Now THIS is how you bail out GM

[kj]

Gutenberg wrote:
kj, the 2008 Cobalt I bought in May cost me $13,788, and it came pretty loaded. Cruise control, AC, automatic transmission, keyless remote, a little jack for my iPod, side airbags. I could not have gotten a comparable Japanese car for the price. I don't blame people for passing over GM cars because they were so horrible in the 70s and 80s but they're competitive now.

Can't argue with that. I drove two rental Malibus, which I think are very similar cars to the cobalt (epsilon platform?) and they were nice, solid feeling cars. I liked the one with the smaller engine better though (the v6 made it a pig). And even if they are less reliable, you can make a lot of repairs for a few thousand. kj.