Big Al's right, the Cobalt is a nasty little machine. COmparing road tests on it shows it is just a tick quicker through the slalom then the new Vette
! Obviously it is no Vette, but I guess if you slap 18's on a tiny car it is gonna handle. I'd wait and take one for a ride before I bought the Ion. Not to Hijack the thread but for fun go test drive a Forrester Turbo from Subaru if you want performance shock, 13's out of the box, it'll blow a WRX off the road on the way to the kids soccer practice....