mp3 files so I would burn data cds with mps files. That gives you 70-100 songs on 1 disk.

would be cool if it was rwd

Cobalts didn't lose value because of the ignition switch issues, they lost value because they were replaced by the Chevy Cruze which is a better car quality wise. The cavalier lost value when the cobalt came along because it was a better car. I had an 05 Cobalt SS like this one but in black. I had no issues with it, other than the fuel economy sucked. The interior had no squeak or rattles either, and it handled very well. That must be the owners fault for toying with the suspension if the ride is bad. If you read the copy of motor trend, I believe back in 09 the Cobalt SS still holds a record running the Nurburgring until this day also, and that was with the turbo model. So Chevy did something right. I'd take a Cobalt SS again for sure as a weekend ride (due to the fuel economy). P.S. My 2014 Toyota Camry is full of plastic too, and so was the civic of that era.

hey you need to do a video and test drive of the 2008+ cobalt ss with the turbo, WAY better experience. Great videos though man

Man I wish your reviews were top dog on RU-vid... You deserve it man! You show emotion, you tell truth! I have NEVER felt in my YEARS of watching that you are trying to SELL a brand. You tell it like it is. Keep it up man!

still waiting on the Pontiac G8 GT or GXP review

I have yet to drive a cobalt. Bought one 2 months ago with motor already pulled. Rusted crank, scored cylinder. Now it’s back from the machine shop ready to build into… this will be a DF Goblin race motor. Yes I will post videos… 2007 Cobalt SS will get new neutral balance shafts for higher rev. Forged rods, pistons. 10.5:1 compression for running e85 (otherwise it would be a grenade) Ported heads, big cam. BIG injectors, pump… cooling mods for engine and intake. And swapping the M62 supercharger with 14lbs of boost for a tvs1320 supercharger that can handle 24+lbs of boost. Motor is going back into cobalt while I get the goblin kit. Then cobalt is a donor for the DF goblin with the motor, trans and everything else needed for the swap. Lots of ZZP parts on my list. Hoping to get 450hp after tuning. I would love to speak with someone this has done this kind of build. These cars have so much underrated potential !!

Most underrated car in history, even most wanted has introduced through game, but still underrated

I had a 2006 and 2009 Cobalt SS. Two of my favorite cars!

These cars are underrated BT. Putting a few dollars into them can make a difference.

Thats a nice GTR!!

The seats are actually from the 2008+ Cobalt SS Turbocharged. If you didn't order the Recaro package on the supercharged you got the regular pleather Cobalt seats in either black or with red, blue or yellow inserts.

Dope looking Cobalt! love the custom interior, and the lights look perfect. You dont need to do a lot to these cars to make them look super cool, you did good man!!

You really should of found a stock one lol.

I own a cobalt SS fun little car can’t wait to fix some of the issues always wanted one when I was younger

Nice to see a clean, unmolested example for a change.

It is amazing and surprising how much better the 2008 Turbo was than this one. That one embarrassed the WRX STi and Evo at VIR and even the 2014 Focus ST.

always been wanting to trade my Grand Prix GTP for one, but always have to slap myself in the face back into reality. should really look into those cars matt, or ones with a 3800. huge following and depth in modding with fantastic results. Good to see a review like this again!

The cobalt has always been my favorite American econobox. My mom has an LT sedan and she loves it. I love it too. The Cobalt SS would be my choice for a hot econobox, although I'd dake the turbocharged version over the SC

I didn't mind mine when I had it, then it caught on fire. I still dont miss it

Not going to lie I was looking at these before I got my Si. Si is the nicer overall car IMO but damn that SC whine is beautiful, looks like a really fun car to drive.

I worked at a Chevy Dealership when these were brand new and just loved them!! I’m hoping to own one in a year or two.

I had a 2007 cobalt supercharged and traded it in for a 2014 focus st. Focus is better in every way but I still do miss that supercharger whine.

should have done and 07 ss sc. great review no one is denying its a pocket rocket kind of car. cheaply made and made to be tuned. that's the part most people didn't see it has so many tuning options. most guys that stuck with the platform have some pretty modified cars at this point. most of us have turbo swapped our sssc cobalts

These engines are great, I have one in my ION redline. Making 250 to the wheels in a car that weighs 2500 pounds feels like a lot more!

In early 2005, I had started a dream job but it was involving a significant amount of driving, and I was using my Dad's Dodge Durango ... he explained I needed to get a car, and then a week or two later it was like " I guess you didn't understand me, you need to get a car NOW, like, Tonight Would Not Be Too Soon... next week, I'm giving *MY* truck to your sister, and if you want to get to work, you're going to need a car..." - and since he had some GM credit card points to use, I went with GM and wound up with a *beautiful* little gold Cobalt LT.. (there was no LTZ or higher package than the LT in the first year...) I asked about the SS , I really wanted that supercharger ... but the Salesman was like, "Oh, we're in the first week of March ... you won't see any SS models on a lot until mid-Summer at best... probably the Fall..." ... OK, well, I'll take this one then... saw a Black SS (the one I wanted) a week later lol. MFML. But it was a great little car.

I bought a 06 ss supercharged the other day has 253k and still has some pep in its step. Ecotech are great motors

This car deserve some attention to appreciate. Also 90% of comments are from Most Wanted, 10% of them appreciates this

Currently own one…put the work in (suspension, injectors, tuneup, cai, upgraded brakes, short throw shifter, and a muffler that rusted through) and not a penny more…RELiABLE every since and just enough to stay ahead of traffic…best little buggy ever 🔥🤞🏾❤️…same color and gonna paid the stockies black also 👑…8/10 overall…the fact that these are getting rarer and going up in value (priceless)

I love my 05 Cobalt, not an SS, not saying its anywhere near an SS, but it's still a fun car when you step on the gas in 2nd.

I own an rx8 and couple buddies own cobalt ss's, they wreck my little rotary in a straight line. Track another story, but the cobalt 0-60 is a full .9 seconds faster which is nuts

I had a 2006 SS SC and in Chicago the pot holes successfully bent the frame. Both front control arms had to be replaced at one point and both wheel barings. The frame bend caused them to not be able to correctly align the front end. It also cracked its down pipe at the flex tube. They are sadly really junk cars, you get what you pay for in this case. Regular cobalt no such issues.

Hahaha! A year ago I started listening to your videos (wich I love!) when I was searching for a car and I finally got a 2007 cobalt SS supercharged. I can say that the streering in mine is absolutly great, it's smaller has a tight grip and has a good weigt to it too. My car had a modified suspension and it was so bad that I bought the factory one back and it's not bad honestly, so Chevy may have change that! Unfortunatly though, it is always broken.. The previous owner wasn't the smartest guy around and maybe it's his fault but.. always a little something going on. And living in Montreal, Canada, driving in the snow is kinda tricky but you get use to it! Keep up your good work! :p

The Cobalt is a really underrated car. My brother had an LT 4 door that had 31k on the speedometer when he bought it in 2010 and he just sold it last month with 165k on it. Never gave him any problems. Only thing he replaced was the alternator due to putting Sundown Subs into it. Never even changed the timing belt everything was still going strong. The only ones who hate on it are young 20 something years olds and older dudes who remember that period where GM put out a lot of shit boxes. Funny enough this car came out during that period and it was definitely the exception. My coworker still has his and it’s got 200k on it. Great little car man.

All these people hating on the car must be 15 y/o's who are obviously starting to get into the car scene and think an Evo is the best car ever because they saw it on F&F. You forget this car came out more than 10 years ago and back then it was among the best among in its class in terms of performance, I'm pretty sure you would've wanted one. Obviously there are much better choices now as technology progressed. Learn to appreciate what it is just like a true car guy appreciates other people's builds and/or older cars. And yes I bought one new and still own it.

Matt, that may have been your fastest subaruwrxfan you've ever said lolol

Just wondering if he has mods planned for the future. My buddy has one, he got it making 308hp at the wheels. These things can be monsters with proper mods

Matt you should review a Lexus is300

Finally! The review of the cobalt ss 😁👌

the pioneer sub in the trunk comes standard with the car

You should review any w-body car with the 3.8L L67 Supercharged V6. Those cars are comfortable and powerful at the time (240 HP) as well as efficient.

Wow ... I've never thought of customizing plastic dashes like that haha great idea

its like an american JDM product

I wanted one of these so bad after my friends and I went to a Hot Import Nights car show (most of you probably have no clue what this was)(sick state wide car show in the early 00’s), and they had a free autocross track with brand new Cobalt SS’s to test out. It was such a sick car!

This definitely is chevys peak lol. The amount of good cars that came out of 2005 from gm

Had one for 9 years. Was glad to finally let it go.

Now you need to drive a turbo one!

Don't take this as a insult but your The Toby Flenderson of the car world! Great review! That wheel spin made you freak out haha

Huge thanks to Tom Henry Chevrolet for providing this cobalt SS to review today!

Currently fitting the same supercharger to my vx220 which weighs 2000 pounds, can’t wait for the results

Holy shit... just came across this video and saw the license plate... the girl that bought that car off of Ryan ended up totalling it and now I have his seats and his custom painted dash pieces!

Turns onto Back road at 6:40 Youre welcome

Got this ss used for 3 grand. Used. Same color. Red. Got it at around 78,000 miles. Currently at 138,000 ish. No problems yet. But due to gas prices being so high I'm currently driving my hybrids.

I have a 2008 Chevy Cobalt Sport. Never have had any issues with her either. Great, fun, beginner car.

Looks like this dude lives in Kentucky by the way the background looks lol 😂

i had one of these from 05 to 2013. best car i ever owned (thats saying alot seeing i drive a 15 audi a3 2.0t) if i ever found my old cobalt i would buy it back without hesitation.

Need to review an LNF or an LSJ-T.

People really hate on this car... it's a nice car and it's pretty quick too

You can get one of these for 4K less, you put 4K into a turbo kit and E85 swap, you’ll be gapping lambo’s and that ain’t a lie. Js 🤷🏻‍♂️ just be sure to beef up the timing set

the seats in front are from a turbocharged cobalt. they really are good cars I can't complain about mine at all. yeah interior is cheap but you can't complain with the performance they offer. good review

the way you can't get one of these running w/o 250k miles for 5 grand today is crazy

Ive asked for this for so long!!! :)

I have a '05 Saturn Quad Coupe, suicide doors, 5 spd. manual with 2.0. Think they are built on the same chassis. They are all noted for having front end "clunking" noise when going over bumps. It is from the lower control arm bushings.. less than good design. Even replacing the bushings and the clunk will soon return. Clutch is really easy, and I haven't had any problem with the shifter. The interior in the Saturn looks like a step up from the Cobalt. Nice fun little cars. Unfortunately mine is looking for a new home and it will sadly be missed when the time comes.

Ive been waiting for a review on one of these for so long

Really Like watching videos of older modded cars!

This car is what made me like cars and I want one

FINALLY! I own a 2006 and I love it!

How can you buy this car in Europe? I live in Romania and can't find it on the auto market at all

Retrofit headlights, Turbo Cobalt seats and upper grill.

Had an '06 for 5 years. Great car!

Do one of the turbocharged 2008-2010

you guys remember the commercials where they used to compare them to the Corvette? because of the taillights lmao

One thing to note is that this car at the time set the fasted fwd record at nurg

Damn am I'm the only subscriber that hasn't owned one? I just went through the comment section I thought it was just the kids in my home town that was obsessed with these looks like the Cobalt virus has been spread lol

Just picked one up yesterday! It's a really awesome car!