Reply #12: Really, you can't afford an American car on your salary?

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2009 Chevy Cobalt Coupe LS 1LS MSRP $15,660

Air bags, dual-stage, frontal, driver and front passenger with infant only suppression (Always use safety belts and the correct child restraints for your child's age and size, even in vehicles equipped with air bags. Children are safer when properly secured in a rear seat. See the vehicle's Owner's Manual and child safety seat instructions for more safety information.)
Air bags, head curtain side-impact, front and rear outboard seating positions (Head curtain side air bags are designed to help reduce the risk of head and neck injuries to front and rear seat occupants on the near side of certain side-impact collisions. Always use safety belts and the correct child restraints for your child's age and size, even in vehicles equipped with air bags. Children are safer when properly secured in a rear seat. See the vehicle's Owner's Manual and child safety seat instructions for more safety information.)
Air conditioning, single-zone manual with air filtration system
Audio System AM/FM stereo with CD player and MP3 playback, seek-and-scan, digital clock, auto-tone control, Radio Data System, automatic volume, TheftLock, auxiliary input jack and 36 cross-band presets.
Audio system feature, 4-speaker system
Battery, trunk-mounted, maintenance free with rundown protection
Brakes, front disc/rear drum
Cloth seat trim
Console, floor with 2 power outlets
Cup holders, dual front and dual rear
Daytime Running Lamps
Defogger, rear-window electric
Defogger, side windows
Door handles, body-color
Engine ECOTEC 2.2L Continuous Variable Valve Timing DOHC 4-cylinder MFI (155 hp <115.6 kW> @ 6100 rpm, 150 lb-ft of torque <202.5 N-m> @ 4900 rpm)
Exhaust, stainless-steel
Fascias, front and rear body-color with Black grille
Front wheel drive
Glass, Solar-Ray light-tinted
Headlamps, halogen with automatic exterior lamp control
Instrumentation with speedometer, fuel gauge, tachometer and Driver Information Center with outside temperature, warning messages and programmable menu features
LATCH system (Lower Anchors and Top tethers for CHildren), for child safety seats
Lighting, interior with trunk and single dome
Mirrors, outside manual, Black
OnStar, 1-year of Safe and Sound plan. Includes Automatic Crash Notification, Automatic Notification of Air Bag Deployment, Stolen Vehicle Location Assistance, a link to all Emergency Services, Roadside Assistance, Remote Door Unlock (if equipped), OnStar Vehicle Diagnostics, Hands-Free Calling and Remote Horn and Lights. (OnStar services require vehicle electrical system (including battery), wireless service and GPS satellite signals to be available and operating for features to function properly. OnStar acts as a link to existing emergency service providers. Stolen Vehicle Location Assistance and Remote Door Unlock success varies with conditions. OnStar Vehicle Diagnostics available on most 2004 MY and newer GM vehicles. Diagnostic capability varies by model. Visit onstar.com or call 1-888-466-7827 for system limitations and details. For a list of vehicles with Automatic Crash Notification visit onstar.com. Not available with a ship-to of Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.)
Safety belts, 3-point, all seating positions
Seat adjuster, driver 4-way manual height
Seat, easy-entry front passenger
Seats, front bucket with cloth, includes manual recliners, adjustable outboard head restraints and rear 60/40 split-bench with trunk pass-through (STD)
Steering column, tilt
Steering wheel, urethane
Steering, Electric Power Steering (EPS)
Suspension, Premium Ride
Theft-deterrent system, vehicle, PASS-Key III+
Tire Pressure Monitoring System
Tire sealant and inflator kit, in place of spare tire
Tires P195/65R15 all-season, blackwall
Transmission 5-speed manual
Trunk emergency release handle
Trunk release, remote
Visors, front passenger vanity mirror
Wheels 15" steel with full bolt-on wheel covers.
Wipers, front intermittent, speed-sensitive
XM Radio, XM Radio includes 3 trial months of service. XM turns your world on with commercial-free music channels from Rock to Jazz, Country to Classical, Latin Pop to Hip Hop, and virtually everything in between, all in amazing digital sound. Turn on your favorite Sports with every Major League Baseball game from Opening Day until the World Series, NHL Hockey, the PGA TOUR and college football and basketball. Plus XM brings you the biggest names in news and talk, outrageous comedy, award-winning family programming -- wherever you go from coast to coast. Exclusive live concerts, Oprah & Friends, Radio Disney, and so much more. Find what turns you on. (Available only in the 48 contiguous United States. Required $12.95 monthly subscription sold separately after 3 trial months. Visit gm.xmradio.com for more details.)


There is more standard equipent on this car than there is optional equipment on a Toyota Yaris or honda Fit



OH and I guess Toyota, Honda, and Nissan don't make big gas-eating vehicles, only Detroit auto makers? Such intelligent statements from a teacher. You REALLY did your research.