I was shocked to see that. Car and Drive says it will way at least that much and GM is predicting 16 second quartemile times! sorry hehe

 

It is a "truck". A hideous one at that.

Pretty hefty. At that weight and power, it'll have trouble hanging with regular trucks. Can this even be considered "performance".

The truck needs the power and numbers to back up the image and attitude

 

It deserves no better than that either

D@M a truck! Like there isnt already millions of them on the road. I hope that project sinks like the TITANIC!


Nahhhhhhh, I'm not bitter

 

4500 lbs?

It's not that big of a vehicle!

What did they use? Uranium for body panels or something?!

 

Being that the mechanisms to fold & store the roof aren't exactly lightweight, I'm inclined to believe the weight (though is seems a bit exagerated).

But.... I really don't believe the 0-60 times for a minute. The only way a 4500 pound vehicle would be that slow is if it was powered by something alot less powerful than the 3800 V6.

 

Sorry I meant 1/4 miles


It is built off the Trailblzer platform...Pretty much same drivertrain and chassis has the Buick Ranier...which will supposedly be the only short wheel base one on that platform to get the 5.3. 0-60 times were like 8 seconds.

 

I'd believe that 100%!

 

Where's an ICEBERG when you need one?

 

Guys, I really liked the original concept SSR. It was a unique kind of vehicle that actually had some style in an otherwise bland lineup of Chevys. Then I saw the toned-down production version. Smaller engine, less dramatic styling. Errrm, ok. Now that I see it is going to be an overweight pig to boot I am left to say "this is just another GM car that got all messed up in the transition from theory to reality." As it is now, it is a Prowler-type car that will only exist for a few years. Sad, I think it could've been a lot more.

 

STOP THE PRESSES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wilson and I are in complete agreement!

 

No doubt. Can GM say "PROWLER"? I mean come on! Ok, the Prowler looked kind of neat, probably got some people into the showroom, but nobody bought them unless they had some serious money to burn, annnd didn't care about performance. Not to mention what happened to the Lincoln Blackwood, that thing was DOA, I have yet to see one. Lets see, heavy truck, slow, permanently fixed bedcover, expensive.... If I were GM, I'd be shaking in my boots right now, unless I freely admited that I expected the SSR to be an EXTREMELY limited production niche vehicle, and am expecting sales only in the low thousands.

 

Who were some of the people behind this project? I wonder how easily it would have been to assign those people and resources to a 5th gen Camaro instead.

I see what GM is going for with it as more of an image car, but it would be nice to at least have one car wearing SS badging that delivers performance. More power and 6spd are supposed to be on tap after a year or too, I don't see the point in holding it back.

 

Leave it to GM to screw up something that could have been an alright vehicle. How can they do such a good job on trucks (don't you guys think so) and screw up cars so bad! I don't understand?

 

Me too.

 

I haven't been keeping up with it, what did they do go and decide to stick the same old lameass 3800 in it? That is just soooo ..... I don't know but it actually makes me angry and I don't even really care about the SSR...

You know all this great stuff about the GTO we keep hearing? I bet it comes out with some tired *** 300hp (at most motor) and is truly lackluster, I'm just getting tired of GM's sh*t.