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Huh. Naming a car, the model name of a completely different brand of car, a model which was contemporary with your car, would be very confusing to me.
"But you don't have a cobalt."
I do this on purpose, to annoy any friend who catches a ride with me.
Walking up to my Ford Tempo, "I thought you drive a Cadillac?!"
"That's a nickname."
The Cobalt doesn't really sell where I live, at least I have never seen one. I had to duckduckgo it