Though we’re used to seeing the most expensive European and Japanese machinery being thrown around the Nürburgring, its not often that we get to see a modestly priced American car get a turn.

Plenty of turns are on offer in this YouTube video, where GM’s director of high-performance vehicle operations, John Heinricy, takes a 2008 Chevrolet Cobalt SS Turbo to somewhere near ten-tenths. The Cobalt may not be ready to challenge the Ring record, but it seems to acquit itself nicely, and Heinricy’s play-by-play is quite enlightening.

+ YouTube: 2008 Turbocharged Chevy Cobalt SS (full version)

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