Ssr

[RallyDRock]

Originally Posted by BlueMeanie

Hmmm.... an SSR or for a few dollars more an SRT-10 Viper Powered Dodge Ram. Damn that would be a hard choice

Dan

if only the ssr had a manual trans

[cruzned]

Originally Posted by BlueMeanie

Hmmm.... an SSR or for a few dollars more an SRT-10 Viper Powered Dodge Ram. Damn that would be a hard choice

Dan

It has an all aluminum 5.3 Litre V8, with 300 horsepower. It weighs a tremendous 4,750 lbs....yikes!!!! Ya know what? The weight does not even seem to matter. When I stomp on the gas it roars like a lion and sounds like one too! It just throws ya back in yer seat!!!! I love it! I especially look for overpasses where I can hear the roar echo when I step on it! Too cool for school! On the Dodge, don't kid yourself, you won't find em for sticker (MSRP) this early, maybe later down the road. They are in pretty much the same price range, but the Dodge has a lot more HP!!! But does the Dodge have the wow factor when it comes to looks? let's face it, we bought our cruisers because they looked cool and different and still do, and the dodge? Nuf said....

[BlueMeanie]

Originally Posted by cruzned

It has an all aluminum 5.3 Litre V8, with 300 horsepower. It weighs a tremendous 4,750 lbs....yikes!!!! Ya know what? The weight does not even seem to matter. When I stomp on the gas it roars like a lion and sounds like one too! It just throws ya back in yer seat!!!! I love it! I especially look for overpasses where I can hear the roar echo when I step on it! Too cool for school! On the Dodge, don't kid yourself, you won't find em for sticker (MSRP) this early, maybe later down the road. They are in pretty much the same price range, but the Dodge has a lot more HP!!! But does the Dodge have the wow factor when it comes to looks? let's face it, we bought our cruisers because they looked cool and different and still do, and the dodge? Nuf said....

Back in the 60's, auto makerstook their standard models and added massive engines and other performance parts to create the muscle car inudstry. That is where the SRT-10 finds its inspiration. The SSR is more of a highly customized hot rod inspired truck. Besides, I like Dodge's in your face badass styling.

Dan

[JOEM]

Originally Posted by redhotpt

Can't figure out why GM would build and sell such a truck for that price instead of redesigning the Camaro and Firebird.

I'm with you. Dodge sells the 500 HP SRT-10 for that price (don't fool yourself...several dealers are selling them for that price if you have the scratch). GM offers us a "GTO" which is just a re-badged and made-over Aussie family car. They gave up the ponycar war and the truck power war and now seem bent on making plastic cladding their corporate statement. Sad.

[softride]

cruzned. Very nice ride.If I had the bread, I'd have one also.

[PoconoPT]

Cruzned, I know just what you mean about the overpass, LOL. When i had my 70 442 W-30, I would drive a circuit around town just to light it up under the overpass Nuthin' like the rumble of a 455 and 450 horses to give the neighbors a lil wake-up call. Too bad my Olds had a
bad night when it tried to climb a tree, which didn't work out too well

[PT Glen]

If I had money, tell you what I'd do. I'd go downtown and buy an SSR or two.

[JOEM]

Interesting comment from Car and Driver on the SSR...

DANIEL PUND
We once planned a comparison test pitting the SSR against the Plymouth Prowler and Ford Thunderbird. Dissimilar as they are in primary ways, all are boulevard cruisers that appeal to the same senses—mainly, visual. By the time we got an SSR, the Prowler was dead and the T-Bird had a date with the gallows. That can't bode well for the SSR. There's value in a car that utterly confounds every passerby. But 49 grand for novelty? Beyond its concept-car looks, the SSR has a leaky roof, a shaky structure, a 0-to-60-mph sprint no quicker than a Honda Accord sedan's, and the world's cheesiest cup holder. And novelty is transitory. Just ask Chrysler and Ford.

TONY SWAN
The SSR looks cool, its top is the niftiest thing since the invention of origami, and it sounds way bitchin'. On the other hand, there's a lot of noise that's just noise, you can tow more with a minivan, and even moderate pavement ripples provoke a festival of chassis shudders. El Camino comparisons are inevitable, and as a former owner, there's one parallel I find undeniable. El C got poor marks as a passenger car and worse scores as a pickup. The SSR's cool quotient is higher, but that description is otherwise apt for this latter-day sequel. The distinction between niche market and novelty has always been vague. The SSR does nothing to clarify it.

STEVE SPENCE
"Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it." Everybody in the enthusiast press pleads with automakers to build these flamboyant show cars. Well, here it is, guys, a chance to put your money where your mouth is. The SSR has everything going for it but one very considerable problem: the money part. It needs to sell for the price of a regular truck, not the price of a Porsche Boxster. Chevy will say, of course, that it can't make a profit selling it for that, and there you have it: the concept-car conundrum. Start by brooming the expensive folding roof. Stuff it with a bigger engine, and turn it into what it needs to be: a Camaro truck.

[cruzned]

Originally Posted by JOEM

Interesting comment from Car and Driver on the SSR...

DANIEL PUND
We once planned a comparison test pitting the SSR against the Plymouth Prowler and Ford Thunderbird. Dissimilar as they are in primary ways, all are boulevard cruisers that appeal to the same senses—mainly, visual. By the time we got an SSR, the Prowler was dead and the T-Bird had a date with the gallows. That can't bode well for the SSR. There's value in a car that utterly confounds every passerby. But 49 grand for novelty? Beyond its concept-car looks, the SSR has a leaky roof, a shaky structure, a 0-to-60-mph sprint no quicker than a Honda Accord sedan's, and the world's cheesiest cup holder. And novelty is transitory. Just ask Chrysler and Ford.

TONY SWAN
The SSR looks cool, its top is the niftiest thing since the invention of origami, and it sounds way bitchin'. On the other hand, there's a lot of noise that's just noise, you can tow more with a minivan, and even moderate pavement ripples provoke a festival of chassis shudders. El Camino comparisons are inevitable, and as a former owner, there's one parallel I find undeniable. El C got poor marks as a passenger car and worse scores as a pickup. The SSR's cool quotient is higher, but that description is otherwise apt for this latter-day sequel. The distinction between niche market and novelty has always been vague. The SSR does nothing to clarify it.

STEVE SPENCE
"Be careful what you wish for, you just might get it." Everybody in the enthusiast press pleads with automakers to build these flamboyant show cars. Well, here it is, guys, a chance to put your money where your mouth is. The SSR has everything going for it but one very considerable problem: the money part. It needs to sell for the price of a regular truck, not the price of a Porsche Boxster. Chevy will say, of course, that it can't make a profit selling it for that, and there you have it: the concept-car conundrum. Start by brooming the expensive folding roof. Stuff it with a bigger engine, and turn it into what it needs to be: a Camaro truck.

JOEM: I'm not shooting you, you are just the messenger, but I could go tit for tat for hours with reporters from so many magazines and auto experts claiming good and bad points of the SSR. They are mostly opinions and we all know that we each have at the very least, one of those. I cease to be amazed at the "Opinions" of these experts, and then you see the guys on "Test Drive" saying such glowing things about the SSR. Obviously, the opinions of the above mentioned experts were referring to the original prototypes that had the leaky roofs, and other problems with rattles and such. Rest assured, the build quality on these is way up there and in my opinion is worth as much as the Cadillac XLR, which by the way sells at an MSRP of $79,000.00. Of course, it does not have the horsepower of that vehicle but is similar in expressive qualities for this type of vehicle-you know, the WOW!!!!!!!!!!!! FACTOR!! All I can say is I was very happy with my PT Cruiser, Very happy with my SSR, and no, I won't be buying an XLR....but my wife is eyeing the Z06 Corvette!!!!! She loves the "G's" when it goes zero to 60 in four seconds.