Faults:

Door striker plates began to rattle at 4,000 miles.

General Comments:

2.2L engine is extremely smooth and quiet with good power delivery in all RPM ranges.

Ride and handling is exceptionally tight, solid and quiet. Had the car over 100mph and still quiet and smooth.

Manual transmission shifts tight and positive.

Very well equipped for a base model. AC, driver information center, AM/FM/CD (sounds excellent for a base model), speed sensitive wiper delay, automatic headlights, speed sensitive electronically controlled power steering.

Controls easily accessible and laid out nicely.

Trunk space larger than you would expect.

Excellent fuel economy. Can squeeze 32mpg just driving round town.

Large easy to read gauges.

If your in the market for a good compact car, don't overlook the new Chevy Cobalt! This is a well designed little car!

Faults:

What's going wrong with the car... almost everything...

- No heat and ventilation at delivery. Took 3 weeks and 2 dealers to solve the problem.

- Lights flashing in the dash (1500 km).

- Radio stopped to play sometimes (1500 km and again at 7000 km).

- Trunk shocks did not work when temperature is under -15 degrees (1600 km).

- Wipers not working (1800 km).

- Back up lights working at the place of rear lights (1800 km).

- Water infiltration near the driver door resulting in humid seat belt (3000 km).

- Front glasses very hard to use (4000 km).

- Temperature gage gives wrong indications (4000, 5000, 6000, 7000 and 8000 km, checked 5 times and never repaired properly).

- Rust under a rubber on the driver's door (7500 km).

- Handbrake handle replaced 2 times.

- Oil burning (around 1 liter for 800 km) at 8000 km.

- Brakes are noisy (8000 km)

And many others that I don't have in mind.

General Comments:

Hard on gas.

Very poor assembly.

Handle is good, gearbox too.

Customer service of GM Canada and dealer very poor.

Trunk is big, but not easy to access.

Automatic lights very useful. They shoud add a system to open the lights in the dash independently.

Faults:

This is a rental car.

It's silver in color, if you look closely the bumper is different color compared to the rest of the car.

You can hear the gas moving inside gas tank right after you shut off the engine. Don't trust the gas gauge because the reading is inconsistent.

The car has 8000KM, but the brakes are already making a noise when applied. Also body noise when going over rough surfaces.

Severe torque steer if I floor the gas pedal.

Gas mileage higher than 2005 Corolla I drove last week.

Electronic push button gauges take your eyes off the road. A regular dial gauge is much safer in my opinion.

General Comments:

Much improved over the previous Chevrolet Cavalier, but the Toyota Corolla and Honda Civic are still a better buy for a little bit more. Plus you get better gas mileage and resale value.