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Vehicle Min Max 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt $6,958 $12,991 2012 Toyota Corolla $17,988 $19,881 2012 Hyundai Elantra Touring $16,989 $22,998 2013 Dodge Dart N/A N/A Average $13,978 $18,623 
Used Car Price Range$6,958 - $12,991
Vehicle Min Max 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt $118 $221 2012 Toyota Corolla $306 $338 2012 Hyundai Elantra Touring $289 $391 2013 Dodge Dart N/A N/A Average $237 $316 Based On: 10% down, 5% APR, 60 months
Estimated Monthly Payment$118 - $221 per month
MPG city hwy 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt 25 33 2012 Toyota Corolla 27 34 2012 Hyundai Elantra Touring 23 31 2013 Dodge Dart 25 36 Average 25 34 MPG25 City | 33 Highway
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2007 Chevrolet Cobalt Review Summary
What reviewers liked most about the 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt:
Handling is quite good for a car in this class, with reasonably good manners in corners and a compliant ride around town.
- Edmunds.comThe Ecotec four-cylinder is a thoroughly modern and refined engine that provides good power and a smooth delivery.
- Edmunds.com
What reviewers liked least about the 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt:
Despite its impressive specs, the 2.2-liter engine often sounds like it's laboring to produce that power, especially under full throttle, even with only two adults on board.
- Cars.comStopping power good, but pedal felt spongy...
- Consumer GuideAll models suffered fair coarse-pavement tire thrum.
- Consumer Guide
2007 Chevrolet Cobalt Comparisons:
[T]he Focus, while lacking any significant power since the SVT model died, still has a suspension that is more sophisticated and responsive than the Cobalt's front-strut, twist-beam-rear setup.
- AutoWeekWhile it is miles ahead of the Cavalier, which is finally being put out to pasture, the Cobalt is by no means the segment leader.
- Cars.comThe exterior is a yawner, one more universal small sedan, but the interior is a mini-Lexus in its shapes, tones, and textures. Chrome touches are back, in the bezels and door handles.
- Car and Driver
Best one-liners about the 2007 Chevrolet Cobalt:
[In the Cobalt SS] we would have no problem...drag racing a few punks at red lights in Atlanta.
- AutoWeek
2007 Chevrolet Cobalt Introduction
With its expressive styling and all-around competence, the Chevrolet Cobalt competes effectively against the Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, and Ford Focus. That's an impressive achievement, considering how long the competition has dominated this game.
The Cobalt is quiet and refined for a small car. Built on a strong, stiff platform, it delivers crisp handling and a smooth ride.
If you're looking for inexpensive, high-value transportation with a new-car warranty, the Cobalt is worth a look. Premium features are available like heated leather seats, XM Satellite Radio, MP3, and OnStar.
The SS models offer a dynamic driving experience. Driving the SS Supercharged model is an absolute hoot. Quick, responsive handling and brisk acceleration performance along with a sporty-sounding exhaust note make the supercharged coupe entertaining to drive, a sport compact that can more than hold its own in the class.
New for 2007, the 2.2-liter and 2.4-liter Ecotec engines get slightly more power. A remote vehicle starter is available on models with an automatic transmission ($190). Standard equipment has been upgraded to include AM/FM stereo with CD and auxiliary input jack and three-spoke steering wheel. An AM/FM stereo with in-dash six-CD player and MP3 playback is a new option for 2007. A new exterior color option is Sport Red Tintcoat. Special 16-inch high-vent steel wheels are now available on the LT model and 18-inch polished wheels are available for the SS Supercharged coupe.
2007 Chevrolet Cobalt Walkaround
The Chevy Cobalt is built on GM's Delta platform, which it shares with the new Saturn Astra and European-market Opel Astra. But with its single-bar grille and bowtie emblem, it looks like a proper Chevrolet small car right down to its shoes and socks.
Body panel fits are extremely tight. So tight, in fact, that there are no rubber trim gaskets around the compound complex headlamps.
The coupe bears a resemblance to the Cavalier it replaced, though it shares nothing else with it. The sedan features a more modern roofline sweep. The SS coupe and sedan models have a small rear spoiler, while the SS Supercharged coupe carries a huge, tall rear spoiler than says it's a serious sport compact.
Cobalt is longer, wider and lower than most of its direct competitors and its interior dimensions and trunk capacity are comparable for the class.
2007 Chevrolet Cobalt Interior Features
The design theme inside the Cobalt is simple and straightforward. Materials are decent and the fit and finish is good and comparable for the class. There's just enough chrome trim here and there on knobs and instruments to brighten things up without a lot of glare from the shiny parts. Instruments are large, well placed, and easy to read, with nice graphic treatment throughout.
Cobalt uses different seats in the different trim levels, each with detail changes in foam, padding and trim. We found plenty of fore/aft and rake adjustment for a 6-foot, 4-inch driver, plus seat height adjustment with a ratcheting handle. The LT seats were very comfortable and grabbed us in the fast corners exactly where we needed to be grabbed and held. Even better were the leather-trimmed seats in the SS Supercharged.
The available Pioneer seven-speaker sound system with the Delphi AM/FM/CD and XM Satellite Radio delivers good sound and includes a huge subwoofer mounted on the left side trunk wall.
The heating, ventilation and defroster system worked quickly and intuitively.
The LS comes with manually operated windows. We don't mind this, but it takes a lot of cranks (about four and half) to wind the windows up. The urethane steering wheel that comes on LS and LT models feels cheap. The leather-wrapped wheels on LTZ and SS models are much nicer.
The sedan trunk is wide and deep with a low lift-over height, and almost 14 cubic feet of capacity, more than competitive in the class, though the opening to the trunk seems relatively small. Cobalt does not use space-eating gooseneck hinges on its decklid, opting instead for simple outside corner hinges and two hydraulic assist struts. The coupe has a small trunk opening, making it difficult to fit a thick suitcase. A 60/40-split, fold-down rear seat with a trunk pass-through feature adds utility to both sedan and coupe.
2007 Chevrolet Cobalt Driving Impressions
The Chevrolet Cobalt is quite pleasant to drive, especially the SS models. It's quiet for a car that retails for less than $20,000. Chevrolet put considerable effort into special door seals, sandwich steel panels, thick carpets and pads, noise blockers and noise absorbers throughout the front, middle and rear of the car. As a result, normal front-seat conversation is possible at speeds above 90 mph.
If you want driving excitement, however, you'll want to step up to the SS models.
We drove an LT with ABS and four-wheel disc brakes and found them to be powerful and progressive, with a good ratio between pedal travel and braking action. The brakes seemed a little mushy on the LS, which comes with rear drum brakes.
The 2.2-liter engine, which is rated at 148 horsepower, was a bit of a disappointment. It was smooth, but never felt truly powerful until it was revving very high. The four-speed automatic doesn't help, with kickdown that reminded us of a rental car.
The supercharged engine in the Cobalt SS Supercharged was another story. We like the way it sounded when it revved and, paired with the manual gearbox, it offered responsive performance.
2007 Chevrolet Cobalt Final Word
The Chevrolet Cobalt will satisfy the needs of drivers looking for economy of price, economy of operation, and a nice, quiet ride. We think it's a handsome, well-equipped car. It delivers four people comfortably, five only in a pinch, on a minimal outlay for fuel and monthly payments. The standard engine could offer more responsive low-end power. The SS models are fun to drive, particularly the Cobalt SS Supercharged coupe.
NewCarTestDrive.com correspondent Jim McCraw reported from Dearborn, Michigan, with Mitch McCullough reporting from Los Angeles.
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