True that SSR is buh bye?

**ricersvette89** · 03-11-06, 06:56 PM

Gosh since GM is closing factories I was wondering if the rumor of the SSR is gonna be gone for good after March 17, 2006 is ture. Is it? It may be a heavy over priced truck "crossover" but I thought it was really cool.

**82ColEd** · 03-13-06, 01:22 PM

Sounds like it from the News i have read..

here is one..
http://www.caranddriver.com/article....ticle_id=10569

It wasnt the success they needed or hoped for, only a little over 8000 sold in 2005.. down 16%..

-Stefan

**ricersvette89** · 03-13-06, 03:55 PM

Originally Posted by 82ColEd

Sounds like it from the News i have read..

here is one..
http://www.caranddriver.com/article....ticle_id=10569

It wasnt the success they needed or hoped for, only a little over 8000 sold in 2005.. down 16%..

-Stefan

Thanks Stefan. The SSR looked but was killed early in life by an underpowered 390hp V-8. Late in life came the better one. I will miss this. Just like those old-school Ford and Chevorlet "crossovers" in the 1960's

**G Winter** · 03-13-06, 05:43 PM

The biggest problem with the SSR is the pricing. If they would have built a model that was affordable it would have sold like hotcakes.

Glenn

**JohnZ** · 03-13-06, 06:17 PM

That plant has been down for 32 of the last 50 weeks, and in spite of that, there's still a 500-day supply of them in the field. Between the apparently GM-patented policy of not getting the right engine in any new product until its second year and its ridiculously-high price (further aggravated by greedy dealers adding $10K to the MSRP), the SSR was virtually "dead on arrival".

**ricersvette89** · 03-13-06, 08:25 PM

Originally Posted by JohnZ

Between the apparently GM-patented policy of not getting the right engine in any new product until its second year and its ridiculously-high price (further aggravated by greedy dealers adding $10K to the MSRP), the SSR was virtually "dead on arrival".

Yeah that was right. I just don't get how GM puts a Vette engine in the "dead on arrival" cars (i.e. GTO,SSR, TB SS) and somehow they are still here (not the SSR though)