So Chevy designed a relatively cheap, fast car that is easily modded to go faster. And people here are so insecure that they have to pat each other on the back because they drive a Lexus that costs more.

Nice.

 

IS250's do 0-60mph in 8.3 seconds according to the Lexus website.

EDIT:Australia uses KM/h, 100 km/h = 62 mph.

 

Yep. About as insecure as an ex-IS350 owner who downgraded to an ever so slightly (but significantly so) slower car with the G37s.

Hey, don't get mad at me, you started it with the insecurity talks. Have fun in your slower G37s chief.

 

drove a couple of those cobalt SS's at work and they're unexpectedly fast.supercharged

 

The 0-60mph times Lexus states are usually slower than the actual times recorded in most tests. 8.3 seconds is for the AWD IS250 also. The Lexus quoted time is 7.9 seconds for the IS250 RWD automatic.

 

I drive a 250 and I'm not insecure that the Cobalt is faster. It's still a GM POS.

 

Hey, I liked the IS350, and I like the G as well. I don't think I'll be buying another Lexus anytime soon, but that's just my personal preference.

My comment wasn't about the speed of either car. It was meant to show what a bunch of jerk-offs people can sound like when they sit around slamming a cheaper car and patting themselves on the back.

YMMV.

 

A little underrated on Lexus website

 

car and driver figures only apply to manuals. autos may be closer to 8.3 figure

 

It's done on purpose so there are no legality issue's if a customer can't achieve the listed specs.

The 350 used to be listed at 5.3sec 0-60mph till they changed it to 5.6.

 

Overall,


IS350>Cobalt SS



Cobalt ss looks like ****..
lol

no offense to any cobalt ss owners here.

even if i wanted a fast cheap car i wouldn't get a cobalt ss

 

Don't see how that applies seeing as I've done 7.2sec 0-60 on my automatic and 15.4sec on a 1/4 with accelerometers, as an average 1/4 mile time.

 

That 8.3 is for the AWD 250. RWD 250's (auto or stick) do 7's

 

Correct, but the user who posted the 8.3 sec time was trying to refer to IS250's in particular so I corrected the time figures.

AWD is obviously slower than RWD because of the 4-wheel power distribution.

Manual RWD IS250's and Automatic RWD have roughly the same numbers on the 0-60 and 1/4 mile, witch in no way is close to 8 sec. Only on official ratings are times altered to a higher number as to not mislead the driver in case they're unable to attain that time.

 

I already ran a supercharged one stage 2 with a bunch of boltons...we did one run off the hole and the IS pulled a lot on him did a 40roll which is his race and I pulled like 2 cars...I tought about gettin a cobalt for my first sheap go fast car but ended up with an srt4 and was much much faster and easier to make power...Now the newer cobalts with the turbocharger are a different story from wat I have heard...