new pocket rocket; Is GM getting serious about small-car performance?(Special Report)(General Motors)

Byline: WES RAYNAL How long has it been since General Motors took a serious whack at the small-car performance market with an all-new car? Well, the new Chevrolet Cobalt goes on sale in the fall, replacing the Cavalier. Cavalier rides on the 23-year-old J platform (Cavalier, Pontiac Sunfire and Cadillac Cimarron), known for being sensible and cheap but unexciting in the extreme. So it has been awhile. Ply a GM guy with enough drinks up at the corner bar and eventual-ly he'll admit the world's biggest automaker has pretty much fallen flat on its face when it comes to small, ...