We purchased this Chevrolet from a local dealership because we were looking for something small sporty and safe for a student driver. We needed something that was reliable and could get the student to them from the UConn campus reliably. We came to the dealership not really knowing what we wanted to get but we knew our price range. Others in the family have Chevrolets and we wanted to see if we can find something similar. The Chevy Cobalt fit the bill it's attractive has a great rating easy drive great fuel economy.

This car is small, (too small), but very good on gas. One issue I have is that the trunk is tiny and my sons jogging stroller does not fit. The ac works well as does cruise control. The interior door handle broke when a friend of mine tried to open it so now I have to roll down the window to open the door, which is hugely obnoxious. He didn't even yank it, it just broke because it's flimsy. It's automatic which is good, because every time I have had a manual vehicle the clutch breaks and is expensive to fix. The bushings needed repair recently but it was fairly inexpensive, less than a hundred dollars. It has two cigarette lighter outlets which comes in handy, but it seems like they get hot for some reason. Whatever you plug in there, the metal end becomes hot. There was a recall on some of the parts of this car so I need to bring it to the dealership when I have a spare moment. I believe the ignition switch to be the faulty part. Overall I guess I can't complain too much about this, as I got the car at below the blue book value.